Szu Jung Tao Jenny

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HopsCultor

SZUJUNG(JENNY)TAO

SID410002580M:0430050329

DeviceStudio


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HopsCulator

DeviceStudioisacourseofstudyprovidedforstudenttounderstandtheconceptbehindaninteractivedevicewhereitcouldpossiblybringthesocietyamore

convenienceinanykindsofmanner.Studentsgettostudyadevicetheywantedto

build,frombrainstormingtheidea,gatheringconcepts,finalizingideaandtobuild

upthedevice.Studentsgainthefundamentalknowledgeofhowcircusesworkand

howdifferentkindsofboardsfunction,fromthere,studentsareabletocomeup

withtheirideasandcreateauniquedevicebythemselves.

Isearchedforanideathatwouldactuallyhelpchildrenagefrom6monthto6years

tolearnthegeneralknowledgeinafunandentertainingway,aswelltolearnthe

skillhowtosocializewithotherpeers.

Fromresearch,childrenfrom6monthsto6yearslearnmostefficiently.Theirbrain

developsandgrowsrapidlyduringthisperiod.Childrenattempttolearnanykindof

skillsandeasilyabsorbwhattheyexperienced,dependingonhowtheenvironment

impactsthem.

However,parentsattempttoteachtheirchildrenfromhome,duetotheirchildren

arentoldenoughtogotoPreSchoolorprimaryschool.Parentsteachthemthe

basicknowledgesuchasspeaking,writing,reading,counting,communicating,and

extras.Butisthisreallyenoughforchildrentolearnwithonlytwoparentsandnot

withallothersameagekids?

Technologythesedaysmayofferusgreatteachingmethodstoeducatethenext

generation.TherearevarietiesofexciteddevicessuchasTelevision,eBooks,

Computer,Internet,iPad,oranysortofdevicethatcouldhelpchildrenfrom6

monthsto6yearstolearn.

Althoughthesetechnologiesbroughtparentsconvenienttobeabletoteachtheir

childrenathome,childrenlearnskillsinayoungage.HoweverIthinktheyremissing

averyimportantingredient,thatis,socializingskills.

InthelatestYandXgeneration,youmayfindteensrelyoncomputers,Internet,dailydeviceslikeiPad,andsmartphones.Itseemstheyonlyliveinthevirtualworld

andsometeensdontevenhavetheskillorabilitytosocializeorcommunicatewith

others.Thismaycausebythetechnologyboostedintheearly90s,themajor

inventionwastheInternet.Childrenwereintroducedtothetechnologyintheearly

age,andnowtheyvaluethecomputers,television,orsmartphonedevicestheir

onlywaytolearn.

Therefore,Iwanttomakeadevicethatencouragesparentstotaketheirchildren

outsidethehouseandtolearnwithotherchildrenaslearningpeers.Thiswaythey

gettolearntheskillaswellcommunicatingandsocializingwithothers.


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Icamupwithanideacreatinganelectronichopscotchforchildren,howeveritisnot

onlyahopscotch,itsagiantcalculator.Thereasontomakeitgiantisbecause

childrenareover-active.Theyloveoversizedtoys.Makingthemmovearoundthe

devicecanbeoneofthemajorkeysthatdrawakidsattention.AndInameditthe

Hopsculater.

ThoughtlessAct:

Thoughtlessactisdefinedassomethingwedowithoutthinkingorrealizing

orperhapsinsensitive.Youmayaskmehowthisdevicerelatestotheprojectthem

Thoughtlessact.Well,letshaveathinkaboutit.

Peoplethesedaysincludinguslivinginahightechnologyenvironment.Werelyon

mobilephonestoretrieveinformationviaInternet.Wecall,wereceivecalls,we

text,weplaygames,weread,watchnewsandvideos,wecheckdictionary,weather,

emails.Wechecksocialwebstogetconnected24hours7,wegooglesearchanythingwearentsureallsortsofotherthings.Imean,oncetheenvironmenthas

influencedyou,itshardtolivewithoutwhatyoureusedto.Howeveraswereliving

inthehightechnologyenvironment,weattempttostaywhereweareandnotto

thinkfurtherwhatcanbeimproved.Becauseweareusedtowhateveryonedoes

andwedoitaswellwithoutthinking.Thisiscalledthethoughtactaction.

TheprojectHopsculaterhascompleterelationshipwiththoughtlessact.People

thesedaytheyteachtheirchildrenusinghightechnology,buttheynotyetrealized

althoughthesehightechdevicebringstheconvenienttoourdailylife,italsoreduce

downthechancesandpossibilitytocommunicateorsocializewitharealperson.

Andmoreimportantly,oncethechildrenareusedtousingthesehightechnology

devices,theystarttorefusetotalktothepeers,theydontlearnfromthepeers,

becausetheydidnotlearntheskillofhowtocommunicateandsocializewith

others!

