Body Interface: Water Wave Dress (2013)

Final Effect Video

Overview

"Water Wave Dress" is an Arduino collaborative project with which our group (with Lele Zhou and Irene Zhu) plans to design an interactive dress for a university course (IAT320 Body Interface) of Interactive Art and Technology major in Simon Fraser University. My role in this project mainly deals with coding, circuit building, and drawing initial drafts. In this project, we aim to create the ripple effect on the dress, which will be a combination of technology, nature and fashion. When the spectator steps close to the model, the inner circle will light up. When the spectator walks far away from the model, the light will slowly fade away and the outer circle light will fade in. When the spectator stops in front of the model, rapid ripple effects will be created. The interaction creates an interesting pattern of showing ripple effect, which various depending on the distance between spectator and the model.

Skills

  • Arduino coding skills
  • Ideation and prototype skills
  • Art and technology combined skills
  • Researching and self-learning skills (for learning circuit building and soldering)

Role

  • Concept creating
  • Programming
  • Circuit designing

Sketching

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Concept sketching in ideation stage

Technical Diagram

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Technicial diagram shows how programs create an interactive art.

Prototypes for Testing Codes

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Testing codes on the large ponderous breadboard with testing only two rings of LED strips.
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Afterwards, testing codes on four rings of LED strips in a tiny handy breadboard