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Final project
Weekly projects
Wk 15 Applications and
Implications (May 13)
Assignment:
what will it do?
Digial
counter for counting mantra recitations,
prostration counter and mindfulness training (as a
wrist wearable)
![sketch sketch](WK15sketch.jpg)
who's done what
beforehand?
Traditional
Buddhist Malas and various digital hand counters
(see images below)
what materials
and components will be required?
Silicone
Rubber (suitable for skin),
Electronic
components:
circuit
board, rechargeable LiPo battery, charging unit,
Attiny45, button presses x 2, LEDs x 4, vibration
motor)
where will they
come from?
Local
suppliers (Bentley Chemicals (UK), Fred Aldous,
and Fablab inventory
how much will it
cost?
<
£30 (to produce a one off prototype)
what parts
and systems will be made?
• Circuit
board;
• Structural
core - sprung steel band also acting as closing
clasp (or embedded magnetic plates);
• Network;
• Software;
• Milling /
Moulding;
• Silicone
casing.
![Network Network](Wk15Network.jpg)
what processes
will be used?
Circuit
boards (Modella),
Milling (Shopbot), Moulding,
Casting, 3D Printing, Lasercutting.
what tasks
need to be completed?
• Map out a
flowchart for the electronic funtionality;
• Map out
flowchart to get overview of code to programme the
board using the input data;
• Write code
for input data; (using code basis already
established;
• Connecting
and Networking of boards (using buttons, LEDs,
Vibration motor) to test functionality of
programme;
• Write code
to communicate the data from the wearable into the
application on the PC; (see images below);
• Design,
ergonomics and interface of the wearable form;
• Produce
CAD file for milling mould;
• Mill the
mould;
• Repeat
tests for cast the silicone rubber form, embedding
unstuffed (waste) boards and spring steel band to
test the flexibility, workability;
• Cast final
form;
• Connect to
battery, testing, evaluation.
what
questions need to be answered?
None
what is the
schedule?
![timeline timeline](wk15timeline.jpg)
how will it
be evaluated?
• Will the
digital mala count, record and function as a
counter (in reliance of a PC to output data)?
• Are the counting
functions and modes working as expected?
• Does the
vibration feedback provide alerts as and when
expected in the functionality?
• Does the
silicone encased sprung steel work effectively as
a structural core and as a wrist clasp, without
damaging the
function of the electronics?
• Does the
app effectivley communicate the data to the user?
Further detail:
What's already on the market?
Making
sense of the data recorded
This digital mala would enable the user to see
their mindfulness accomplishment communicated in a
simple graphic display on a computer screen.
I had explored in Interface and Applications
Programming (Week 14), how I wanted to convey the
data.
As mindfulness is connected with awareness,
spaciousness, presence and clarity, there is no
better metaphor than an open blue sky.
I decided to use a sky blue bakground, and to use
a timeline divided into a number of days. However
many times the button would be pressed in each
day, that data would be translated into a visual
representation of moments of mindfulness on
screen; whilst also showing the progress of one's
mind training.
This is a simple idea.
Initail sketch illustrating the concept:
![graphic of app graphic of app](wk14mindfulnessappviz.jpg)
This is how the app might look in the
final project:
![Viz 4 Viz 4](wk14viz4.jpg)