Size-Changing Shadows

Here is my final exhibit:

I added shades to the lights, which improved the overall effect:

Here are some pictures of me interacting with the exhibit using my hands: 

The user can use these objects to transmit color through the rods as well:

Two colors at once:

This photo shows label placement:

I wired the lights together and hooked them up to a switch: 

Close-up of the label: 

Infrared Exhibit Interaction Sketch (from Week 8)

I just emailed this to Sebastian and John when I had the flu, but never posted it.  Here is what I sketched out as the interaction for the second iteration of my infrared vein viewer.

Veins Under Infrared Light (Final Piece)

Although the effects were not quite as strong as I would have liked, I've tweaked the technology to give off the best possible image quality and I think the interface is a bit more clear now. 

This is what I had in class last friday. 

Final interface (designed to be set on a table of normal height). 

Final interface from another angle. 

Final set up with label. 

Close up of label. 

Grow and shrink! Signs

Signage on my pieces: 

Sign (will be propped up like a mini science fair board on the side)

Love to hear your thoughts/ suggestions!

Design a Drawing Machine

After many many iterations here is the final piece "Design a Drawing Machine" 

I realized having 3 interchangeable gears made it more interactive and interesting to tinker with, but with so many degrees of freedom it gave kids too much free reign to stack gear towers and go wild. I think my previous prototype would be good as a game kit sold in stores, but for an exhibit, something that is more simple to interact with but still interactive and less complex was my goal:

Slippage prevented with discrete holes:

Affordances: a knob to crank

Label:

Photos from the Exploratorium floor:

Can You Make Glasses Sing? Final Prototype

Here it is!

After two anticipation-filled weeks I was finally able to get on the laser cutter and finish my acrylic casing. The case is now permanently sealed and the glasses are permanently fixtured to the base to prevent wiggling. 

In case you can't read the bottom-most caption for the figure, it says: "When exposed to vibration, the circular glass deforms slightly, oscillating quickly between a slightly taller and thinner ellipse and a slightly shorter and wider one." 

The actual sign will be twice this size (as it appears on the template document) and mounted on foam core, but it will appear in the location shown (right above the glasses). The view from above:

You can see here that the rims peek out about 1cm-half an inch so that the casing doesn't make it difficult for the user to execute the correct motion. 

Anamorphosis (Final Piece)

Since the infrared viewer technology (I'll post about that soon) isn't working as well as I had hoped, I decided to also pursue the anamorphosis piece as well.  I 3D printed a few more pieces and here is the final set up. I haven't worked with this one much over the past couple of weeks so any feedback on the interaction or label would be great.

Entire Set-Up with Label (they will be a bit more spread out in the real one once I get my hands on more black paper).  

Ceasar Bust Anamorphosis

The cylinders are glued down and the pieces are mounted on black blocks to make them easy to move around and experiment with.   

Up-close view of label.