Module 1 Formstorming

Weekly Activity Template

Arrththi Thavabalanathan

Project 1

Module 1

Testing out conductive materials to light up LED lights. Exploring with makey makey as well as Aluminium Foil, conductive thread, and copper tape.

Activity 1

testing out a simple circuit, acting as a switch by connecting both ends of the wires a continuous circuit that will go until the battery runs out of energy a parallel circuit with a switch created by folding one side a well lit parallel switch circuit one of the first parallel circuits created, however one of it failed due to the copper wire not being continuous/not set up properly a graphite circuit created with a 6B pencil, the better conductive pencil as it is soft creating a ring like structure with the graphite circuit to light up the LED light another graphite circuit, this time being a switch. graphite switch lights up very dim, as it is very weak due to the nature of the conductive material Aluminium foil simple circuit creating another ring shaped circuit with Aluminium, this time it lights up more better than graphite creating a simple circuit using a makey makey first time testing the light, this does not work unless user is touching the switches a well lit LED light by grounding the user and pressing the button creating a switch by connecting both the switch to ground and a button press, and by grounding the LED light while using aligator clips to get power from the computer a working light switch using the makey makey showcasing the switch that is pressing down a piano key a parallel circuit also showcasing the key being press down, it will turn off when the person lets go of the switch testing to see if the switch/LED lights work by itself using aligator clips to showcase conductivity within the wires the conductive wire in a continuous on loop visualizing ways to showcase lights, this is a mockup of a holiday card with a dog using the LED slots of the makey makey to power the LED light finding ways to power lights using aligator clips, light and small conductive wires a LED light in a switch state (user presses it to turn on)

Activity 2

a cup visual from the topside cup visual from the side a simple sketch of the key goal of lighting up the cup detailed visualization of how the circuit will flow and where the trigger will happen on the handle. the paper sensor will switch the light on center of the handle where the trigger will be placed where the coin cell battery is placed without the person seeing it a final look at the cup lighting up when the user hold it by the handle an image of a closed sliding door, which can be used to visualize a light circuit how the sliding door looks when it is not closed a sketch image of the circuit on the wall and the sliding door what should happen once the sliding door makes contact with the wall image of mouse an image of a trigger type light up. when the user clicks the switch will complete and light will blink the interaction of the cup holder when about to be placed down an sketch of the image of where the led will be placed an sketch of how the cell battery will be placed to cause an trigger an showcase of how the pressure will make it light up image of the idea of the sketched out lights turn on when cup is placed showcase of glasses case an opened glasses case to visualize the circuit a sketch of the glasses case of where the placement of the light and battery would be placed a simplified sketch of the circuit for the glasses case a chair closer look up of the gas lift a simple sketch of an light up when the chair reaches the max drop

Project 1

Final Project 1 Design

Wearable Interactive Affordance Based Circuit

I created a wearable glove based circuit that uses touch (switch) to power on the light when I make a press gesture with either my index or middle finger. I used the makey makey key out to enpower my thumb to which when I press against the one of the two fingers. I also created a simple coding project with JS which in return showcase the pause and play of some circles.

Wearable glove circuit prototype Backside of wearable glove

Demo of the wearable gloves

Non-Wearable Interactive Affordance Based Circuit

For my non-wearable, I decided to go for a jewellery box which lights up when it is opened. Using conductive material such as the conductive wires from the toolkit and bolts, I created a switch at the back which will complete the circuit and light will go on.

jewellery box, switch is triggered by the two bolts coming into contact. The circuit will complete and the light in the housing will be lit. the box in its final form.

Demo of the jewellery box

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