tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90025983931021853202024-03-13T16:16:42.882-07:00Mechatronics Lab NID PGArshad Pathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17331528087079515941noreply@blogger.comBlogger141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002598393102185320.post-19519631244197601872013-08-21T02:44:00.000-07:002013-08-21T03:01:19.992-07:00Magnetic Painting by Vinay<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/55054440" width="500" height="367" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/55054440">Magnetic Painting</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user12850249">vinay</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /></div>Arshad Pathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17331528087079515941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002598393102185320.post-29757986369479668742012-07-10T04:59:00.002-07:002012-07-10T04:59:24.359-07:00How a lead-acid battery works<iframe width="500" height="281" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rhIRD5YVNbs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Arshad Pathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17331528087079515941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002598393102185320.post-66200793167889641062012-07-10T04:53:00.002-07:002012-07-10T04:59:40.655-07:00Dan Pink on What Motivates Us<iframe width="500" height="281" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/u6XAPnuFjJc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Arshad Pathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17331528087079515941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002598393102185320.post-58732569288377490962012-07-10T04:37:00.000-07:002012-07-10T04:38:25.794-07:00“Kinetic Rain” Singapore Airport<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In the course of refurbishment works ART+COM was commissioned to create a signature art installation for the Departure-Check-in hall of Terminal 1 at Singapore Airport. “Kinetic Rain” is composed of two parts, each consisting of 608 rain droplets made of lightweight aluminum covered with copper. Suspended from thin steel ropes above the two opposing escalators, each droplet is moved precisely and seemingly floating by a computer-controlled motor hidden in the halls ceiling. The drops follow a 15-minute, computationally designed choreography where the two parts move together in unison, sometimes mirroring, sometimes complementing, and sometimes responding to each other.
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One Hundred and Eight is an interactive wall-mounted Installation mainly made out of ordinary garbage bags. Controlled by a microcontroller each of them is selectively inflated and deflated in turn by two cooling fans.<br />
Although each plastic bag is mounted stationary the sequences of inflation and deflation create the impression of lively and moving creatures which waft slowly around like a shoal. But as soon a viewer comes close it instantly reacts by drawing back and tentatively following the movements of the observer. As long as he remains in a certain area in front of the installation it dynamically reacts to the viewers motion. As soon it does no longer detect someone close it reorganizes itself after a while and gently restarts wobbling around.</blockquote>
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There is a physical world and a digital world and between, lies series of rules, interfaces and constrains. The only way to interact is to learn the rules, but why?
With all these objects around us, we hold immense amount of knowledge and information about them. The way they behave and the way we handle them. But still every new digital object comes with a daunting task of understanding his way.
Why can't we put our knowledge of the physical world around us, right from wearing sandals to hammering nails in the digital world to augment and alter it? The task is to create controllers whose usage is by default embedded in us.
The installation "THROW" here presents one iteration of the concept of "Bridges", which aims at combining the physical and the digital world. Here we take example of a ball understanding its basic physical properties and affordances. The knowledge we hold about the ball in the manner that we bounce, throw and squeeze it. This knowledge can be mapped with quantitative values of force, spin and speed.
