Week 5 - The Presentations: Aftermath

Last week most of the teams for Daniel's section were able to present except for my team and two others. From what I can remember about the sensors presented last week, many of them involved an interpretation of an action. Grabbing one's chest during a heart attack, hugging, flexing biceps, and lifting heavy objects. Performing these actions would then result in a sound that reflected that action. Heart beat stopping, heart beat increasing, grunting, and different levels of strain.

Sherry and John's sensor really displayed a good body expression that embodied the sensor. I really liked how they translated the swimming motion into the sounds of water splashing when her arm is down which then changed into calming music when her arm was up in the air. I really liked how they took the arm's full range of motion into play. Compared to the sensor we made, we only looked at the one range of motion that the index and thumb could do together.

Perhaps for future reference, we should keep the rest of the hand and fingers in mind. Much like Matt and Kurtis' sensor where they found a common ground for all their signs, the satan, fist, and gun. If we were to expand on what we have created so far, it would be nice to see two glvoes in action and have ten sensors for each of the finger joints. Map out different instruments and beats to the fingers and then when activated, the original pinching motion can be used to control up to four sounds.

After seeing the different sensors and going through the reading about Embodiment, Hermeneutics, Alterity, and Background, the gears in the idea factory are starting to turn for me. Hopefully next week can help refine what we can accomplish for the next assignment.