Phrase 1.2
Evolve: Material Memes
Chom Chommalee Durongpisitkul
Thomas Lozada
In this phrase, materials, components and brand trajectories were derived from a combination of candidates. The combination of Sphero and Osmo in the over lap topics. Playing with the concept of Physical vs Digital interaction with human and environment and the concept of technology and innovation as both of the candidates have technology as a main use to create their products. The material considered in the topic of physical vs digital is a conductive fabric and a rubber.
Conductive Fabric
This material is a fabric which can conduct electricity. Conductive textiles can be made with metal strands woven into the construction of the textile.Conductive fibers consist of a non-conductive or less conductive substrate, which is then either coated or embedded with electrically conductive elements, often carbon, nickel, copper, gold, silver, or titanium. Experimenting about which fabric is suitable to be a conductive fabric with best property and I choose soft and safe shielding fabric which silverized, high conductivity, soft but stiff enough to bend it into shapes. In addition to this quality of the conductive fabric, another idea of pressure sensor has come to consider as Osmo has a red ray sensor which detect movement, this conductive fabric with pressure sensor can also detect and cause in electric floe into led lights when people move and touch.
Rubber
Rubber is a material that are flexible, elasticity, retain a rigid shape and are idea of the kid's toy as both of the Sphero and Osmo brand produce a toy for children. The experiment on material as to see how flexible or rigid shape it is, by twisting, stretching and bending. The result is that the rubber booth is the best rubber which is the most solid and rigid shape.
Rolling Room
The first component is a Rolling Room, This is a combination of two materials, both rubber and conductive fabric. The rolling room keep the shape of the sphero ball with the expansion using conductive fabric to increase space inside. The pressure sensor inside the ball will light up the lights as the occupants can have their activity without focus on the outside as it is a driver-less car.
Charging station
The charging station is also a combination of the conductive fabric and rubber. The shape and form of the charging station will fit as the curve of the rolling ball. The mechanism of the station can be push down for the fabric to stretch as much as possible to touch with the rolling room in the expansion part which is conductive fabric, the electricity can flow from power source through the conductive fabric from the station and the room to charge up the ball.
The city of rolling room
Imagine a city with a rolling room, everyone can do their activity while travelling. The rolling room will be charged in the charging station in each place in the city. Some of the charging station which is in near position it can create a community and a connecting space and also a connection between room to room by joining two rolling rooms together.
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