In the installation you aim and throw the ball towards a projected stacked pile of can using your knowledge of aiming and throwing a ball right from your childhood. This knowledge of yours clubbed with quantitative values of speed, force and spin becomes an input device for the digital interface
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</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">Hardware Configuration:</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">- 16 x 2 LCD User interface display</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">- Password Input by 4 x 3 keyboard matrix with 0-9,* and # keys are in use</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">- Stepper motor is connected for locking and unlocking operations.</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">- There is an option for Relay, Servo Motor, DC Motor or Electro Magnet also.</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">- There is a green and red light indication.</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">- If door is locked red led will on, or on unlock green will on.</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">- Buzzer indication for errors and ok states</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">.</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">User Operation:</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">- For first time default password is 1234 then user can it by new password.</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">- Enter correct password for unlocking operation.</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">- System will gives error message for each wrong operation.</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">- Only unlock on correct password.</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">- User can change password by pressing 9999.</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">- It will ask for current password,</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">- If it is ok then ask for new password, then display it for 2 second.</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">- User can lock door any time by pressing * (Star) button.</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">- In door unlock mode as well as in password change mode.</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">Silent Operation:</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">- On system starts, stepper motor will find the home position using lever switch</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">- It will getting input from external lever switch</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">- When get input from lever switch, it will conform home position.</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">- In home position door is in lock mode.</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">- Stepper motor is in release mode (power off mode) after each operation.</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">- This operation is helpful for power saving. </div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">- Password will save in microcontroller memory.</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">- In power off condition circuit will remember password without any battery backup.</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst">- When door is unlocked and user will press * then it will give message for already unlocked condition.</div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst"><br />
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Craft; as is established is dependent on ‘Process’ and ‘Raw-material’. Everything else is directly or indirectly its manifestation or fruition. Infact almost everything contemporary is a remote manifestation of craft and does not lead to the creation of an artefact or artwork but a ‘Product’. Every product has a defined lifespan (shelf-life), like matter itself, though the point to be considered here is that life or existence of a zillion products is not even acknowledged, not merely because of their relevance and (lack of/)usability, but because of our fast moving material economies and consumerism. These products then end up as ‘Urban-waste’, which fortunately, thanks to the development in science, has a scope of becoming new ‘Raw- material’, but unfortunately doesn’t or merely does!<br />
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Acknowledgements:<br />
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Objects not only “de-materialize” into software in response to miniaturization and replacement by services, but literally dematerialize into radiation. -Hertzian Tales, Anthony Dunne<br />
We all appreciate, enjoy and exploit the wireless technologies today we are living with, but none of us really care about what and how it does. Mobile phones, Television sets, Micro ovens and electric towers leak something that is unseen. We live in a very close proximity to these objects not because we love these objects but inevitably not being able to escape from their spectrum. We are continuously consuming these electromagnetic radiations varying from ionizing to non-ionizing frequencies without even being aware of the fact. Though there’s been a lot of studies stating these radiations are harmful for human and other beings who live in these ‘hertzian urban spaces’ and few debating against. Regardless of whether they are harmful or not, it is essential for us to be aware that we are surrounded by these waves and it is inescapable and invisible. How would it be if we could see these radio waves like we see the visible light waves from the spectrum? Would they be green, red or yellow? What would happen if we could see the information (private) that is being transferred between entities? Do they invade our body cells to reveal our personal biological information? And why are honey bees disappearing? The investigation led me to explore, exploit and understand everyday objects like Radio, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth technologies and the so called “Cultural Artifact” mobile phone.<br />
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“Just as I start to descend the staircase, it rings in my pocket. It always rings as I start to… The mobile phone universally worshipped and spared no expense.” - How are things, Roger-pol Droit<br />
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“There is more to life than increasing its speed”. -M.K Gandhi<br />
