A flower-inspired creation that illuminates upon receiving body heat input
Description:
The user interacts with this device as a handheld; upon picking it up, the flower begins to loop through a series of magenta, orange, and blue light.
User-feedback for this design has highlighted the selection of lighting movement and pace, color choice, and design shape as instilling a sense of calm, stillness, and meditative states in the user and observer.
This device can aid as visual therapy, a medical sensor (e.g. a fever detector), or as a guide for those with mobility or visual impairments.
Process:
This was a two-person collaborative project where the ideation, prototyping, iteration, and presentation stages were shared equally.
Images below demonstrate aspects of the iterative design process, featuring earlier prototypes using 3D-printed translucent filament and a monochrome exposed lighting source. Some images also demonstrate how the Arduino toolkit was fixed into our final prototype, which used masonite laser-cut pieces as a skeleton, and a thin translucent plant paper as a covering.
3D Printed Prototype
Second Iteration of 3D Printed Prototype
Arduino Kit Testing
CAD Drawings of 3D Printed Prototype
CAD Drawings of 3D Printed Prototype
