dk (aka drift king)

Introducing Avocardo!

Short intro as I'll post the PDF link about all you need to know about our little creation later in the future -

Avocardo is a proximity card our group hopes to bring to life however currently is all theory as our ideas are a bit too technical to bring to reality at this point in time.

Wallets are dumb and they weigh us down, literally >:( which is why we decided to prototype a neat funky avocardo shaped proximity card that would carry all the necessary cards commuters and students carry on the daily in one little app connected via the chip.

Swaggy Sam rates 10/10 and does NOT approve of haters <3

love don't hate, embrace don't disgrace

- the Avocardo team

Newley made flag for our eTextile group project.

Unfortunately the LED light which was meant to be the shining star was unable to connect through the threading of the flag so we missed out on that. However, we did manage to create the most iconic flag. The Ocean Duck.

The Ocean Duck represents the hussle and the dedication our group will go to in order to achieve our goals and expectations. No wave is too big or too small.

Interactive band session via Makey Makey x Scratch.

Today the Ocean Duck(s) created a interactive group connection to allow three musical instruments to be played when grounded/conducted with an individual. Each individual was responsible for either a snare, high hat or kick drum - creating a successful beat if worked together :)

Pros: Everybody worked together and had a chance to have a go with the project. The connection also was super sensitive which allowed a perfect feedback from the conductor to the conducted.

Cons: Continuous music feedback from the Makey Makey via Scratch if the conducted object was stationary yet had contact with the conductor. This meant the music would play non stop unless you had taken your hand off the conducted object which was often a pain.

And SCENE.

Another assignment turned in, another to start - later.

Bring on semester break :)

My first assignment for programming all done. From having zero experience with coding I’m superr stoked to see the outcome. Challenging to say the least but rewarding. 

Aim of the game: Collect your tokens before the other players collect theirs. 

Makey Makey incorporation - Virtual dice that dictates how many steps you take to potentially collect a token. 

Board game hack: Installing LED lights with a copper wire route to light up once a token is placed onto the players side. (Visual cues to show progress to the players).

Unsuccessful: LED lights not lighting up due to weak connection within the copper wire - potential error with clear tape overlapping the copper wire. 

Success: Makey Makey connection via laptop + occasional LED light lighting up. Super proud of my team for putting in the work and effort it took :)

The Evolution Of The Streaming Industry.

The patterns focused on this topic are the increasing demands for online streaming services and the potential phasing out/adaption of the traditional cinematic experience.

The main influence of this topic is the way technology is constantly evolving, bringing us newer opportunities to enjoy bigger things in more simplistic ways. Assumptions to the evolution of technology could be that cinemas will potentially be phased out as everyone is able to stream any streaming service online - having paid a subscription fee. This belief could be connected to the evidence of how traditionalists are narrowing down in terms of the few who still watch television. This could potentially be connected to the assumption that people who do not stream and go to the cinemas for the experience are likely to start streaming as technology evolves more overtime.

Big brain vibes:

Creating circuit routes that would come handy for our board game hack - Creating circuits to charge a light using copper tape and a paper clip. We eventually used this concept to incorporate into our board game by connecting led lights to copper wire to charge the led’s when activated with a token. 

Shortly after: Hacking our board game once we completed our makers space safety induction to allow the LED lights to fit into place.

Makey Making a Makey Makey joystick :p

Today the boys and I incorporated the Makey Makey to be able to control the virtual aircraft with a handmade joystick. MaKey MaKey is a small circuit board that turns physical objects (like our pen) into buttons for the computer. It works by creating electrical circuits allowing a small amount of electricity to flow from the computer to the pen. To complete the circuit, the user needs to hold a ground wire - In this case, the ground wire was connected to the clay underneath the pen, allowing the user to freely use the joystick without having to hold another wire to hold ground.