For the final project, I made a switch which could be triggered by human touch the feather.

Material:

• Wood sheet;
• Feather;
• Copper Tape;
• LEDs;
• Hot Glue;
• Soldering tools;
• Wires;
• 3V battery;

Process:

I did spend some time thinking about the circuit of how can make it work.

First I know that I need parallel; But where to put the break (switch) and also incorporate with the aesthetic placement of the LEDs is a little bit tricky. I only want to light up one LED at a time when the feather touching on one corresponding switch.

Finally the circuit work out like this:

Start placing the LEDs on the wood sheet. Facing different directions to light up.

Adding feathers layer by layer.

Video  testing the circuit:

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Instructable Link:

https://www.instructables.com/id/Human-Touch-Switch/

Thermochromic ink exploration.

I created 5 pieces of swatch for this assignment.

For this week I constructed there pieces of speakers with different substrate materials for homework.

It was fun. Love to see the feather dancing when the speaker is on and vibrating.

I designed a special wish/blessing/gift card.

There is a rose on the front of the envelope; and when you place the stem of the flower into the down left corner of the envelope where there is a gap, mimic the process of “putting the stem and root into the pot/mud ” then the rose will light up, lighting up the wishing message written on the top right: “To Some Special”.

Material:

• Green craft paper;
• Red craft paper;
• Green wires;
• Red LED;
• Soldering tools;
• X-acto knife;
• Double face tape;
• Copper Tape;
• Silver Pen; (Optional for writing wishes);
• 3V battery;

Process:

1. Measure the paper and draw the lines for constructing an envelope;
2. Creating the red rose petal;
3. Dig a hole on the envelop and the pedal where one of the wire (stem) will go through to connect to the battery inside of the envelop;

Done:

Video Documentation:

Instructable link:

https://www.instructables.com/id/Greeting-Rose/

For my final, I decided to explore projection mapping, and link it with the soft circuit that I learned in this class.

For future iterations, I want to improve the interface and make it fit better with the paper structure. I also want to make the paper structure into a bigger scale so the installation will be more immersive.

Link to my instructable:  https://www.instructables.com/id/Triangle-Projection/