Nick's VIST206

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Final WIP

Finished making all 8 scissor lift and attached one set to a box to test the motor. Had to design a tracks so it can smoothly go up and down.

Final WIP- Saturday 6/29

Saturday 6/29- Sebastian and I designed the scissor lift. It works really well but we still need to figure out how to motorize it. Annie and David are continuing to work on the lights and tracking.

Friday, June 28, 2013

Sebastian and I started to design the box. We are making a test box in order to see the size and scale we want to work with. We cut to square shapes out for the cubes. We will test only two and then create a new box with 4 once we have it working.

David and Annie started by making a RGB LED to change colors depending on distance of the users hand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl-VKck0hbs&feature=youtu.be

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Final Project Concept

We settled on a final concept for our final project. It will be a box containing a grid of four squares. Each square will have a distance sensor, so that when a user places his hand over it and lifts, We’re considering making the surface of the blocks from stretched fabric so that it can collapse within the base. We want to work with the illusion of the rising blocks being taller than the height of the base. We haven’t settled on how the lift will work, but we’re thinking scissor lifts. Tonight we’re planning on getting the lights working, messing with the distance sensor, and constructing a prototype box.

For our final project our team (Sebastian, David, Annie, Nick) decided to create an interactive object. The concept for the object is to have a box with 4 rectangles inside of it. Once the user hoovers their hand over a cube it is activated and begins to grow out of the box depending on the height of the hand. This box is meant to create wonder and curiosity in children. How was the rectangle able to come out of the box if the box is shorter than the final height of a rectangle?