17. Applications and implications¶
Questions to be answered:
What will it do?
Who's done what beforehand?
What will you design?
What materials and components will be used?
Where will come from?
How much will they cost?
What parts and systems will be made?
What processes will be used?
What questions need to be answered?
How will it be evaluated?
What will it do?¶
It is an artistic interactive installation that translates emotions into a tangible performance and experience.
Who's done what beforehand?¶
Pressure Sensor
Facial Emotion Recognition
Deep Convolution Neural Network for FER FabLab UAE
What will you design?¶
Input
- Recycled paper sculpture
- Matrix pressure sensor
- Board
Output
- Biobot inflatables
- Board
What materials and components will be used?¶
Materials
- Recylced cardboard
- Velostat
- Copper tape
- Pumps
- External power supply
- Sodium Alginate
- CMC
Components
- MOSFET
- Buttons
- LED strips - WS2813
- ESP32-S3-WROOM-1
- Resistors
- Regulator
What will be made?
- Microcontroller
- Input board
- Output board
- Soft sensor (pressure sensor)
- Inflatables
Bill of Materials¶
| Component | Total Price | Quantity |
| ESP32-S3-Wroom-1 | $2.95 | 1 |
| Button Switch | $3.70 | 2 |
| Red SMD LED | $0.29 | 1 |
| WS2813 | $1.63 | 1 |
| 10kOhm Resistor | $0.62 | 10 |
| MOSFET RFD16N05LSM | $2.12 | 2 |
| 0ohm Resistor | $0.40 | 4 |
| 560ohm Resistor | $0.10 | 1 |
| Linear Regulator | $0.38 | 1 |
| Connector PinHeader (Female - Male) | $3.00 | 37 |
| Screw Terminal 01x02_P5mm | $3.25 | 3 |
| Connector PinHeader (Male - Male) | $1.66 | 37 |
What processes will be used?¶
Input
- Molding & Casting: the soft sensor
- Electronic Design & Production: PCB Milling the board
Microcontroller
- Electronic Design & Production: PCB Milling the board
Output
- Biomaterial Inflatables
- Electronic Design & Production: PCB Milling the board
Display & Stand
- Subtractive Manufacturing: Lasercut clear acrylic tank
- Subtractive Manufacturing: CNC Milling wooden pedestal
System Integration
- Additive Manufacturing: 3D printed piece encasing all board
- Networking: WiFi connections
- Embedded Programming: the microcontroller
What questions need to be answered?¶
- If it triggers any emotional response by the viewers of the exhibition.
- If it can be edited to be applicable to different communities and people of different backgrouns
- Responses from the installation would be helpful in the initial research conducted to see whether emotion-color-expression-physiological associations exist all together.
How will it be evaluated?¶
As this is an exploration of a possible interactive installation that is designed to trigger emotions and in the future connect different communities to one another, it would be evaluated by the viewers emotional response to taking part in this. It is a very abstract and subjective project, which would elicit different responses from different people, making it difficult to evaluate using conventional methods.