Module 1 Formstorming

Weekly Activity Template

Rita Zhang

Project 1

Module 1

For this project I chose to create a light up business card as my nonwearable, and a light up belt as my wearable. Throughout this project, I did a lot of testing, and I started with numerous ideas like pop up cards, light up gloves, clips, and pins, but I eventually landed on the business card and belt, because I wanted to create something that was practical which I could use again and again, and for the belt I chose something less practical, because I thought it would be cool to use the new belt I bought for something.

Activity 1

This is the simple circuit, it was the first one I made. This was my first attempt seeing if the light would light up, but it didn't. I took away one of the battery, because I realized it was unnecessary, and maybe that's why it didn't work. I realized that wasn't the issue when I tested it again. I got some feedback from my peers, and realized the conductive tape wasn't connected properly, because the sticky side was not conductive, so I taped on bits of the conductive tape, and taped it on the edges where it didn't connect to connect them, but that didn't solve the issue either. I got more feedback from my peers, and realized the light was flipped, and there was a shorter and longer end of the metal wire which indicated if it was negative or positive. After making all those changes it finally worked. I went onto the next one and created series circuit, and that also did not work first try. After getting feedback from my professor, I found out for this one you needed both batteries to power the light because one alone was not powerful enough, and it worked. Here is a photo with both batteries taped on. I went onto the parallel circuit here, and decided to bend the tape instead of taping on the flip side of the conductive tape to make the corners connect, but something was still wrong with it. I taped on the conductive tape in case something was not connecting, but that didn't do anything either. I completely re-did it. I tried it with just one light to see if it would work, and it did work. I taped on the second part of it. I finally made the parallel circuit work. I tried creating the tool to find what objects are conductable, and I started by sewing one side of the fabric. I couldn't see it very well because the conductive thread was silver, and the fabric was grey, so I restarted and switched to a bright turquoise colour. Here I sewed on the light. Then I sewed on the other side of the light. And here I added the pouch for the battery, and the conductive fabric to connect it, but it didn't work, I'm not sure why. Here i tried using the different type of light given to us in class, and it didn't work. I tried switching the battery for a cleaner one because the other one seemed to have glue on it thinking that was the issue on why it wasn't lighting up, but this didn't work either. I realized there were 3 individual lights, and I had placed all 3 of them, which resulted in the negative and positive ends not connecting. Here is where it finally worked.

Activity 2

This is a box closed. This is the interaction of the box opening. This is the interaction of the cap of the pen opening. This is a switched being turned on. This is the switch being closed. This is a bottle cap opening. This is a bottle cap closed. This is the interaction of my laptop screen opening. This is my water bottle. This is the cap of my water bottle being twisted off. This is a mouse with a trackball This is the interaction of the trackball being moved. This is the arduino board and the line cord not plugged in. This is the line cord plugged into the arduino board. This is my closed macbook. This is my drawing of how the light would turn on, on an earbud case. Once it's closed the conductive tape would touch and light up the light. This is my resuable bottle container when it's on the table. The other part of the conductive tape is on the table so when it's lifted up, it's no longer connected, and the light turns off. When I press down on the key, the light will turn on because the conductive tape would be under the key. When the book opens the light will be turned off. This is how it'll look inside the book with the battery and the connected conductive tape. This is a pair of scissors when it's closed, and the light being on. This is the pair of scissors opened and the light turning off. I got rid of all the extra lights, and just kept one, because it would not be feasible with just one battery.

Project 1

Final Project 1 Design

Wearable Interactive Affordance Based Circuit

Wearable light up belt.

This is a belt that lights up when it's wrapped around the waist.

Non-Wearable Interactive Affordance Based Circuit

Light up business card.

On the back of the business card, there's a mini switch where you can pull it up and down for the star to light up.
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