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Time is one of the consequences of man's eternal quest for bringing order out of chaos by nurturing his understanding of the sun and celestial bodies into forms such as sun dials, clepsydra, astrolabe, candle clocks, pendulum clocks, wrist watches and even atomic clocks. Along his path through history, 'order' took new meanings of 'improving lives' through industrialization but at the cost of mass production, massacre, democratization, efficiency and profit, but by disconnecting our values and belief.<br />
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We now live in an information age where cars, airways, emails, online shopping, instant messaging, electronic pagers and fast-food are created for his comfort. But are we really comfortable at all? Cultures and practices are lost in a mechanical world that purely values functionality and use, suffering from immense 'time poverty'. Our pace of lives drives us to ask questions such as those of our neighbour's names, or the last time we really enjoyed a meal with friends and family. Our obsession of time has turned our lives into a road-runner show, which calls for a desperate measure to take control back into the quality of our lives by slowing down and revisiting our past.<br />
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In this project, I chose to investigate this problem by developing a series of objects by tinkering and exploring new methods of communication for slowing down in a broad sense of real-world and psychological provocation using elements of irony, satire and play.<br />
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This clock brings thought and awareness in people about their obsession of time by the simple act of tracking ones obsession. Every time a person wants to know time, they literally have to peep into the clock. Due to its hidden nature, time isn't visually available. Hence, it breaks the notion of taking time for granted. It 'attracts' attention and emotion towards the object through capacitive sensing to make time visible for the user.<br />
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</div><div>A futuristic lunch plate with a timer and a vibration alarm system, that is embedded internally in the object. This object behaves in the similar manner as the coffee mug, but creates a larger stimuli upon the user owing to its futurisitc appearance. The intention behind the coffee mug and this lunch plate is to instigate people to re-think and strive for a better quality life by making them experience the worst kind of time poverty situations one could encounter.</div></div><div><br />
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I wanted to do something with technology which is simple but pleasing to look at. At present, monsoon is going on and rain is everywhere. The situation instigated me to use an UMBRELLA which was absolutely in context to the present scenario.<br />
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I had a course of 6 weeks - Embedded Systems and Interaction Design. In this course we were required to produce a piece of Interaction design which had some Embedded component in it.<br />
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Detection of Average colors in a static image.<br />
Detection of motion through a webcam.<br />
Detection of colours of clothes in a video through<br />
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Detection of motion in separate con ned<br />
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Communication of Flash over Serial Port.<br />
Controlling of colours of RGB LED through Flash<br />
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To view the documentation of the ideas which came along the way, <a href="http://prezi.com/oeepbpvttd9d/interactiondesign/">CLICK HERE</a>.<br />
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To view the documentation of my exploration with RGB LEDs, <a href="http://prezi.com/zo5plyd-io-z/documentation-of-rgb-led/">CLICK HERE</a>.<br />
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Student: <a href="http://www.behance.net/supreet">Supreet kumar</a><br />
NMD-09</div>Arshad Pathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17331528087079515941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002598393102185320.post-16946538318776293832011-04-24T23:33:00.000-07:002011-04-24T23:33:39.979-07:00Construct/De-Construct<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><iframe frameborder="0" height="375" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/16275040?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="500"></iframe><br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/16275040">Construct/Deconstruct</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/sumitpandey">Sumit Pandey</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Construct/Deconstruct is an interactive installation that integrates elements of two of the most popular subcultures of the DIY (Do It Yourself) movement:<br />
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by using handcrafted interactive furniture modules. Electronics is used to bring individuality and interactivity to the otherwise similar furniture modules and handmade furniture modules act as an interface to access the interactive behaviors. The installation lets the viewers become participants by letting them deconstruct the furniture on display and constructing furniture of their choice; in the process gaining an insight into the DIY culture.<br />
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Student: Sumit Pandey<br />
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</div>Arshad Pathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17331528087079515941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002598393102185320.post-64423764549272574722011-04-24T23:21:00.000-07:002011-04-24T23:21:38.850-07:00ShapePlay<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
Interacting with Machines using Shapes<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/14356351">ShapePlay Controller Prototype</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/smmankad">Siddharth Mankad</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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The ShapePlay Controller is a device that is designed to control, for instance, a TV using just shapes that you draw on a touchscreen. Or even control a Radio, its tuning, volume, again using just shapes!<br />
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This prototype has been created using the awesome Arduino micro-controller platform. Inspired by the TouchControlPanel created by Jonathan Oxer and Hugh Blemings. Based on the TouchScreen Library by David Mellis, Limor Fried and Tom Igoe.<br />
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Acknowledgements: Dr. Jignesh Khakhar, Bhaumik Nagar, Ujjval Panchal, Arshad Pathan<br />
