Blog Post Week 13_#Team Spaghetti

Team number: 17. Team Members: Yukun Wang, Qiuchen Gu, Mingwei Shi. This is the concept video about our project. Before the team was going to the skate park, we have checked all the components we need for the event. Then we have arrived at the Sydenham Skatepark around 1 pm. Even though it was very…

Blog Post Week 12_#Team Spaghetti

Team number: 17. Team Members: Yukun Wang, Qiuchen Gu, Mingwei Shi. Evaluation scripts & Data collection forms & Test results  This week we did some user testing, modify mistakes, and made some alteration of the code. When test the Bluetooth, uncontrolled delay happens, so we changed Bluetooth into wires. Later, we noticed that wires are…

Blog Post Week 11_#Team Spaghetti

Team number: 17. Team Members: Yukun Wang, Qiuchen Gu, Mingwei Shi. This week we have run a number of test sessions in a lot of different aspects, tried to find the best solution in regarding to our design prototype. Our overall system design in a nut shell is to detect the skater’s motion trough computer…

Blog Post Week 10_#Team Spaghetti

In week 10, we have made a great progress on our object and also received several useful feedbacks from the tutors. After that, we have made a couple changes for our final installation. We were focusing on the 3M High Wall of the Skatepark. First of all, for our previous concept, we were going to…

Blog Post Week 9_#Team Spaghetti

Team number: 17. Team Members: Yukun Wang, Qiuchen Gu, Mingwei Shi. This week, we visited the park, got the installation feedback, and discussed research direction. In terms to materials, we want to try plastic board for fixation, and for hardware, we planned to use wired camera since it is more affordable. In addition, we are…

Blog Post Week 8_#Team Spaghetti

Team number: 17. Team Members: Yukun Wang, Qiuchen Gu, Mingwei Shi. This week we were mainly working on finalizing our design concept, providing more details, as well as preparing for final installation. The basic idea behind this concept is the visualization of skaters’ achievements on the three-meter high wall. When a skater hit the wall,…

Blog Post Week 6_#Team Spaghetti

Team number: 17. Team Members: Yukun Wang, Qiuchen Gu, Mingwei Shi. On 8th September professor, Augusto Dias made a speech about the motion sensor and its measurement of students dancing performance. Some wearable and body detection equipment is displayed, which mainly use the acceleration sensor. The prior period design process focuses on the exploration of…

Blog Post Week 7_#Team Spaghetti

Team number: 17. Team Members: Yukun Wang, Qiuchen Gu, Mingwei Shi. The design area we are focusing on is the 3M High Wall. While from our site observation, skateboarders would like to skate pass this particular area. Although not many skateboarders can reach the top of the High Wall, they are more willing to go…

Blog Post Week 5_#Team Spaghetti

Team number: 17. Team Members: Yukun Wang, Qiuchen Gu, Mingwei Shi. This week our team was mainly focusing on the enrichment and compilation of our research document, generating initial concepts, as well as the editing of our video portrait. All members of the team has devote great contribution to the background research. Qiuchen did several…