Class 5 : (19th February 2016) (First Prototype in the making!)

 

 

 

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We chose upholstery foam to be the products base because it is rigid enough to hold its position and is a user-friendly material. I cut it out with a bandsaw up in the SF model shop.

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I then sculpted the foam for a resting place for sara’s arm.

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Klea made this first soft switch and I made the second one.

(scroll down to see the other prototype)

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Creating a spacer fabric between two sides of conductive fabric

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Hooking up the circuit and uploading the sketch

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Klea and I soldering while Jherin check the codes

 

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We made two different soft switches because they will help us determine the exact location or dimensions of which sara can reach comfortably with her fingers.

 

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This prototype has a smaller surface area and only requires a finger glove which acts as a circuit completer.

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They all hook up to LED and our sketch worked!