reality check post design freeze and settling for a design:
what we liked about our idea:
– movement as a factor in social dynamics
– our chair having “a mind of its own”
– our chair reminding the user they’re not the on in control
but:
– our original idea was too complicated
– we struggled to take necessary next steps in the design process
– feedback: reduce and focus on one movement/aspect of interest
after talking and sitting with the feedback we got:
a chair that senses your presence and reacts – making itself unsittable
Karim modelled different mechanics:
- we had several meetings with Mathias and decided on mechanics
- as well as meetings with electronics & microcontroller professors
- we looked at samples for the fabric of the chair
- wrote a shopping list and ordered parts
- built models
- and tried out the programming small scale
motor starts if less then 5cm from ultrasonic sensor – waits 10 seconds – starts in the other direction – cycle complete
next steps:
- measuring the mechanics to order the base of the chair
- working on the programming
- testing
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