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 →
Month: September 2017
ASM visit thoughts and reflection: Whose Utopia?
Recalling the experience in Art Science Museum, I spent the most amount of time viewing Cao Fei’s Whose Utopia(around 20 mins). I feel that it is piece filled with bittersweet and irony of what the future may become for most of the low or middle class population around the world. This exhibit is in a video format and it captures the… Read more →
ASM visit thoughts and reflection: Optimisation of parenting
The class trip to Human Plus evoked a mix of feelings when I think of the future of humans. Although some work shows a more optimistic view, most of them questions the advancement. Disclaimer: This is not a negative critique or a rant, it is a reflection after looking at the work and the questions it poses to me! =)… Read more →
Injured Cloudy Bacteria (Robotics Project 2) Final Update By: Bao and Issac
Robotics Project 2: Injured toy Bacteria We decided to add a layer of character to the tapping leg to create something animated, funny and cute at the same time. We decided to make a injured bacteria which is supposedly ‘stabbed’. This idea came to us when we finished coding and building and did not know how to style it.… Read more →
Robotics Project Update #2: Sketch
Build Sketches My idea is to make a robotic version of a tall boy, the inflatable. As my project requires a series of studies on the movement of the interactions between the springs and the motor, I decided to have 3 prototype to experiment with the visual movements of each the the individual set up. The Left (Teal) In… Read more →
Device of the week #3: Kissenger by Mixed Reality Lab (2017)
How it works High precision force sensors are embedded under the silicon lip to measure the dynamic forces at different parts of your lips during a kiss. The device sends this data to your phone, which transmits it to your partner over the Internet in real time. Miniature linear actuators are used to reproduce these forces on your partner’s lips,… Read more →
HyperEssay #1: Concepts in Social Broadcasting
Cross stream part 2 with @bao Cross stream part 2 with Songyu Bao Posted by ZiFeng Ong on Thursday, 21 September 2017 The above is the cross streaming with Zifeng for our broadcasting project. This project is about broadcasting the interpretation of the five stages of drunkenness. At the start, pace of the video is slow and environment is benign.… Read more →
Cross Stream Broadcast Test (with Zifeng A.K.A Wind)
Facebook Live Link : Here Zifeng(Wind) and I decided to create a stack of layers ranging from normal to top the top drunk level. The level of drunkenness will increase when the first person opens a door and walk through it. We hope to create an environment whereby we audience could experience the drunkenness of the visuals and through the… Read more →
Injured Toy Idea Update By: Bao and Issac
Initial Sketch and Concept This project is an exploration of the movements of a man tapping his feet. With different pace of the tapping, we could see the emotional states that he is in while waiting. The movement of his head also shows his purpose of waiting, is he shady? waiting for his friends? or just waiting for a taxi… Read more →
Bobble Pong By: Bao , Issac , SuHwee , ZiFeng
Initial Sketches The 4 image on top are the 4 inital ideas we have. From top left, clockwise. First idea is controlling the pong paddle with a up and down motion of the head. There is a pressure sensor to control the speed of the paddle. Second idea is controlling the pong paddle with a bending movement. If the… Read more →