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(c)2010, New Media Design, National Institute of Design, India.<br />
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Student: Siddharth Mankad<br />
</div>Arshad Pathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17331528087079515941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002598393102185320.post-34107469383320575752011-04-24T23:17:00.000-07:002011-04-24T23:17:29.801-07:00TheHappyWay Cooking Guide<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
This device was conceptualized during our course of Embedded Systems and Interaction Design. The brief for this project was pretty open ended. We were allowed to observe various fields and find a design opportunity.<br />
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Observing house wifes around my residence I noticed that they were anxious when it came to cooking something new and different from their regular menu. The women I observed aged between 40 to 60 years. These women were also anxious when it came to using various digital devices and services. (i.e.computer, mobile phones, microwave ovens,internet , bluetooth etc) Reasons for this kind of anxiety were plenty but what I noticed was that for them figuring out how to navigate and how to operate digital devices was a onerous task.<br />
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So my basic idea was of a device that familiarize and increase the ease for Middle-aged indian house wives while they interact with Digital Device. A digital device that could be used in daily kitchen chores but not a kitchen appliance.<br />
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TheHappyWay Cooking guide is a concept device for Indian House wives. This device is conceptualized as digital cook book with following features ,<br />
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Recipes in Vernacular Audio ,<br />
Visuals for better guidance ,<br />
Navigation through voice command,<br />
Grocery Record keeping system,<br />
Interactive Dictionary,<br />
Recipe updates.<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/13458450">TheHappyWay cooking device Concept video2</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user4184042">shubhra bhasker bhatt</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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I thank our course guides Mr.Bhaumik Nagar and Mr.Ujjaval Panchal. Our coordinator<br />
Dr. Jignesh Khakkar for their valuable time and guidance . Tons of thanks to Mr. Arshad Pathan for his technical support.<br />
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</div><div>Student: Shubhra Bhatt</div><div>NMD-09</div><br />
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</div>Arshad Pathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17331528087079515941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002598393102185320.post-72551462003549823482011-04-24T23:12:00.000-07:002011-04-24T23:42:39.647-07:00FERRUM - Indian International Jewellery Show, Signature Goa<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><iframe frameborder="0" height="265" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/17127761?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400"></iframe><br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/17127761">Ferrum - Indian International Jewellery Show, Signature Goa</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3966208">niveditaganjoo</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Held in Kala academy, Goa in Feb ‘10.<br />
Designed an outdoor interactive installation ‘Ferrum’ for a pit in kala academy. Ferrum is an interactive installation that provides the user a chance to engage in the playful activity of generating and enjoying exciting patterns formed by iron dust & magnets.<br />
Working: When anyone comes near the installation the PIR sensor detects the presence and the magnets make patterns with the iron dust.<br />
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2) Interactive, capable of providing people with a engaging experience<br />
For its functionality the installation largely depended on electronic components .<br />
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The functionality was as follows-<br />
Proximity of an observer was detected through Passive Infrared Sensor ( PIR, incorporating an Fresnels lens and a motion detecting IC )<br />
PIR sent a signal which was received by the IC<br />
The IC in turn triggered a DC motor ( 100 rpm ) to rotate.<br />
A limit switch was incorporated to limit the height of the platform housing another "motor-magnet" setup.<br />
The limit switch triggered a signal, which caused the DC motor to stop rotating.<br />
At this point, the stepper-motor,kept on the platform started rotating, in pre-programmed fashion.<br />
In case, no-motion was detected for some pre-defined time, the PIR resets, sending a signal.<br />
Receiving this signal, the IC made the stepper-motor to stop.<br />
Then the DC motor starts rotating in the reverse direction, hence the platform came down.<br />
Another limit switch at this point is used to limit the minimum height of the platform.<br />
A AC-->DC (12 V , 1.5 A) adapter was used to supply power.<br />
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The greatest hurdle in piston mechanism was the motion of the platform in the vertical axis. I tried to do this motion by following how a piston work i.e. transforming circular motion to linear motion.<br />
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I devised another method to do this. I used a screw attached to the motor axis. As the screw rotated, the nut attached to it moved up/down (depending on the direction of rotation). This worked.<br />
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Akshar Taal’ as the name suggests is an attempt to help kids learn vernacular languages on their own. These interactive blocks give a real time audio and video feedback as and when the blocks are connected with the given platform. The idea behind these interactive blocks is: learn while you play.<br />
Working: Each of the blocks has a different value resistor which when connected to the circuit gives a pre-coded output through processing and arduino.<br />
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In the final display only one word-working prototype was displayed. The design of the box is with only three groves for the main alphabet and in front of them three more groves for the matra, which are in acrylic.<br />
The design of the box is to be modified further according to the dictionary and the longest word formed.<br />
