The Tzu-mi box
For my curious cube project I created a Tzu -mi (attention in Hebrew). I wanted to create a feeling I used to have when I had a fish, a living creature that doesn't need a lot attention but reacts when it receives attention.
The box will be made from a screen that will display reactions to human behavior. This is the final result:
The first thing in the process was playing with the sensor and ordering all the supply
Then I started to draw the different faces
and animated them
I connected the sensor and the screen to a raspberry pi (using this link:
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-apds9960-breakout/circuitpython)
I uploaded the adafruit library and started to write an if statement for every scenario
For the the box I made a paper model first
And laser cut wood
Colored
and connecting the box
A few thoughts for improvement:
The interaction area need to be interesting and inviting for interaction
More reaction for the figure to the different interaction
Improving "the machine" response to the human action