"The spikes are still liquid. With a latex glove you can stick your finger into the pile of spikes and feel that the fluid really wants to stay near the magnet. I was able to force my finger in there but I could feel the fluid squeezing back in around my finger! I don't think the density in g/cm3 changed but I haven't tried to measure it. A great experiment for a science fair would be to actually measure any change in density!"
- electricmic @xxSeaTownTrout

Exploration of Materiality - Liquid Material

Brainstorm:

-A music box - spinning wheels make sound
-Motion sensor - the objects follow your movement and you walk by
-Ripple effect-ripples in the material run away from you as you touch it
-Light - shadow.
- the wheels light up as they hit the material.
- reflective material
-Texture - patterns on the wheels
-Scale - (tiny/huge)

We were to choose one of our initial three concept from our first workshop session and develop it further.
Heres what we came up with:

Class activity

In class today we were to play around with materials to develop mock ups to produce:
-a switch
-an indicator
-a delayed reaction
-something surprising.
Heres what we came up with.

Eindhoven - Interactive Design

Getting started :)

Hey
We're three students at Massey University, Wellington. In the following weeks we're undertaking an Arduino project - an open source programming tool to develop unorthodox interactive design.
We'll keep you posted with our progress!

Thanks,
Holly, Alice & Lucy