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Week 2

Heya Kwon

1. Find an interesting existing Alt+Ctrl Interface
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Tic Tac Toe Thing
Tic Tac Toe Thing

https://shakethatbutton.com/tic-tac-toe-thing/

This is “Tic Tac Toe Thing” where players can play a tactile Tic Tac Toe game. The game has one additional rule to normal Tic Tac Toe: users can undo the other player’s move.

I like the simplicity and tactility of this piece. It uses a familiar and simple game into a tactile box.

Sound Museum

https://mansteri.com/works/aanimuseo-v/

Bonus: I don’t think this is a game interface, but I also really enjoyed Matti’s tactile sound player where you can insert different wooden pieces onto a board to play sounds. Again, I like the simplicity of interface. I also really enjoyed that the interface is wooden and that it involves a collection of interesting sounds.

2. Come up with a concept for your own Alt+Ctrl Interface
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Sensors I’m interested in:

  1. wind sensor (anemometer) - I believe the data from the sensor would be continuous.
  • Idea: attach windsensor to an arduino and place outside. Use arduino to communicate to a computer somewhere indoors. The user can rotate a rotating controller to work with the wind to fly a virtual kite. The virtual kite would be projected onto the ceiling in a dark room.

Image of a traditional Korean kite:

Example sketch of idea #1:

  1. NFC (Near Field Communication) tags - It would be interesting to use NFC tags to trigger sounds. I believe the tags would cause binary output.
  • Idea: Make a platform that plays certain sounds when certain objects (with NFC tags) are placed inside. For example, I could laser cut little pieces of Hawtu deck (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go-Stop) where each piece triggers a different sound. The combination of certain pieces also play a different sound. Hwatu means “fight with flowers”, so it will be interesting to think of what sound to use since flowers are silent (to us). Another example is to create a small model of a house (using laser-cutted plywood) and make each chair in the house create a different sound.

Example prototype of idea #2 A:

Hwatu prototype

Example sketch of idea #2 B:

House Chair prototype

  1. Temperature sensor - I enjoy the idea of sensing warmth (and life) using temperature sensor. I believe the temperature sensor data would be continuous.
  • Idea: Create a wooden coaster that plays a certain sound when a warm mug is placed on it. There should be a temperature sensor inside the coaster.

3. Complete the MyCourses introductions for the 3D Printing and Laser Cutter workshops
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  • laser cutter workshop: done.
  • 3d printing workshop: done.
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