Parentsdontrealize,becausetheyreinfluencedbytheenvironment,andtheyuses

whathasbeenprovidedtothem.ThisiswhereHopsCulatercomesin,encouraging

theparentstotaketheirkidsoutdoor,tocompetewithotherpeersaswelllearning,

communicatingandsocializingwithothersameagepeers.

AtfirstIwasgoingtomakeawordspellinghopscotchwith26lettersfromA-Z.

HoweverafterIdeliveredtheideainthepresentation,itcomesbackinresultthat

numbersareeasiertomakeandstillachievemypurposeofmakingthisdesign.

ThereforeIswitchedmyoriginalideatonumbersfrom0-9andinlywith+,-,and=.I

alsoneedaClearbuttonforclearing/resettheformula.TheHopsculator.

TheHopsculatorworksasacalculator,butonlywithPlus,Minus,andEquals.It

mayseemswaytooeasyforadultstointeractivewiththedevice,howeverthis

deviceistargetingonchildrenfromage6monthsto6years.(Childrenwhoarestill

learningthebasicofmathematics).Moreoverthechallengeis,theHopsculater

knowshowtoreadnegativeandpositivenumbers.Forexample:-3+-3=-12.

Onceyouhopthisformula,thedevicewouldspiltoutMinus,6.


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Orevenwhenyouhopon3-+3,theanswerthatanswersyouwouldalsobe

Munus,6.

Technicalaspects:Inthetechnicalaspect,therearesomedifficultiesIencounteredwhichmayhave

failedtobesolvedandwereleadtochangemyprojectplan.AtfirstIwasgoingto

usetheMP3PlayerShield,applyontoAudrino.

-Themp3playershieldisfortriggeringthetrackwhenaspecificmatispressed

down.Forexample,whenAmatispresseddown,itwouldtriggeraspecificmp3

trackonthemicroSDcard,whichwouldsayAwhiletheaudiencejumpontheA

mat.

-ThemicroSDcardisforstoringthetrackandinsertonthemp3playerboard,like

anexternalmemory.AndthetracksintheSDcardneedtobeorganizedapplying

withtheArduinocode.

MP3PLAYERSHIELD MICROSDCARD(FORSHIELD) AUDRINOBOARD


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-TheArduinoboardistheretotalktothemp3playershieldandsandingdata

betweenthemp3playershieldandthearduinocode.

Ihadtosolderthemp3playershieldwiththefemalepins,somehowIsolderediton

thewrongsideoftheboard,soIhadetounsolderit,whichithappenedtobeburnt

theboardandcannottobereadthroughAudrinoboard.

Itwasatragedythattherewasntenoughtimeformetoshipanotheronefrom

littlebirdelectronicorsparkfun.ThereforeIdecidednottomarkaroundwiththe

mp3board.InsteadIamgoingtouseprocessingtotriggerthesound(track).

Thoughtriggeringthesoundtracksfromprocessingthroughcomputerdoesntmake

mydeviceanindependentdevice,howeveritstillachieveswhatIneedtoachieve

andstilldeliverstheideaasaprototype.

ArduinoCode:

(Download)

ThiscodeallowsyourArduinoboardtotalktotheProcessingandtransferringdata

betweenthem.

Processingcode:

(Download)

Thiscodewillallowyoutotriggerthesoundfrom0-9,Plus,Minus,equalsandclear

onceyoujumponthemats.

#Note:whenyoujumponamateachtime,youwillneedtostayoffthehopscotch

forthemattoreleaseagaintotriggerthesound.(Itisabitslowduetothereisno

airgoingthroughthemat,ittakesabitoftimeforthemattoreleaseandsoastriggeringthetrack)

Itdoesnthavethefunctionofinsertingtheanswerseeifyourecorrectornot,due

todifficultiesnotknowinghowtowriteaninsertcodeinprocessing.Howeverthe

generalideais,whenyoucreateaformula,youalsoinputtheanswer,thenthe

hopsculaterwillindicateyouifyourecorrectornot.Inthisoneyoucanonlycreate

aformulaandthedevicewillspitouttheanswerforyou,justlikeacalculator,buta

giantone.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17060129/HopsCultor%20Processing.ziphttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/17060129/HopsCulator.pde


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List:

Item Quantity Price

Mp3PlayerShield 1 $44AUD

Sunshade Yellowx1

Bluex1

Pinkx1

Greenx2

$40AUD

YogaMat185cmx80cm 1 $14AUD

Tapes(Cleartape,Double

sidedtape)

StickyTapex2

Doublesidedtapex4

$10AUD

AluminiumFoil 2 $2.30AUD

IncArduinoBoardkit 1 $99AUD

Pin MatNumber

Pin2 #2

Pin3 #3

Pin4 #4

Pin5 #5

Pin6 #6Pin7 #7
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17060129/hopsculater.fz


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Pin8 #8

Pin9 #9

Pin10 #0

Pin11 #1

Pin12 Plus+

Pin13 Minus-PinA0 Equal

PinA1 Clear

Pictures:


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Video:

http://vimeo.com/32034190
http://vimeo.com/32034190


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Schematic:

(Download)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17060129/whole.jpg

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