Summary: VANCE: Voice Automated Number Counting Elevator – an attempt to redesign the elevator experience from an impersonal one to a more social one. We utilized a break beam sensor composed of two laser pointers to count the number of people entering/leaving the elevator, and a force sensor on the door frame to determine when [...]
Fine Tune: After Fiona presented our idea to the class, we started to simplify and focus our project. We decided to stick with audio cues that would play in the elevator, as opposed to an interactive game. Although slightly worried about whether the elevator is truly interactive, or just reactive, our goal is to have [...]
Assignment: The goal of this assignment is to observe an existing physical behavior or task and to either re-design the tool for doing that action, or to design a new tool to do it. Your focus in this assignment should be on careful and timely sensing of the relevant actions of the person or people that [...]