Week 10

It was good to come back together as a team after the holidays. None of us had really had a lightbulb moment by ourselves after the feedback from the other week. But straight into the discussion we we began to find ways to resolve and improve our concept. Our team works really well together and every member contributed great ideas.

At the top of this page is written what our team has deemed the most important points of our interpretation of "news" for this project.  We will aim to address all three of these points through our design. 

Going with the idea of numerous sensors being strategically placed within two corresponding homes we began to build a strong concept. 

Individual sensors and their outputs would indicate a friends actions and movements within their own home. But only when the other person is engaged in the same activity. Eg. opening the fridge door our sitting on the couch. This gives the two people a sense of companionship and provides a pleasant surprise when they realise that they are doing the same thing as their friend living elsewhere.

These are some of the specific relationships with outputs present in the home. 

BED - WARMTH

SHOWER - LEDS

FRIDGE - LEDS

WARDROBE - FAN

COUCH - VIBRATOR

FRONT DOOR - BELL

We even started thinking about beginning to make the model today. We were quite excited about this as the potential to make a very expressive and provoking demonstration was definitely there. 

We decided to build two three dimensional floor plans in which we could place the relevant furniture. Using audrino we could connect the two homes to show how the two simultaneous actions trigger particular outputs.