Show N’ Tell (MII)

As a member of Group 8 I will be jotting down notes about the presentations from the groups in cluster one but also attending cluster two for photos and future inspiration.

Group 1: Michael & Martin

The project aimed to express feedback in some sort of flow, after taking inspiration from multiple kinds of “flow”, they decided to use this prototype to unpack flow from traffic. Like people coming in and out of a queue, cars stopping and going, etc. Very tactile feeling apparently sensed from the body, but tactile feeling can recede into a larger meaning, that meaning came after.

Group 2: Thanita & Snezhana

3D artifact represents activity on keyboard. Backspace reversing the spinning movement, Enter button changing position. When typing moving is simply continuous. There’s something interesting with writing and rhythm! Like a metronome.

Group 3: Liam & Jesper

Inspired by Biking and Navigating on a bike, they strived to achieve getting feedback with servos to that concrete phenomenon. Experimenting with vibrations, they wanted to experiment how vibrations should/could navigate you- stimulating through vibration.

Group 4: Therese & Zakiya

Started by exploring using subtle head accessories to express feedback, but landed with being on the arm. Inspired by heart surgeons that have to monitor action, for example, entering a dangerous zone that requires extra and more intricate care. Working a lot with feel and sensations.

Group 5: Bahr & Caleb

Sticking hand into globe that has fuzzy feathers inside it, experience fuzzy and “enjoyable” feeling while servo moves. Giving concrete texture that came in and out of state. Connected to mood.

Group 6: Nefeli & Malin

Inspired by the level tool, feedback from level tool, material, how does it feel to balance and center something. The structure is built playfully like a game, with buttons incorporated for input and tight coupling with the output which is the movement of the strings tying to the tube which tilts, moving the ball within left and right.

Group 9: Kim & Melika

Experimenting with “readiness” and more temporal elements. This drove them to the idea of not being so restricted to time, but more about something approaching and leaving. Their artifact experiments with readiness, instead of utilizing the rotational movements that servos afford doing they used them to showcase more linear motion & velocity.

Group 10: Josefine & Victor

Expressing feedback with pulse. Like an external mechanical heart you attach on your arm. Sensation provided is that it kind of like an exaggerated sensation of your own pulse, pulse blends in with artifact. To add nuance they experimented with Synth (ADSR). Experimented with how to make the muscle contraction, heartbeat feel realistic.