Physical interaction design DH2400

We have made a pulse control multiplayer game where we externally can set a goal pulse for the players to reach. There are different colors on the prototype representing if the player is far or close from reaching the goal pulse. If one player reaches the goal pulse a green light will appear and if the player keeps that pulse for a while the player wins and a light sequence will appear. The losing player will get a bright white blinking light. The game can then be externally reset, and a new goal pulse can be set.

Here's our final video presentation with our PulseControl project. This video explains what each colour means, and displays a short example usage of the prototypes.

In the Peripipe project we detected the user's sips and puffs in order to control a music player.
For everyone who is wondering how we made it happen, here's a brief description of the sensor we used and how we did it.
It's not hard, I promise.
In fact, it is really easy, but see yourself: How to use a pressure sensor (pdf)

Ella Ella - The Smart umbrella.

Ella Ella is an umbrella that reminds people of the fact it's needed.
It does so by querying the internet for weather forecast trough the user's mobile phone, which is connected wither via Bluetooth Low Energy or trough an ANT antenna. When it senses the user is passing by, using BLE or the ANT signal strenght, in case of rain Ella Ella lights up to notify that it's needed.

While on the go, users can rotate the handle of Ella Ella in order to see the weather forecast. The weather forecast has been arranged in time slots: next 3 hours, next 6 hours, tomorrow morning, tomorrow afternoon, and 2,3 and 4 days in advance. 

Ella Ella has different visualisation for different weather conditions: from light to heavy rain, snow, sun and thunderstorm. 

Below is a video of Ella Ella in action:

Here is our finished project, the Peripipe. It is a tangible remote control in the form of a wooden pipe that takes the user's breath as input in order to control music playback wirelessly. Does it sound strange? Take a look at the video and it might make more sense.

Created by Tommy Feldt, Sarah Freilich, Shaun Mendonsa, Daniel Molin and Andreas Rau.




For more info, see our super cool blog where we have documented the design process.

The Arduino and Javascript code can be found on this GitHub repo.