As computing becomes more ubiquitous in our objects, designers need to be more aware of how to design meaningful interactions into electronically enhanced objects. At the University of Washington, a class of junior Interaction Design majors is exploring this question. These pages chronicle their efforts.

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Prototyping | Hsuanting + Melinda

We spent about 2-3 days in the 3d computer lab working on the outline for our arduino case that we wanted to laser cut. Thankfully Hsuanting knew how to use Rhino or we would have been stuck. After spending hours figuring out the thickness of the pieces and the placement of the wires and sensors, we finally got the outlines for the pieces. After doing some online research, we realized that acrylic boards were much too expensive for what we wanted to do, so we settled for 3 dot chip-boards.

The first board we laser cut was not cut all the way through, but since we had already moved the board, we had to hand cut the rest in order to prevent the laser from cutting new shapes. The second time, we increased the intensity of the cut from 20% to 25% and the second board cut fine. Make sure the board is cut through before moving it!!



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