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Datalighting

Designing a Smart & Sustainable lighting system

Team

Aparna – From India

Architecture & Urban Planning


Shogo – From Japan

Acoustic Design


Maria from Colombia

UX Design


Jordano – From The Netherlands

Communication and multimedia design


Amanda – from The Netherlands

Game developement


Commissioner:

Description

Tinkering workshop

Introduction

On the 7th of September, we were scheduled for the Tinkering Workshop. In less than 4 hours, the teams were requested to use various gadgets, like Little Bits, The Bttn and the Makey Makey, to enhance the creation made during the Maker Sprint.

 

Objective

The intention of this workshop was directed towards elaborating upon the models of the Maker Sprint in a playful and lighthearted manner, subsequently getting opinions from other team members on the added feature.

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Our glasses with the lights attached to it

Aim

After a short discussion, we decided to make use of Little Bits to add colour-changing lights to the frame of the Effi-glasses. Using the lights, there was no more a need for the coloured lenses.

 

Process

The Little Bits components were rather bulky, resulting in excessive use of tape to keep the entirety together. The emitted lights did not light up through the sides of the glasses, however, by taping them on an angle, it was possible to mimic the effect of coloured glasses. Other team members tried on the glasses and the session ended with them providing us with potential feedbacks.

 

Result

 

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Other people trying on the glasses and giving feedback

 

Gained insights

  • It was evident that a majority of people considered this to be a plausible phenomenon in the future.  
  • It was important to keep in mind while designing that the intensity of lights play a major role and it being too bright could have an adverse effect on the user.

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