Connection of calculator and wires.
Magnet attached to turning wheel
Back view of wires being connected to calculator
Thursday, 22 May 2014
First Prototype
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
Haptic Interface Drawing And Ideas For Water Wheel
- Build something that spins a number of times to set off an alarm
- LED's that change as you use more water
- Arduino to count up up how long it's going for
- Coil, magnet, moving magnet past coil to introduce a current, hook up to LED
- Code it to make it trigger something physical.
- Reed Switch
- DIY revolution counter
Precedent Work:
iSAVE: Made for the shower head and tap faucet. Attaches to your sink or shower head and provides a digital reading of the amount of water you're using. It is powered by energy that is made by the water passing through using a small turbine embedded in the device. Made to show people the amount of water they are using/wasting.
http://inhabitat.com/isave-faucets-monitor-water-use/
Domestic water meter: Cane be attached to standard tap and shower fittings in homes. Measures water coming out of single outlets, showing the user how much water consumption is happening. Measured by and internal turbine and sensor and the water usage is displayed in liters on a LCD screen. The unit has an internal generator that recharges batteries so there is no need for replacing them.
http://www.ecofriend.com/domestic-water-meter-a-droplet-saved-is-a-droplet-made.html
Group Haptic Interface
What does it do?
Allows home owners to measure how much water gets used and give you feedback.
- 227L of fresh water flows down our drains in a day per person.
- This is over 100 times the amount of the amount of fresh water we need to stay alive.
- Showering uses 38L per every 5 minutes, 76L per every 10.
- Our Haptic interface will signal you when you use more than recommended.
- It will start again for the next person to take a shower.
- It will measure the amount everyone uses through out the whole day.
- Give feedback by beeping when you reach the recommend amount of water used.
We are aiming to make something that will help people be sustainable.
Allows home owners to measure how much water gets used and give you feedback.
- 227L of fresh water flows down our drains in a day per person.
- This is over 100 times the amount of the amount of fresh water we need to stay alive.
- Showering uses 38L per every 5 minutes, 76L per every 10.
- Our Haptic interface will signal you when you use more than recommended.
- It will start again for the next person to take a shower.
- It will measure the amount everyone uses through out the whole day.
- Give feedback by beeping when you reach the recommend amount of water used.
We are aiming to make something that will help people be sustainable.
Thursday, 8 May 2014
Haptic Interface Scenarios
Waving a light on and off
- No need for touching
- Sensors (heat or closeness)
Standing in a certain spot in the room for any amount of time to active either…
- Music
- Light
- electronics to turn on
Shower turning on as soon as you enter it
- Teach it what temperature and pressure you like it
Projector on wall with sensors
- Universal remote for your home
- Touch wall and sensors to get what you like
- No need for touching
- Sensors (heat or closeness)
Standing in a certain spot in the room for any amount of time to active either…
- Music
- Light
- electronics to turn on
Shower turning on as soon as you enter it
- Teach it what temperature and pressure you like it
Projector on wall with sensors
- Universal remote for your home
- Touch wall and sensors to get what you like
Thursday, 1 May 2014
Haptic Interface
Technology put in motion by forces vibrations and sensors. They make sure our space flows.
Successful haptic interface:
Electric tooth brush:
- Something we do in our everyday life and want it to flow smoothly.
- Easy to use with one button to easily activate the toothbrush.
- Includes haptic feedback as vibrations go off due to the timer that shows you when two minutes has been up.
- It also has a pressure sensor that alerts you when you're pushing too hard.
- Same button to be pushed when turning it off.
Frustrating haptic interface:
Siri
- Voice activated interface/Automatic voice
- Can't understand what you say
- Doesn't have a silent mode and is easily bumped
- Usually more hassle than it is to just interact with your phone by touch
- Too many questions asked when wanting to do a simple task.
Although annoying, it is that start of something big as the first major voice user interface making the customers change the way people think about man-machine interfaces.
Thinking about how successful interfaces would be even more so if they learnt and adjusted to us…
Looking at everyday things:
Light switch too far away (I have to walk up through my whole flat from my room just to reach the main living area light)
Electric doors opening too slow, waiting outside the door not making the flow in our space work as it should or is meant to.
Pay wave, made to create an easy flowing payment, hardly stopping but not all places have the machine for it.
Automatic dimness on computer and phone. Phone: sometimes dims too much and doesn't always brighten back up. Computer: with the slightest move or turn away it automatically dims right down.
Successful haptic interface:
Electric tooth brush:
- Something we do in our everyday life and want it to flow smoothly.
- Easy to use with one button to easily activate the toothbrush.
- Includes haptic feedback as vibrations go off due to the timer that shows you when two minutes has been up.
- It also has a pressure sensor that alerts you when you're pushing too hard.
- Same button to be pushed when turning it off.
Frustrating haptic interface:
Siri
- Voice activated interface/Automatic voice
- Can't understand what you say
- Doesn't have a silent mode and is easily bumped
- Usually more hassle than it is to just interact with your phone by touch
- Too many questions asked when wanting to do a simple task.
Although annoying, it is that start of something big as the first major voice user interface making the customers change the way people think about man-machine interfaces.
Thinking about how successful interfaces would be even more so if they learnt and adjusted to us…
Looking at everyday things:
Light switch too far away (I have to walk up through my whole flat from my room just to reach the main living area light)
Electric doors opening too slow, waiting outside the door not making the flow in our space work as it should or is meant to.
Pay wave, made to create an easy flowing payment, hardly stopping but not all places have the machine for it.
Automatic dimness on computer and phone. Phone: sometimes dims too much and doesn't always brighten back up. Computer: with the slightest move or turn away it automatically dims right down.
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