Mobile Interactions Photo Update

Can't wait to blog how the three mobile interactions were made, but since I am still programming today, for now I will give you a sneak peak at yesterdays progress in pictures...

The Butterfly by Chief Knitter Toiréasa

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The Fish by Crafty Cross-Stitcher Rachel

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The Flower by Crochet Queen Áine

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Interactions as of 5:30am

The women are working away again this afternoon to finish them off.

I really enjoyed making these, and I am so excited about seeing them on the mobile frame in our exhibition room!

Annie.

Buttons, wires, sewing.. interactions getting there...

The final buttons for our interactions are now made...got 3 more  buttons from the second hacked keyboard we  are using these instead of the arduino now, so two buttons will be used for the little crocheted flowers that start the animations and one for the big flower.

I have made 2 soft buttons, with tinfoil and sponge i encased them in the lovely crocheted flowers Annie's mum and aunties made and have sewn them up. They seem tight and secure and the feel nice and squishy so when people find them in the bed of flowers they'll be disguised and won't have an obvious button!
^Siobhan

Photo Diary | Exhibition Room Day 2

We had a very full day between set design, and today's deadline for our group evaluation and individual self-evaluation reports.

The Flower Bed Interaction

Alannagh multitasking; set design & group evaluation

Siobhán typing the group evaluation 

40" LCD TV on loan from Harvey Norman

the room is taking shape 

To view our progress today in photos: Click Here

Annie.

Set Design | Mobile Frame

The Mobile Frame

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Three interactions will hang from the mobile. Three different shapes; a fish, a flower and a butterfly. Siobhán and Fodhla are making the technology, and Annie's mum is decorating the plastic canvas frame. They are going to be amazing!

Alannagh made a great job of the mobile. See the mock-up design here.

Annie.

Set Design | Microphone Interaction

Alannagh worked hard today on set design. In fact, Alannagh made so much progress it will have to be blogged over several posts! She's amazing at this kind of thing, take a look...

A microphone stand covered with green fleece material and
decorated with fairy lights.
Alannagh handmade the flowers from paper & attached them to the lights.

add electricity

add one microphone courtesy of Annie's brother 

embed the microphone in paper

and hey presto, a fully functional flower-style microphone interaction

Click here to see a prototype design, and click here to see what the microphone controls on screen.

Annie