“Descendant of Desert” is a conceptual wearable device that intends to help humans survive under extreme conditions in deserts. It speculates a future where the earth’s environment has come to the extreme and we human beings have to implement technical means to adapt to the desert-like future environment. We aim Read more…
Prototype For the Dissipation fin we used the accelerometer on the feather wing board to detect the motion of the person. The bigger the person’s motion, the faster the servos move. We also used a PCA9685 servo driver to power up all 10 servos that we use. We animated the Read more…
Fabrication We have modeled and used the 3D printer to print out 3 segments of the “bone” structure. We tried out two different models, one flat and one with curves, and decided on the latter one because it fits better with our concept and looks more similar to actual bones. Read more…
Group 1 Team members: Rosanna Zhou, Shiyuan Tian, Liuliu Zhou, Jiapei Yao Presentation slide Description of the Project The project “Descendent of the Desert” is a wearable interactive art installation based on our speculation on how future humans can adapt to the environment to make their living in the desert. Read more…
Group: Jiapei, Shiyuan, Rosanna, Lexie Our project wants to discuss how the desert, as a special immersive environment, influences people’s subjective perception and concentration. According to some scientific reports, exposure to a monotonous sensory environment could elicit reports indicating aberrant subjective experience and altered time perception. Desert, which often gives Read more…
