Computational Design Graduation Project — Michael Broderick

The Final Model

Piecing the puzzle

Week 12 Meetings

Notes from meetings with industry partner and tutors

Aurecon

• Prepare everything for testing next week
• Prepare questions for people who are testing

Tutors

• Have instructions for the prototype app

Week 11 Meetings

Notes from meetings with industry partner and tutors

Aurecon

• Currently, the code activates the audio file when the user’s hand is lifted off the sensor. Instead, make it trigger the sound as soon as the user touches it.

Week 10 Meetings

Notes from meetings with industry partner and tutors

Aurecon

• Assistance with the Arduino code
• Suggested an indentation/step for plastic pieces in order to keep them in place

Furthering the model

In order to show paths on the model, I have laser cut acrylic pieces to fit in each room of the model. Under these laser cut pieces are mini vibrating discs, which will vibrate together to show a path. As the user feels the model, only the pieces along the path they wish to follow will…

Week 9 Meetings

Notes from meetings with industry partner and tutors

Aurecon

• 1 minute timer for vibration
• Can the phone be used to help navigate the model?
• Make doors more obvious

Week 8 Meetings

Notes from meetings with industry partner and tutors

Aurecon

• What are the total costs?
• How will vibrations respond to touch?
• Make a personal story

Week 7 Meetings

Notes from meetings with industry partner and tutors

Tutors

• Look at touch screen technology from precedents
• Can people follow heat lines on the model?
• What is the impact of vibration on the…