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Children’s Museum Observation

I chose to observe the water vortex in the waterplay section. Because it is in the water section, almost only kids were interacting with the vortex. The only…

Children’s Museum Observation: Ball Maze

At the Children’s Museum I chose to focus on the sculptural ball maze in the nursery area on the second floor. The track was fairly centralized in the…

Childrens Museum Observation: Wood Panel Display

I was observing the wood tile based display. The visitors were of all ages, most people seemed to pose in small groups in front of the display, sometimes…

Children’s Museum Observation: Wooden Mirror

General Observations of the Museum This is a tally of how many people were at which exhibits during the times 10:30 am – 11 am. The tick marks…

Museum Observation: orange bouncy balls

This exhibit consists of a series of bright orange rubber balls that fall in a cascade when a lever is pulled. The mechanism behind it consists of a…

Kaushik Murali : Museum Observation

The Garage section at the museum was the one that I found the most interesting. Most of the other rooms had visual artwork, which were exciting and entertaining…

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…