Interactive Devices

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This is the class assignment using LED strip and motor as effectors and photoresistors as sensors.

When it is not disturbed, the head will sway slowly and there will be a gradation in green light fading in and out.

However, if you get too close, it will shake violently and the LED strip will be shone red.

Below is a video of how Read more →

We would like to read a specific word in some given number of languages. And represent the geographical heritage of that word through a lightning art piece. So for example if Jane says “kärlek” (the Swedish word for love), the colour of the Swedish flag will be reflected in the art piece.

The art piece would be places some place Read more →

People are bearing too much stress in the modern society. The objective is experience serenity and practise meditation.

So I researched on a spiritual object, prayer wheels. In Tibet, It’s spun to send prayers out into the universe, cleanse the soul.  Prayer wheels are used for meritorious effect such as orally reciting the prayers without reciting the mantra.

Objective of my project: a Read more →

I made a little device that helps to tell you what temperature your cup of cuppa is from the colour of the led light strip. Basically, warmer -> reddish undertone, colder (and nearer to room temperature) -> blueish undertone.

However, the temperature sensor took quite some time to sense the change in temperature, hence it might be better to use it Read more →

Ever make a hot cuppa tea to accompany a night of work, get too engrossed with the task at hand, only to later come back to lukewarm soggy tea?

Tealight is an interactive device prototype made using an Arduino, temperature sensor and adafruit LED strip as feedback. It measures the cup’s external temperature and gives real time visual feedback of how Read more →

The objective is to create and experience serenity and practise meditation.

So I researched on a spiritual object, prayer wheels. In Tibet, It’s spun to send prayers out into the universe, cleanse the soul.  Prayer wheels are used for meritorious effect such as orally reciting the prayers without reciting the mantra.

Objective for my project: a device can help people to exercise meditation Read more →

Ubi-in-da-club, makes your club the smartest of them all. When you enter the club, you receive a bracelet.  You can interact with the bracelet and it gives you all information that you need.

You don’t need a patch anymore, the bracelet connects to the hanger of your jacket. This makes it easier for the staff and also prevents lost patches.

The bracelet Read more →

In the course Ubiquitous Computing we worked with a project we call ubIksu. Our solution to make the gym Iksu (a large and often crowded gym) into a smart environment. Our goal was to make it easier for gym members to plan their exercise ahead and don’t end up waiting at every machine. We also wanted to help the staff and gym members Read more →

In this exercise, we used Phidegets (sensing and control devices), to simulate Hip Hop dancers’ gestures, and translate the gestures into the commands and control the music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jCzLQ9ZfrQ