Module 1 Formstorming

Weekly Activity Template

Leah Bronowicki

Project 1

Module 1

Introduction to soft circuits!

Activity 1

The class example of series circuit. I took a look at these before they were finished and attached the lights and tried em out! This is me lighting em up! I'm not a very sciency person so seeing this got me excited. This was the class example with conductive ink! This is when I found out you had to touch the two batteries together The class example of parallel circuit. I think I had the battery upside down here. Lit them up! I liked the look of parallel circuits the best. Another class example. I was playing around with all of them on the lunch break and it greatly helped me to understand how they work. I'm a hands-on and visual learner at best. This was my first attempt at a parallel circuit. This was before I explored the diagrams from lectures and before playing around with the class examples. Was not made correctly and first time using copper tape so it was very messy. This was my next attempt at a parallel circuit once I got home! Success! Here's me trying the other kind of parallel circuit. I like the look of the copper tape with this one. Success after knowing to touch the two batteries! I added some more lights and they lit up so brightly! After seeing the example of the gloves on Kate Hartman's Make Wearable Electronics, I wanted to give it a try. I wanted the switch to be where my finger and thumb would come in contact as an easy way to hold the battery in place. Kinda like a snapping or pinching interaction. The light was lighting up pretty well! The process of putting the copper tape on these fabric gloves was nothing short of painful. Especially attempting to put on the glove and stretching and breaking the tape. I wanted to try adding more lights now that I knew the first try was successful. Here's the attempt at creating the series circuit with two batteries. This is how it looked from the back, kind of messy but it was just to play around and getting a better grasp of circuitry. Connecting the circuit by pinching two batteries together, this one did not end up working out :(. Here I had the conductive thread I wanted to try using on the glove as a way to avoid the messy copper/fabric combo. I did not initially do enough resesarch for this part. I also did not know how to sew but I made some surface area for the batteries to come in contact with the thread. After lightly stabbing my fingers with the threading needle, I ended up successfully recreating the glove prototype!

Activity 2

I went through one whole day and recorded some of the interactions I experienced. This is the tote bag I bring to school and its way of opening and closing. Here's my coffee mug! One of my first interactions of the day that gets me goin! The interaction of me grabbing the handle And the interaction of lifting the mug and setting it down. Input and output. This is my Switch 2 remote. Plenty buttons and triggers. Me pressing the button. Although these buttons already have feedback for their interactions, but still a concept I could think more about. Also being able to move the joystick any which way. Another concept to think more about with other kinds of objects. This is a squeezy honey bottle! This interaction flicks the honey bottle open to be used. This is an alarm clock I got from my grandma. I don't really use it but there are definitely a few interactions that can occur. The main interaction being: Turning off the alarm! Here is my piano. An interactive art object! The keys are the KEY to the interaction!! I was inspired by my piano so I sketched out a diagram of how I might add some lights onto my favourite notes! The goal was to have the switches as the keys themself. I drew a parallel circuit where one half of the tap is flat underneath the keys. I had a clear picture in my head to have the light attached on the keyes and fold the copper tape underneath the key to come in contact with the tape on the base and complete the circuit. This is the image of interacting with the key and completing the circuit, lighting it up! This was an idea that crossed my mind before seeing the example of a similar concept found in the content from the weekly lectures. I wanted a sweater that would light up when pressed. A series circuit could work with the switch being soft material that can be pressed down by a warm embrace! Completing the circuit. The idea of embedding these circuits on fashion inspired me. Taking the parallel circuit with the two pieces of copper tape could be used as a design on a pant leg with the LEDs Could maybe work when holding the two batteries in the pocket against the pieces of tape. This is a diagram of my art glove I use when drawing on my tablet. Referencing the glove prototype, I thought I could make the circuit complete when completing the action of holding something. I hold a pen with my art glove, when completing this interaction it could complete the circuit and light up the glove! This was a runner up idea because sometimes I want to draw in the dark but cannot see the paper... this could be a good solution. My last idea of having a parallel circuit on a pair of headphones and tapping the switch to turn it on!

Project 1

Final Project 1 Design

Wearable Interactive Affordance Based Circuit

My inner light-up tote bag!

Bag's open? Lights on! Fully visibility inside! Bag closed? Clasp disrupts the circuit turning the lights off!

Non-Wearable Interactive Affordance Based Circuit

Light-up piano keys!

Close up view!
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