Interactive Devices

Background

For this semester project, I want to create an experience that allow people to feel what it is like to not be in control of their lives. One idea was when I came across this term ‘Post-traumatic stress disorder’, PTSD in short. PTSD is a serious potentially debilitating condition that can occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a natural Read more →

Unconventional Musical Instruments

So, Lets go back to the basis of music… What is music?

Music are basically sound organised in time.

so to break it apart, any thing that produce sound in a timely manner could produce music. right.

and if goes further, sound is vibrations through a medium like gas(Air), liquid(Water) or solid(Bones)

and if we reverse the broken parts back up, anything Read more →

Sonochromatic head is attach as an antenna to Neil Harbisson’s skull. It helps him perceive visible and invisible colours via sounds waves. The antenna has a internet connection which receives colours from space, images, video, music or phone calls directed into his head. Seismic arm allows Moon Ribas to perceive movements of real-time earthquakes. It is a small device attach Read more →

The Soundhawk is a smart listening system that helps people hear better in different places. Although it has functions of a hearing aid, it is not just for the hearing impaired. It is described as a sound amplifier and its targeted at people who have normal hearing but wish to hear better in different environments. Combining the smartphone and wireless Read more →

When I asked my friends if they think it’s possible to see with their ears, they looked at me as if I was absurd. Indeed it sounds out of your mind at your first time hearing that. However, it’s been long known that blind people are able to compensate for their loss of sight by using other senses, relying on Read more →

WeBike Kiosk Developed by WeWATT (Belgium)

Initially a cycling desk for Flemish government minister Patricia Ceysens to work out even with her busy schedule, the concept was turned into an electronic charging station in multiple public spaces such as airports, railway stations, universities and shopping malls. A three-seated stationary bike, WeBike allows users to charge up their devices by generating power through Read more →

This was one museum experience that was more memorable than any other trips I’ve been to – simply because I was perturbed.

I was perturbed after taking in everything and realizing the capabilities and advancement of technology and the impact on human race. It was directly impacting us. It could be you or me possibly turning into an android or cyborg Read more →

Pong Controller By Hannah Kwah, Joan Li & Putri Dina

About The main objective of this project is to create a controller for the Pong game using at least two sensors and make the player ‘struggle’ as he/she plays the game.

Brainstorm Sketches Idea #1 – Voice ControllerThe first idea is to have a voice-based controller where the pong pedal is activated by the Read more →

Through the exhibition, it kept coming to me that human was always seeking to be a better version of ourselves and it’s only recent in human history that we are able to breakthrough some technological barriers which finally make some progress in augmenting human’s physical and biological to make improvements. Since I personally think that morality is just a concept Read more →

SuitX’s Phoenix exoskeleton is a suit that the wearer wears on the hips and knees with small motors attached to the device with a battery pack worn as a backpack to power it for 8 hours. He controls the movement of his legs by pressing button integrated on the pair of crutches. It is the lightest and cheapest medical Read more →