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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSmvZKU2P58]

This project reflects my own thoughts and emotions regarding the relationships in my life. It basically asks the audience to judge other people based on whatever they may know about them. It brings to mind the idea of dating sites and apps such as Tinder and even the whole process of people ‘liking’ things on Facebook and other social Read more →

This is an experimental project to trick people into sensing a ghost by seeing and hearing when they interact with the “air”. They only can see the ghost on the screen projected from the top down camera. However, they can’t see the “real” ghost right beside them. This would make them feel skeptical to the environment as well as the feedback.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7PTzvySZ4M

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The Lego Pincher

https://youtu.be/Vr2szkArxp8

This project is to explore on the sense of touch using the phidgets motors.

We came up with the idea of pinching/grabbing stuff by putting it in between the motors.

The motors will move together simultaneously, creating a pinching action.

Using the touch sensor and teabox, user could send a pinch and the other party would receive a ‘pinch’.

The pinchers are Read more →

Feel a little dull while listening to your favourite pop music?

Introducing The Lego Robot, that dances to the beat and rhythm of your music while drawing.

https://youtu.be/Zkzs0VuglnM

Programmed to detect these key features:

1. Volume,

2. Amplitude/frequency

3. Pitch

4. Clapping sound

This robot is set to entertain you by it’s dance moves.

User could interact with the robot by clapping along and the brush that attached to it will Read more →

Fortune Taker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzSM7eR62rE

In this project, we set up a booth where we invite people to get their fortune read by a virtual fortune teller.

Little did they know that we are out to scare them and capture their reaction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1La3bO2lbDg

Conceptually, this project was originally out to capture photographs of people whenever they enter a room, in a form of paparazzi style photographs. This Read more →

This project is about giving a head massage over the internet.

It encompasses of a pressure sensor and a Phidget attached to a cap.

Introducing ‘Spycam’! Always wanted to control your friend’s webcam position?! With Spycam, you are able to spy your friend’s private space by invading his space that he doesn’t want you to see!

When one is chatting or skype-ing on video with another, the video is motionless and still. It would be interesting if both parties are able to control each other’s webcam camera Read more →

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWPkKeVPOCk]

This stroking finger device mimics the action of a person stroking his/her finger across your skin. I felt that it was apt considering how often we use our fingers to navigate computer screens via mouse or touchpad.

The finger attachment is joined with a loose hinge that enables it to glide across the skin smoothly and also move further than Read more →

I did 2 parts in this exercise: 1. Interactive book  2. A moving skeleton hand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi7luu70PYM

1. Interactive book

The idea is an interactive book which could open and close by itself when your hand is flipping in the air. The bendable sensor controls the feedback, like waving your hand to the device (Imagine you are flipping the book, but it’s in air).  The motor is installed Read more →

In this project we extract the Hip Hop elements such as hip-hop music, scratching, b-boying and the gesture as the instruments. These gestures are then programmed to produce specific sound and clip. We recorded ourself beat-beatboxing and some accapella then proceed to put it in our project.

Stepping up and down on the touch sensor will produce the main beat Read more →

Project by Cheong Su Hui and Esmond Heng

This is our musical instrument that consists of 3 different sensors.

This is the explanation:

We made use of EQ, gizmo~ to distort and manipulate with the sound.  Midi was also used to produce notes that could be played together with the music.

Our patch

Esmond with the instrument

The sensors on our instrument

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AENVYq58vf8&feature=youtu.be

So here’s the video that we had fun making.

It shows how those sensors work in a hip hop song.

Enjoy.

In this project we extract the Hip Hop elements such as hip-hop music, scratching, b-boying and the gesture as the instruments. These gestures are then programmed to produce specific sound and clip. We recorded ourself beat-beatboxing and some accapella then proceed to put it in our project.

Stepping up and down on the touch sensor will produce the main beat Read more →