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WEEK01.2.0_FP SKETCH

π“Šπ“‹Όπ“Š FINAL PROJECT π“Šπ“‹Όπ“Š

SENSORY ENVIROMENTS

Key Words

Data Logger | Expanded Sensing | Interspecies Networks | Interspecies Communication

Human <-> Maschine <-> Nature
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The only thing that I am certain off is that I'm interested in wearable sensing devices. Taking inspiration from things such as EEG-headsets, heart-monitors and the Oura-Rings: I am interested in sensing devices which are aesthetically remodeled to fit into life as jewellery and accessories while remaining functioning devices.

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EXPANDED SENSORY APARATUS

Concept

The purpose of this final project is to design one portable sensing device: A data collection device, inspired by near-futuristic science fiction. The device will feature various sensors which would collect various bio data from various enviroments, and store it for further transcoding.

The secondary device would be an output mechanism to experience the data and electric transmissions provided from the enviroments in a new sensory way: the primary experience here would be audio and then if there is time also visual. But the primary output would be an algorythmic noise music album created from the gathered bio-data from the enviroments and the People around Fablab Kamakura.

Forest-data becomes music!

If there is time and ability then I would also like to add a visual output to the algorythmic trancoding which would be projected along.

Preliminary Sketches Inspired by anime and videogames aesthetics of the late 80's, more specifically the Fallout games, Dragon Ball and Toys such as Tamagochi.

After some small preliminary experimentation using AI via MidJourney I developed these preliminary moodboard skeches of the portable data-collection device.

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Source: Image created with Midjourney v4 on 1.2.2023/ Discord, accessed on 24/01/2023: keywords: design portable device for data collection inspired by gameboy, fallout game, tamagochi and future apocalypse]

The device is inspired by the Pokedex from the Pokemon- game which was a device reponsible for storing historical and biometric data displayed by the animals in the, the device itself was modelled after the Games-consol the game was designed for: The GameBoy Colour.

My device borrows the nostalgic design, and adds extentable cables which have sensors attached to them which can measure biometric and conductive data. It is a portable mini-computer, designed to store and measure this data- which afterwards is algorythmically transcoded into noise to complete an algorythmic music album composed by biodata.

INSPIRATIONS AND FURTHER IDEAS

Overall I am interested in wearable devices and wearable biosensors which are blended with futuristic or non-traditional aesthetics.