WEEK 2 LABZ

Lookit all of the things!

Such as: soldering a connection for my power jack so that I can run my breadboard from a 9V battery.

To the right is a single LED powered by the 9V:

To the left is an LED controlled by a single switch.

Below are my videos of various configurations of LED with switches in serial as well as parallel and controlled by a potentiometer.

Ps I totally soldered the pot' too. Yep. I did that.

Physical Computing Week 2: Sensor Based Interactives/Fantasy Device

Sensor-based things I encountered...

At home:
-Microwave button interface
-Alarm clock button interface
-IPhone touchscreen
-Laptop touch pad
-Light switch

In my day to day:
-Automatic supermarket doors
-Barcode price scanner
-ATM touchscreen
-Security exit button in apt complex foyer
-Polytech ID/RFID tap key card
-Classroom keycode locks
-Elevator door jamb sensor
-Hotel Room keycard
-Automatic toilet/sink/soap and towel dispensers.
-Children's plush horse toy with button activated braying sound.
-Turnstyle/metro card swipe
-Duane Reade credit card swipe.
-Taxi Cab touch-screen payment system.

My fictitious product:
"Call it All"
A positioning system for things in the home, answer to the "I wish I could call my keys like I call my phone" impulse.

Concept:
A scanner for home items like office supplies, clothes, kitchen items that allows you to tag items with a sensor chip associated with an assigned search term. Automatically builds a database of your personal items that interfaces with email and mobile tech allowing the item to be searchable from a computer or phone and mapped within the space of the home.