SKETCH ONE: self awareness

Jinsil & Greg - Ripping our Mushroom

During this week my group presenting our fabrication circuit to Greg and Jinsil. We had our mushroom working and glowing individually but then Jinsil ripped open our mushroom so that she could look at how the LED's were implemented. Poor mushroom.

After the presentations we brainstormed some concepts for our Sketch One project. The project works with the concept of body & spatial embodiment, where the user can alter his/her surroundings based on a spatial perspective (the user does something to the room and the room responds) or a body embodiment where the device/clothing responds to the movement of the human body. We brainstormed with the idea of self awareness where our user is given feedback based on the action they are applying.

Concept brainstorm

The concept is focused around backpacks using pressure sensors and LED's that illustrate the awareness of weight being carried by the user. We looked into the issue that users are unaware of their body posture when he/she is carry something beyond their limit. This concept refers to university students where they have to carry their laptop, text books, notes, etc. Our objective is to give feedback (through LED's) to the user so that they will know how much they should be carrying and protect their body posture in the future. Of course we can not force the user to stop carrying more weight on them, but the idea is to represent self awareness to those that are not considering their body for the future.