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The One With The Assignment 2

Kamarule

Wednesday, Apr 06, 2016 - 09:23:56 am

@ The Anatomy Of Life & Death

The extension of a case studies is actually a good way to take someone else’s ideas and push it even further. I find it hard to find a good one because honestly, not all the case studies is that interesting actually. With that being said, right now I am going to use Vladimir’s documentary, Karst. The reason I chose this Read more →

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A fine idea - can you be specific about which pieces of equipment (from the film) your exhibition would showcase? and in what setting? factual, informative, abstracted, or playful? Would you connect 'Karst - the exhibition' with your own recent experiments making 'swirling hard hats' into a sculptural piece?

Sonoport. Asg2

Kendrameltzer

Monday, Apr 04, 2016 - 08:44:31 pm

@ KENDRA+MELTZER

“cityscape” is a new and creative way to explore your city as well as support local artists. The process is easy, download the app and explore. Local artist will be encouraged to join the team and create any artwork of their choice. The app is designed to take users around their city, exploring new areas they may have never been Read more →

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This is a quite nice idea - I've been down to iLight festival twice, and an all like this would have worked really well in such a context. And perhaps not all that difficult to realise technically - did you give that some thought, and searching for possibilities? For example, with GoogleMap you can create custom layers! More involved work, check as MedeaElectronique (see page 31 on https://www.academia.edu/8622365/Report_from_ICMC-SMC_2014_slides_, )

Perfect Pitch Part 2

Angel

Thursday, Mar 31, 2016 - 07:54:42 pm

@ Real life

Idea 1(Individual project idea with ADM resources plus an equipment budget of max 500$, plus your own time and effort, over 1 year):

For the first idea, I would like to pitch the idea of creating music with heart beats.

Things that I would need : A heart tracker, a program that can translate the heart frequency to sound frequency, lights and smoke Read more →

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hi Angel, good ideas there. I like 1) the heartbeat idea, and have EKG equipment that could be used in an FYP. it's also perhaps possible to hack a fitbit, as you suggest. For 3), the child (the errant person) would have to wear some form of electronic tracking device, am i right? here's a product to check out: https://www.techinasia.com/japan-docomo-telco-child-tracking-wearable-watch-docotch

Perfect Pitch

Peng Cheng

Thursday, Mar 31, 2016 - 06:22:49 pm

@ peng0060

Individual project with $500: Idea 1: I want to create a set of braces for myself, especially when now 3D printing is so advanced. And I would show my research and development so that other people can do it too.

Idea 2: Publish a book with my writings and pictures that I have created.

Project with 5 millions:

Idea 3: I want to create Read more →

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P2 squared

Faye

Thursday, Mar 31, 2016 - 04:40:06 am

@ ylim033

Pitch 1 – $500

Shut-Up-Arm: 1) Observation: Slap anyone hard enough and there will be a lag in reaction time of at least 2 seconds. 2) Money will go into buying materials and parts to build this standing machine. Will have modes + timer for full-auto slapping and push-to-slap. 3) Sole purpose is to slap people so they shut up. 4) Perfect for use on babies Read more →

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Quite interesting and invigorating ideas. The first is hilarious, sort-of anti-PC parental guidance. I think it could be a hit (pun intended). Seen some funny videos in socmedia-land, e.g. http://www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/i-believe-i-can-fly#.wm2kGmbXK. For serious applications for adults, try MMA. 2) is interesting, points to social activism. For this to work and be sustainable over time, you need to engage with a group. Perhaps Medecins sans frontières / Singapore or similar? 3) game idea seems cool. Can you extend the writeup with more detail. Explain what 'reactionary ethics' is and how this could generate a game mechanics (?) What's the target audience, the platform, timeline for development, and other important supporting information, so that your idea can fly.

Pitcheroos 2.

Jazlyn

Thursday, Mar 31, 2016 - 02:33:00 am

@ jkoo002

Pitch 1

For an individual project, I would develop an isometric pixel horror RPG based on the theme of escapism. Would definitely include gore.

Funds for the idea would be used to purchase commercial licenses for required assets, as well as any commercial plugins that may be needed.

Pitch 2

If I had a budget of 5 million, I would Read more →

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OK, all pitches sounds good and all are doable (!). To convince, for each, you need to develop supporting material, such as a timeline (network diagram is preferred) and more detailed idea of the budget ($$ and workhours). Background references are also essential, and (for more business-oriented ideas) a clear idea of the target audience.

The One With The 10 Ideas

Kamarule

Thursday, Mar 31, 2016 - 12:31:39 am

@ The Anatomy Of Life & Death

Let’s push myself to the limits. I am going to come up with 10 different projects for the first phase.

The Perfect Modern Chair To design an everyday office chair which adjust according to different people’s back shape. A perfect ergonomics chair which consists of combining the idea of a bean bag and a office chair. In this project I would need Read more →
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Very nice to read, you've certainly pushed yourself to get the creative 'idea generation juices flowing. most of the ideas are feasible, though a few are of course too large for a FYP. #3 and #5 are IM-focussed, and for this reason my favourites. There's a classic piece by Jeffrey Shaw that you should know about, called 'Legible City'. There's current research in interactive sports equipment design that I can recommend you to dive into as well. #6 made me think of the book by Ben Marcus, "The age of wire and string" - - different, but a very inspiring and funny book. #8 might be tweaked towards 'temporary workers from 196 countries in Singapore', to link with your 'hard hat' projects. If you design a community science/ app-based research, it's not necessarily going to take very long time. #10 is closest to what I've seen of your previous work. I think your strength lies in poetic audiovisual environments (w/wo interaction), so this is the direction I would recommend you to go for your FYP.
Re-examining your initial list of 10 project ideas while reading your asg2 report + asg3 pitch. I now understand better how you arrive at the 'heaven ± hell' idea, and want to encourage you to go all-out with this as your FYP. Much background research will be beneficial for you. I would like to recommend looking into the concept of Utopia (as a link or alternative to heaven/hell dichotomy), something I've been fascinated with and in fact brought into the context of a course I gave last year - see slides here: http://soundislands.com/soundatadm/interactivespaces/material/Lindborg-utopias.pdf