Prototype Presentation

Proposal for RFID Card Project
Title: Customized house
Idea: Concept is to control the house using an RFID Tag.

I wouldn’t say I wasn’t prepared for the presentation but I think I could’ve added a few more points to clear what exactly I am doing for my final Project. I’m designing an affordable version of Smart Homes using an RFID Card. Just like Smart Homes this house will have loads of cabling going round the house. My house for this project will be made from Card board. The house will look something like the picture below.

Exhibitions

I spend the day in Central London visiting a few places.

1. The Curve – Barbican

The curve was purely and interactive project. The curve was based on several projections and all of them had sets of speaker which were playing different radio stations. As soon as one would walk in front of the screen the system could define the figure and draw a red line around the shadow of one on the screen. Depending on how close one was to the screen or walking in a direction left to right/ right to left, the radio stations changed. Several people could walk into one screen but then I don’t know how that would work as there weren’t many people around for me to see how the radio stations would crash into each other all at the same time.

2. Under Scan – Trafalgar Square

Because I went to Trafalgar Square around 4-5pm so I didn’t get a very good video of the work that was displaying there. As there was still some sunlight around, and the work was based on projections on the ground, the movement in the video can’t be seen properly. I personally feel that the projection is of a saved film/ clip that keep on repeating rather than it being interactive with the movement around cause by humans walking on the ground.

3. Rafael Lozano-Hemmer - Haunch of Venison London

Less Than Three

The gallery only exhibiting 7 pieces of work held a very attractive interactive art work. It was based on light and sound. You would say a word into a telecom and lights would turn on and go round in their designed shape and then you would hear the word back but with a different pitch of volume. It was called ‘Less Than Three’ and described as LED strips, 2 intercoms, computer dimming racks.

Pulse Tank

This was a tank that contained water in a dark room described as Ripple tank, heart rate sensors, solenoids, computer, spotlight, custom software and hardware, pump and chlorine.
The tank hand sensors around it which detected the heart beat rate and made ripples in water according to it.

4. Lisson Gallery – Edgeware Road.
The Gallery was under maintenance so I couldn’t have a look at the work the gallery was holding.

under Scan and Less Than Three Pictures

Under Scan

Less Than Three

Video

Coffeecation

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uY-5hlOsnnU&NR=1

The Video coffeecation is purely interactive as well as engaging. It’s like an open blog/diary. Anyone who visits the restaurant can write what they desire to, any anyone sitting on the same table can go through it later. The idea is very exciting and attractive. I personally would like to visit a place like that, read what others have written and share how I feel at that time too.

Videos all from youtube.com

Sadi rfid project HUE – leave and plate project

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CdQ7zI_EphI&feature=related

I think this video is the most interesting video of FRID that I have come across because they have presented in a good layout, one can’t see the mess of wires and other stuff they might have used. As the video is in Chinese I didn’t understand a word but what I did guess from watching it is that, the leaves in water create different noises. The leaves must have a chip inside them and once they are in water they chip triggers off and makes the already saved tunes on the chip.

'Full Moon' SADI RFID Interaction Design Project
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yMDz5xAkltU&feature=related
Though this is a casual video but seems like a radio tuner to me. The lady uses her RFID card to activate some kind of recording.

Working Seven Segment Display

Circuit with one Switch