Tag: Team project

Aura

Post author By Iskander
Post date December 5, 2020

An explorative experience to create chance encounters

As our mobility solutions evolved, our travel experiences became more isolated within the bubble of our vehicles. We go from one point to another with no other intention but to get to our destination. As we do, we miss opportunities for new connections and engagement along the way. The project challenge is to find a sustainable and feasible mobility solution for visitors and residents in a sparsely populated Biosphere Reserve, along Road 363 and the Vindeln River Valley, to create a fair and balanced rural development. The solutions aim to solve the mobility challenge and provoke a behavioral change towards a convivial society.
We explored diverse ways of establishing a connection between the visitors and the residents. This helped us understand the lack of awareness of the presence of what is surrounding you while moving from one place to another. Aura is an explorative experience that facilitates engagement opportunities for visitors and residents by raising awareness of the presence of people, local businesses, and nature along the way.

University	Umea Institute of Design
Project	Graduation project for ‘General Product course’
Students	Manu Revi Poovakkat Nancy Valerdi Lea Bachmann Connie Jehu

Extra information

See project website: https://www.manurevi.com/aura

Tags graduation project, Team project, Umea

Talent project

BeepMeep

Post author By Iskander
Post date December 5, 2020

a system of rings, which allows couples to harmonize auditory and emotionally in togetherness

For expectant parents who want to relax and have fun in the stress of everyday life, BeepMeep is an interactive entertainment system that enables the pregnant couple to create harmonies together in an easy and playful way with closeness and touch. By putting on the two rings per partner, both of actively take part in using the system.

Now it’ s time for the fun to begin.
BeepMeep reacts to the movement and distance of the partners from each other. Depending on how you move, how fast and in which direction, the resulting sound changes. In interaction, both partners can now create sounds that unite to form melodies. Further tones are added as soon as the couple starts to touch each other. Touches open up a further level of tones and also a further level of perception for the couple. With BeepMeep, the intense experience of physical interaction can now also be perceived auditory.

University	Hochschule Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences Interactive Media Design
Project type	4th semester minor project
Students	Ali Haidari Gloria Maksimovi Nini Parlagaschwili Han Tran

Extra information

The touch of the partner is evaluated by so-called galvanic skin response sensors and converted into sounds. The Galvanic Skin Response method measures the conductivity of the skin based on moisture. In this way, the sensations of the partner are recorded by changes in the resistance of the skin and converted into sounds.

Using motion sensors and Bluetooth Low Energy, further data on the conversion of closeness and movement into sounds is determined.

Tags Minor project, Team project, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt

Talent project

AMON

Post author By Iskander
Post date December 5, 2020

A modular system for autistic children

Individuals on the autistic spectrum have difficulty learning processes as a whole, as this requires high cognitive performance. These are everyday processes for neurotypical (non-autistic) people – like brushing your teeth. To counteract this and to support autistic children, Amon sets out to aid children in the developmental stage of their pre-school years. It is a modular system that offers parents and autistic children support in learning individual processes as part of their everyday life. Sequences of actions are divided into individual steps and the child is guided towards independent and structured learning. The learning process is aided by visually highlighting the different steps of a process with illuminated “Pucks”. The Pucks can be applied to objects individually in order to make them intelligent and helpful. Pictograms on a so-called “Fixed Point” provide additional safety for autistic children and visually signal at which step in the learning process they currently are. A “Base” is provided especially for the parents to reflect the child’s successes and learning progress.

University	Hochschule Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences Interactive Media Design
Project type	Bachelor Thesis
Students	Lisa-Marie Rosendorff Marie A.C. Steinbrügge

Extra information

The Project has been awarded in 2019 with the Dörte-Wörner Innovation Prize.

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Tags Bachelor Thesis, Team project, University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt