October 2017 Page 5 of 8

Children’s Museum Observation: Nimbus Drum

Created by Shohei Katayama, Nimbus Drum is a kinetic sound artwork that encouraged viewers to interact with shifting, magnetic beads. The beads were always vibrating, and would clutter…

Children’s Museum Observation : Bounce Array

As one enters the Children’s Museum, past the entrance on the first floor to the right is a series of different themed rooms. The first one will encounter…

Tech Demo 3: Catapult!

  For our tech demo 3, Stone and I decided to make a catapult that would launch an object when a sensor notified the servo to move.  The…

Museum Observation Notes: Vroom

At the museum I observed the “Vroom” piece in the Garage room. This was the mini skateboard-ramp like space located on the right side of the room. The…

Tech Demo 3: Parametric Facade

For the final iteration of our project, Harsh and I were able to implement various solutions to mechanical issues we encountered for our first attempt. We used springs…

Museum Observation Notes

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Tech Demo_03: Pop-Up Castle

Created by : Alessandra and Ghalya Inspired by the Game of Thrones opening with several castles slowly moving up from a flat plane through the spinning of an…

Technical Demo 3: Nightmare Music Box

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Children’s Museum Observation: “Ball Machine”

The exhibit that I chose to observe was “Ball Machine” by Henry Loustau. It is in the Garage room and is centrally located in that space. Inflatable balls…

Museum Observation: Bounce Array

The Bounce Array is located in the Garage exhibit of the museum. If you pull all the balls up and then push a lever, a mechanism will release…