Back Story of the Gnome The above is a video of the Drunken Gnome (Credits to ZiFeng who helped me with the video). This type of gnome can only be found in the cold climates of the northern regions. Human beings can only see these garden gnomes near the winter season as they hibernate throughout the rest of the year.… Read more →
Month: November 2017
Int Dev Project Update #10(Final): The Emplifier
The Emplifier is a headset/with a visor that helps people who does not have PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) experience how the recovery of PTSD patients who experienced sexual assault feel like. Many people advice PTSD patients not to think about the incidents but it is easier said than done, thus, this project is focuses on the road to recovery experiences of… Read more →
Telepathic Stroll with ZiFeng,Makoto and SuHwee
We wanted to explore the connections between each live stream and the fun possibility that we can create! Since our final project will be presented on the grid wall, we decided to build our whole concept revolving the idea of the grid wall and the potential of viewing all four live streams at the same time to create a piece… Read more →
Presentation on New Materials
The video below is a recording of my presentation for Interactive Devices. (Not sure why there is some interference noise in the video, you can mute the volume or turn it down but for videos, do take a look with the sound) Read more →
Int Dev Project Update #9: Cushioning and coding
Cushioning Started the cushioning with the ear muffs. The above is how the muffs were made. I cut some sponge , felt and offset the cloth (from some clothes that is new but not used) onto the 3D printed holder. I created a small hole on the covering cloth and hooked the holes through the 3D printed part to let… Read more →
Robotics Project Update #9: Decorating and getting it to move
Before adding fur coat Testing the motors and labelling them is a good idea to know which motors are activated. When I am making the weave for the fur of the character, I decided to use this method shown in the gif to make it. It was simple but really tedious. Below are the green fur I am using. Adding… Read more →
Telematic stroll with the Sun (North East – West)
Posted by Songyu Bao on Monday, 6 November 2017 The above is my live broadcast, Telematic Stroll with the Sun. For this project, Zifeng and I decided to start in the early hours of the morning. Our main focus is to see the sunset together. Zifeng and I went to the West and North East of Singapore respectively. Both Broadcast were not… Read more →
Int Dev Project Update #8: Full assembly
3D modelling Here are all the parts to the final model. The above is a rendering of the whole model rotating. Note that the colour scheme will also reflect on the final model. I use black as the base as it is also the part that holds all of the motors which are black. This also means that I am… Read more →
Robotics Project Update #8: New arms within
New Arms for the motor Motor Holder The above are the new arms and motors holders (that I forgot to address in my previous post). The arms allows a full range of motion by pulling the strings (which only requires 90 degrees of motor movement). The grooves on the arms allows me to tie the strings onto them if I… Read more →
Int Dev Project Update #7: Printing and testing
I started the final model with the testing of the ultrasonic sensor as well as making a housing for it. Next I sand all of the white printed parts with wet sanding. The fine particles of PLA when inhale causes harm to the lungs in the long term, thus, wet sanding is a safer protocol as compared to normal sanding… Read more →