Category: Projects
Description Inspired by the Giant’s Causeway in Ireland, we arranged 300 white cylindrical candles into a mountain terrain formation that reacts slowly to audience interaction. Users were invited…
In-Progress Media Testing out the sensitivity of the force sensitive resistors. Here is after we realized that our plan to use velcro to attach the eye hooks to…
Pipe Dreams Narrative Description: A parasitic pipe organism has taken over CFA. The pipes spread through the walls from the Alumni Concert Hall, where they collect and…
To solve our problem of having to cast so many candles, we’ve found a two-part alternative: use foam core blocks to create base height variation; we can reduce…
Dancing Cloud Inputs: Pressure and/or Sound Outputs: LEDs inside balloon arch This project is an interactive installation consisting of a pressure mat similar to dance dance revolution/twister. When…
Sentient Chandelier Inputs: Motion or Sound Outputs: Actuation via motor This project is an installation that responds to the life inside of CFA by creating a wavelike motion…
Description There is a small white box with a black switch on a white pillar. The small white box is connected to a black structure with 5 black…
Thoughts of a Plant explores the differences and similarities between plants and people by setting up an opportunity to listen to and interact with the internal electrical signals…
Apply Pressure Final Design of the Touch Pad Video Demonstration Examples of the Visuals Narrative description Apply pressure is an installation that produces visuals and sounds. The physical…
Description The Universe Comparator is an interactive project where people try to understand the scale of objects all around the universe relative to each other. If you ever…
Final Project Pictures and Video Narrative Description The Jackpot of Life is a slot machine, but the user can rig it in their favor. A disproportionate amount of…
Meiger Counters Description A plain, black carrying case usually meant for industrial tools with two cutouts in the foam. Perfectly fit into the cutouts are two handheld meter-shaped…
Description There are 5 yellow posts with some plates and colorful lumps on top. They are all different heights. Each one has a bunch of wires coming…
Project Statement This project is meant to be an interactive piece where you can experiment and figure out the scale of different bodies in the universe. The balloon…
Project Statement: “Jackpot of Life” is a slot machine that aims to explore how one’s life turns out is largely dependent on the circumstances of your birth. While…
Success in Their Eyes (working title) Progress Made Currently, I have the structure for the waterfall made using styrofoam. I have also finished the vases where the water will…
Bike The idea here is to have a scene of sorts that evolves as the user bikes on an exercise bike. If the user stops biking, the scene…
I thought more about my Digital Jungle idea. I’m not settled on it, but I am interested in seeing it through. As a quick refreshener, this project aims…
Idea 1.1: Universe Size Comparison Extra Points not in the drawing Measuring the size of the balloon Question Randomizer button Idea 1: Tilt controlled mechanism This is a…
Jackpot The idea behind this project is that your life and experiences are largely influenced by the circumstances of your birth, and a very small minority of Americans…
Idea 1: Apply Pressure Block Diagram: I am excited about interactive artworks where the act of creating the art can become a kind of…
So, I was thinking about flow, right? I heard we needed an illustration, narrative description, materials list, and a flow diagram for each of three unique, world-shattering projects….
Astral Projection The idea behind this project is that music will play and depending on the pitch different images of celestial bodies will be projected against the wall….
Sun Narrative description: Adrienne Kennedy’s Play Sun is a poem-play with one character (Man) and an environment that is at once responsive to and triggered by his emotional…
Description The Cov-Aid belt is a belt that helps you stay safe and battle coronavirus. It has 3 switches that help you select your statuses and 1 ultrasonic…
Background “are you ok?” is a satirical implementation of a mental health support kiosk from the 70s. The inspiration for this project came from the feelings of frustration…
Child Description This is a skinny black box about a foot tall, with the same shape as a desktop computer. It has a toothy gap down the left…
CRT Nostalgia user interaction For this project, I wanted to explore the magic analog logic of additive light mixing in a playful, nostalgic interactive experience. The eventual coordination…
Description Today, there is an extreme focus on efficiency and scheduling an individual’s entire life. People divvy their calendars up into blocks of time when they should be…
By Olivia Werner Presentation Photos: Detail Photos: Videos Demonstrating User Interaction and Outputs: Narrative Description: The crystal box fortune teller is a box made from mirrored acrylic…
Project Title: How well can you binary? Normal test_smol Video showing a run through of the piece GOOD result_smol Video showing a run through of the piece…
Robovend 1: Maquette and further thoughts on robots Still not sure exactly where to situate this Robovend machine. In one case, I envision the Robovend as a form…
Maquette: Materials: 3 mini projectors (borrowed from IDeATe lending) 3 power cables, 3 HDMI to mini HDMI adapters, 3 HDMI cables mac mini (borrowed from SoD VMD) chip…
Fortune Teller This project is a modern day satire on humans obsession with wanting to know the future. We are drawn to horoscopes, crystal balls, and psychics all…
Light On Schedule Description: My days are frequently divvied up into intervals of work and rest. I’ll spend three hours working, and then I’ll switch over to an…
Bus Tracker Inspiration and Details My inspiration for this project comes from using the Transit App. In the mornings, I would like to know how long it is…
Bus Tracker Inspiration and Details My inspiration for this project comes from using the Transit App. In the mornings, I would like to know how long it is…
If robotics research and development continues, humans someday will not be the most evolutionarily-preferred race. They will outcompete us by being quick to reproduce, and in the ease…
Are you ok? This project comes from the feelings of frustration and even alienation that come from canned responses to serious issues. I’m referring to the copy-pasted mental…
Social distancing with sensors This is a project to design wearable kits which help with social distancing based on what your status is. This was an idea that…
Idea 1 – Schedules I got this idea from the interview with Ezra Klein and Michael Sacasas about techno-optimism and the way minor inventions changed our lives. The…