I constructed two pressure sensors

1. Fabric based pressure sensor

2. Paper based pressure sensor

1. Power Bra // Snap Switch

When the bra is hooked, the LED lights up. When the hook is snapped open, the LED turns off.

2. Traffic Light // Pull Switch

3. Surprise Light // Knob Switch

I was testing with layers of material. The twisting of the knob switch turns the LED light on and off under the translucent paper.

Blow switch: Once the user starts to blow the piece, it lights up with the action.

http://youtu.be/77TUCiJ-5J4

Pinwheel switch: Once the user press/touch inside pinwheel, it lights up.

http://youtu.be/qGDxZz_OMnU

Paper lamp switch: Once the user put the paper lamp on the bare conductive circuit, it lights up.

I have made an additional part to the last week’s illustration since I love it so much.

Reference:

The three mechanics for the switches I made are: (1) pinching, (2) grabbing, and (3) squeezing.

Pinching Switch:

I wanted to explore pop-up structures and created this pop-up tent with a simple switch.  Check out my intractable here.

Grabbing Switch:

This is a superhero shield, and the switch is built into the handle.  When you grab the handle, the switch is triggered and the LEDs light up.

Squeezing Switch:

This is a lightning bolt (again, superhero theme).  When you squeeze the top of the lightning bolt, the switch is trigged, and the LEDs light up.

Story for shield:

This shied is used by a superhero to protect her/him from evil.  When he or she grabs the handle of the shield, the LEDs light up and create a save environment around her/him.

brief story..

I was at toyzarous the other day, and toy train road reminded me of circuit.. so I thought

it will be good to make a circuit road that you can place the road like the toy train road.

so I made a switch that you have to grab the “road box” and place it on the right direction in order to function the circuit.

by Xiaofeng Lin

I combined two scenes from Modern Times: the assembly line and the “smile” scene at the end. The goal is to lay my own perspective of the simple “Smile.” silent script over the life of the man and woman as if they live on the mechanic, industrial, and forced assembly line at the time.

Final Illustration w/ circuit:

Jessica

Circuit Illustration

The idea comes from the animation Wall-E. And the sentence is simply a calling from robot Wall-E: Eve?

In-class Assignment – Parallel Circuit