Assigment #13
Invention, Intellectual Property and Business Models.

The 13th assignment is about Invention, Intellectual Property and Business Models. We basically need to go deep into what our project it's going to ben and how to spread it into the world

1 – Invention

My final project it’s going to be named Fab-Cinetico-Dispositivo-Midi (Fab-Kinetic-Midi-Device). Although the world of Midi controllers is dense with interesting projects, I tried to bring something new by working on the shape of the keyboard (a polar array of 12 buttons), and on top of that, a gyroscope that sends a MIDI change control if the device is inclined towards one direction. A further feature of the device is a wooden element that gives an interesting tactile experience to the user.

2 – Intellectual Property

Just like any other Fab Academy path, the development of the Fab-Cinetico-Dispositivo-Midi, as part of the assignments is backed by the MIT license .
Besides that, the Fab-Cinetico-Dispositivo-Midi will be released under CC BY-NC 4.0 license , in other words, everyone is allowed to share around my work and build on top of it, but always crediting me, and exclusively for non-commercial use.done

3 – Business Models

The main objective of this project is to spread knowledge about how to create musical interfaces that go behind the “usual” knob/button setup.
However, the fact of making a MIDI controller also imply that artists can use it to produce music, and because of that I would like to produce a small series of devices to sell. To achieve this goal I might use a crowdfunding platform like kickstarter or indiegogo to fund this initiative and test weather this way of designing musical interfaces is appealing for musitians.
I also aim to use the project as a clear demonstration of my capabilities as indutrial/ineraction designer, and bring further visibility to my work in and outside the Fab Lab network.

4 – The slide and video clip of my Final Project.s

My final project it’s not complete jet, and because of that I cannot really make a video to show it… However, I made bullet points to define what the communication structure of my slides and my video will be:.

0 – Title (picture/video of the complete project)
1 – Overviews about the various aspects of the project (Diagram with the components)
2 – zoom on the shells (3d modeling screencast, 3d printing video)
3 – zoom on the wooden element (3D modeling screencast, CNC milling Video)
4 – zoom on the electronics design (schematics diagrams + kiCAD screencats, CNC video)
5 -zoom on interaction design (video / diagrams of how to use the device)
6 – active demonstration (little performance / emonsration)

I also aim to use the project as a clear demonstration of my capabilities as indutrial/ineraction designer, and bring further visibility to my work in and outside the Fab Lab network.

I also aim to use the project as a clear demonstration of my capabilities as indutrial/ineraction designer, and bring further visibility to my work in and outside the Fab Lab network.

I also got familiar with a non linear video editing software called Kdenlive , that I will use to edit my video, I’ll also use Inkscape to make graphics and diagrams to include in my presentationounds, and I choose a soundtrack for it, which is “Mr Wilson's Airship” by AMA (also released under CC license)