For my final project, I wanted to explore the realm of plush toys and its effect on adults, I was curious to see if that effect could be duplicated on children. I was inspired by the uncanny valley, which is a hypothesis in the field of human aesthetics which holds that when human features look and…
In this assignment, I made a mini character that comes alive when its little hands are touched. The mouth appears by thermochromic pigments, and the eye lids roll up. I found flexinol really troubling to work with and it took me numerous iterations before I got them to roll up properly. I realized the…
For the first iteration, I decided to spray a pint of thermochromic powder onto paper and glue, and see if the heating effect would still work; it did: Then, I used different color bases and different color thermochromic pigments to see what the entire CMYK would look like using thermochromic paint: I then decided to…
In this assignment, I created 3 different speakers: two using copper tape and one using thread. I found copper tape to project a louder sound than thread.
I made 3 different sensors for this assignment. 1. Motion Detector sensor: by joining safety pins (which are conductive due to their metallic matter), the movement gradually detaches the circuit and the light dims down as the movement increases. When the movement stops, the metals are joined together again, and the LED lights back up:…
For this assignment, I did a house built with paper, and integrated a circuit inside of it using copper tape and conductive thread. I made the door to the house act as a switch, in a way that when it rotates, the LED lights turn on inside the house.