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The project is ongoing as a dictionary has to be formed and then combined with the software such that one can make words in any combination. The design of the box is to be modified further according to the dictionary and the longest word formed.<br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Akshar Taal works on a very simple reading of the resistor of the blocks with specific value that is read by the arduino board and processing. When the user puts the block in the grove that has brass plate in the base touches the copper wire of the blocks the circuit completes and gives an audio-visual feedback to the user.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Now the first step was to understand the technicalities it would have and how I can overcome them. Then to test the resistor in the block and the base together and if they give any value on multi meter. The material exploration was equally important as the blocks should be safe for kids to use without any guidance.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">As the project moved further a lot of refinement and changes came along one of which was changing from English block to vernacular language - Hindi. The constraint with Hindi was of the matra’s that come on all the four sides of an alphabet. This gave me a further challenge as what all words will be formed. There are 49 alphabets with matra’s in Hindi language. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The blocks were further modified and instead metal cooper wire was used.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Now a word limit and a dictionary of three letter words in hindi to teach the kids was proposed.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The process of prototyping an idea about the material is achieved and the possibility of how it will work ahead. During prototyping material constrains are understood. For eg aluminum cannot be soldered so i had to use brass then refined it to copper wire. The placement of the alphabets and matra became clear. The blocks were made in MDF.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">To prototype groves of three letter and three matras were made on the prototyping base plate of the blocks.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The matras were made in acrylic so that the letter behind is visible. Matras were printed on the corner of the acrylic unlike the MDF blocks who had the alphabets (swar, vyanjan) in centre.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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Euphony was an interactive music generation installation that allows an audience to engage in a localized sound based sensory experience. The targeted concept was to generate music that creates a pleasant and soothing experience for visitors while maintaining a balance between direct interaction and a noticeable output. It was designed to blend in with the environment and set a desirable ambience in that space.<br />
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The technical components that were used in the installation were speakers, a wide range web camera, a professional quality amplifier and a work station computer. In order to represent our concept in a real open space, we used an earthen pot or ‘matka’ as our sound post. The matka as an object not only facilitates a pleasing aesthetic ambience but was mainly chosen for its natural property of increasing the volume of the sound. It also lends a reverb quality to the sound which enhances the quality and goes well with the nature of the music produced. The form of the matka was modified so as to give way for inserting a web camera in a cleverly hidden manner and also concealing maximum amount of wiring within the matka itself. More importantly, the individual matka design was made completely independent from other dependencies in the location; hence, making it portable, cheap, and convenient way of distributing music. Further intervention with the design of the post includes a pedestal under the matka for aesthetic value and as a housing for the computer and electrical power supply.<br />
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Multiple numbers of these sound posts/pots were placed in certain specific locations within the open space. This would allow users to move around the space and glide through a localized dynamic sound experience while avoiding any overlap or interference by other posts. The system generates music using movement and density of a set of people moving in a space that is monitored by a web camera. This web camera detects and sends movement and density information to a computer that uses it to generate music through a software called ‘Tiction’. Due to the uniqueness in the nature of movement that people have and the variation in density with time, the installation generated music which was melodious and yet non-repetitive through time.<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/17265417">Euphony- Interactive Generative Music</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2626055">Anuradha Reddy</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Team: Sumit Pandey, Anuradha Reddy</div>Arshad Pathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17331528087079515941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002598393102185320.post-20947265942899684752011-04-24T22:49:00.000-07:002011-04-24T22:49:49.070-07:00DANMUS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
According to an African proverb, <b>" When the Music changes, so does the Dance." Where on the other hand Danmus (Dance and Music) provides reverse interaction where you change your dance, body movement; the music changes.</b><br />
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This project was to experiment with traditional tools of expression such as Dance and Music and see how it affects the whole experience of dance when music becomes a combined tool to communicate. It would also explore an opportunity for people without any systematic knowledge of music to produce music just by moving and listening . And this can be further taken to produce real time simulacrum if more than one person take part in it.<br />
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This prototype if wore on the dorsum of the foot, detects tilt of your foot and produces different notes for different tilts. So for different sequence of tilts, it produces different note composition;music. It also demands dancers to work hard for melodious music! This prototype was designed keeping in mind Irish Sean-nos step dancing.<br />
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