Monthly Archives: August 2021

Sketch 1: Social Distancing Helper

Sketch preview on social distancing helper device.

Light exercise headband help remind wearers and people around them to social distance.

Further improvements can be:

Further feedback can be added to notify when too close, audio etc

Where webcam can be placed/inserted to allow optimal face tracking

How the leds are incorporated onto the headband

Week 2 Reading Response: Ch 4 Space and Place by Yi Fu Tuan

I agree with the reading describing Space being an abstract term for a complex set of ideas especially how it is perceived and measure may differentiate from people. How space can be organised, that one may find comfort in a cluttered small bedroom, however to another may find it messy and suffocating to be in. The reading helps further understand the human body with relation toward space and time being such as when one is active or at rest affecting orientation and considering points in space subconsciously. It also explained hierarchy through place and space, which reminded me of the movie parasite which shows the difference in hierarchy/class not only through the colours but also by the amount and level of space the respective people live in (e.g a mansion like house with a yard and an underground basement).

There’s also the defining of one’s ambient space front-back and right-left regions be it spiritual, belief or objective. Spatial prepositions also shows how we perceive or describe objects in space, from location, volume and distance. There’s also the questioning of the amount spaciousness with relation to the feeling of openness and freedom if the addition of other people will affect it. I view that the feeling of openness and freedom is not only affected by the volume of people or space and there are other variables (such as social relations) that play a part. However, focusing only on population density and crowding, this can be dependent as the total volume of people occupying a volume of space they are in.