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I am interested in exploring different ways of interaction between humans and their everyday environment of things. <br> | I am interested in exploring different ways of interaction between humans and their everyday environment of things. <br> | ||
In this case I am focusing on the common activity of walking in connection with the carpet as a customizable floor covering. | In this case I am focusing on the common activity of walking in connection with the carpet as a customizable floor covering.<br> | ||
I want to create a carpet / a collection of carpets that sense people walking on it / them and then trigger a certain output as a response. <br> | I want to create a carpet / a collection of carpets that sense people walking on it / them and then trigger a certain output as a response. <br> | ||
I would like to create a complex environment in which people have to move through the space in order to explore its different features. | I would like to create a complex environment in which people have to move through the space in order to explore its different features. <br> | ||
Therefore I want to explore possibilities of creating an unpredictable output environment by introducing a certain amount of coincidental behavior.<br> | Therefore I want to explore possibilities of creating an unpredictable output environment by introducing a certain amount of coincidental behavior.<br> | ||
The minimum goal of this course is creating a single interactive carpet.<br> | The minimum goal of this course is creating a single interactive carpet.<br> | ||
This idea is related to another project in which I designed a kind of yoga mat. | This idea is related to another project in which I designed a kind of yoga mat.<br> | ||
I did not yet include electronics in the mat because I am doubtful about the determined amount of switches and their pre defined outputs. | I did not yet include electronics in the mat because I am doubtful about the determined amount of switches and their pre defined outputs.<br> | ||
The interactive carpet is somehow an attempt to find out what happens if electronics are included and how the outputs can become unpredictable.<br><br> | The interactive carpet is somehow an attempt to find out what happens if electronics are included and how the outputs can become unpredictable.<br><br> | ||