Lego Lamp

1) Prototype

(more pics soon)

2) Concept and design goal (What does your design seek to accomplish? Who are you designing for?

This lamp is an interactive design product. It is a rectangular base that can hold in multiple light boxes that complete the circuit and light up. It  gives users the power to manipulate the design and change the lights based on several situations.

3) Materials list

- LED lights or LED strip

- Battery

- Copper tape

- On/ off switch

- Plexi glass

- Methylene chloride as glue

4) Prior art and precedents that inspired your design and direction.

Concept: A scarf that lights up, so that you can make yourself visible while walking at night in the dark.

Design Goals:

DIY

Accessible

Least amount of materials

Safety

Precedents:

Imagined Body by Yuchen Zhang

No contact jacket that sends 80,000 volts if touched.

Saflet allows you to send messages to the police and

Kinetic Mechanical Purse

Materials:

1) Paper prototypes for feedback (Focus on role or look+feel)
2) Concept and design goal (What does your design seek to accomplish? Who are you designing for?

Personal desk lamp that reacts to current light conditions an its own position. has 3 states: On (glow (similar to computer glow?)), on (direct) and off. Built in sections to be self supporting yet flexible enough to be easily positionable. Possibly solar charged?
3) Materials list (What do you need to build your design)

knitting supplies: yarn, needles

electronics: lilypad, light sensor, solar panel
4) Prior art and precedents that inspired your design and direction.

tiny usb lamp

crochet rug with led rope light

Jessica

For this assignment, i wanted to create a cliche symbol of heart using one LED to put the spectator in an obscure moment. It depends on the spectator to change his/her perception to see the heartbeat visual on the paper or just focus on the LED’s blinks from a small hole which is situated the front of the box.  With time, heart beats speed up, to represent the excitement.

Light illusion black box is made with Lilypad, one LED, paper, square box, black tape(to cover the square box), 2 short alligator clips.

For the heart reflection, i cut a rectangular paper. I fold it. Then, i put the paper under the LED to create the heart beat visual.

I wanted to create something that reminded me of a living thing from nature. So I thought about fireflies, which I have only seen in movies. So I imagined what it would look like if I caught some in a jar. That is what I made. 

This jar of fireflies is made with an led strip, Gemma, battery, wire, paper and a jar. It turns on as the jar lid closes. Code available on Github. 

When you’re missing your partner or your roomies, use this to send them a message to come home!

Watch videos below

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My attempt is using LittleBits CloudBit. The idea is to sync my emotion with the monkfish so that I can catch smaller fish. Fading in and out is controlled by cloud application.