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sudarshannarwade · 5 months ago
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BRF+: Data Objects, Applications, and Catalogs
we began our BRF+ series. You will learn about BRF+ inventory, application, and data object generation ideas through this blog. Make sure you click the aforementioned link before continuing to read this article. Even if you thought the prior article was too technical, you should still read this one to gain a better understanding of BRP+ and apply it to the design of your actual project application. read more
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flamewheel2001 · 2 years ago
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Yah using excel to bulk program dataobjects
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gracehcreates-bct · 6 years ago
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Photos of prototyping process
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sandwichpress · 6 years ago
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Data Objects Day 9
Today we began finalizing our data and started to think how we can change the aspects of the sweet to map our data to, as well as researching ways to actually make the food.
Most of my time today was compiling our data set on a spreadsheet, as well as trying to confirm as many of the numbers as possible.
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A large majority of the data was taken from Chris’ original data set, but I also attempted to discover the dates that these events took place. From that I interpolated the data to show how long said war / epidemic lasted and a rough general estimate of how many fatalities there were/ would have been in a year. Not entirely sure if we’ll end up using that last one however, as it is pretty vague and is really just guesstimating.
Speaking of of guesstimating, we also decided that we should try to find out what disease has killed the most people. But that ended quickly as the numbers for both Cardiovascular Disease and Malaria were both very, very vague and the dates were equally as unclear. So that idea is pretty much scrapped for the time being. We tried to look at google scholar, however their data did not encompass the entire timeline we were looking for as we were trying to find out how many people were killed since the disease’s discovery.
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Chris, Bel and Zhe did some brainstorming on what kind of sweets we should make and how we could map our data to them.
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Bel’s ideas
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Zhe’s ideas
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Chris’ ideas
For the most part I didn’t take part in the brainstorming, but I did suggest that we could 3D print candy molds using Chris’ 3D printer. The problem with that is that we don’t know if the sweets would still be safe to eat after that. The plastic used is PLA which is supposed to be food safe, but we can’t be sure so we’re most likely gonna leave that idea behind. It’s a shame because if we 3D print candy molds we can make them any shape  we want.
For tomorrow we’re planning on trying to actually create prototypes, so bought some chocolate buttons to try and see if we could use chocolate. For this prototype I’m replacing the poprocks with crushed pretzels as they are cheaper and should have similar enough properties, apart from popping of course.
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aslanbct-blog · 6 years ago
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Sticking with Pois.
We decided our poi prototype and concepts worked very well and we have decided to move forward with it. This concept has two datasets relating to the topic on it. The length of the rope and the size of the head. The length of the rope gets shorter or longer depending on whether the population of Maori that speaks Te Reo Maori gets higher or lower. In most cases, the length of the rope gets shorter as the population that speaks Te Reo slowly gets diluted and lost over the years. The size of the head gets larger or smaller depending on if the Maori population gets larger or smaller. From our datasets, the Maori population starts high and then the population starts to drop throughout the 1800s before picking up again around the 1900s. We chose to use these datasets because its a good way to show how Te Reo Maori is slowly being lost and dying out because the amount of Maori speakers is getting less but the amount of Maori is increasing. We want to show its being lost and that the ratio is getting out of hand and that more Maori should be speaking Te Reo to keep up with the population growth.
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ultraisabellaroyal-blog · 6 years ago
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11/04/19
Today was a little more disjointed as there was a photoshop tutorial taught by Charles at the front of class, and some group members joined it, including me. I left it early as I have done a bit of photoshop before, but afterwards felt it was hard to concentrate because I kept looking over to see what they were doing. The rest of the team were trying to find the best data set that we could for this project.  The name of the project is now called “Wear It Down” as that is what is happening with the soaps, as you use it to wash your hands it gets worn down. Laura wrote a good paragraph explaining the metaphor for mental health, which Ashton and I edited slightly. This is it: 
“The more you use soap, the more worn down it gets. The problem gets smaller and more overlooked the more it gets worn down. The soap represents an individual who has a mental health issue and the user of the soap is a metaphor for how people tend to treat people with mental health issues- they’re usually ignorant and focus on themselves. The food coloring which is eventually released, when the soap gets too worn down, is meant to represent someone with bad mental health when their problems are too big to be overlooked anymore and are exposed to people who had been oblivious to their problems previously. The juxtaposition of the light coloured soap to the colourful dye on the inside has an impact on the user of the soap, and shows how the more you use the soap the more your issues come to light. Using soap is a subconscious task with preconceived notions, we want to subvert that and bring attention to our underlying issues.”
We found some really good data, however it was so vague:
1 in 5 (or 43.8 million) adults experience mental illness in a given year.
1 in 25 (or 10 million) adults experience a serious mental illness.
2.6% (or 6.1 million) of Americans have bipolar disorder.
18.1% (or 42 million) live with an anxiety disorder.
90% of those who die by suicide have an underlying mental illness.
We wanted to have more accurate numbers, and a reputable source of these numbers. We wanted 4 to compare, and we got some good data but only 3 to compare, which were: 
Major Depression (US, 2017): https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/major-depression.shtml
Overall Mental Illness (US, 2017): https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/mental-illness.shtml
Bipolar (US, 2017): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27618746 2.6% (or 6.1 million) of Americans have bipolar disorder http://fortune.com/2017/10/10/world-mental-health-day-2017-workplace-depression-anxiety/
We really wanted anxiety as well, because it is such a common mental illness that is often overlooked, however the only statistic we could find was from 2001-2003, and the rest of the statistics we had were from 2017. 
Anxiety (US, 2001-2003): https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/any-anxiety-disorder.shtml
Finally, after searching for a long time, we found a PDF with some really good data. 
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This dataset shows United States data in comparison to NZ, surrounding the percentage of depressive disorders (depression), to anxiety disorders. This dataset is from a reputable source, also has the total number of cases and more. This is the dataset we are going to run with. 
After this was done we wanted to create another prototype of the soaps. Yesterday after class Ciara tried out one of the soaps again, a couple hours after creating it. Unfortunately the ink inside had dried, and so was not putting ink on her hands. To fix this today her and Patricia bought some gel dye instead, so that it wouldn’t dry down. They tested this out. Another issue came up with the soaps that we had bought. The ones that were not “Dove” did not melt down properly because they did not have cream in them like the Dove one did that we had used previously, and we could not use them. We need to buy some more Dove soaps to try. 
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Overall todays studio session was successful, and we are making good progress. Tomorrow we are going to come in and create some more prototypes as well as getting started on the written work so that we can have a draft done by Monday, as requested by Ben. 
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roxyallnutt · 6 years ago
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final stretch
As our final day approaches we spent our last session, reflecting, helping any member who has missing information or needs help, and also our final discussion for improvements. Charles came over and we briefly explained to him our findings, also what we had ready to present for tomorrow. Charles pointed out some outlining issues that we had not considered. For example from a simple examine Charles asked us questions varying from our randomisation point to the size of the opening in the lid. He noticed that our middle pole was not exactly in the centre. Matt and I pulled the bin apart and got the pole more central and stronger. While small adjustments like these add to the accuracy we all know our data object is not the most ideal. However, this was a decision our group agreed to during our last meet up during the break. Due to high projected costs, and lack of supplies we decided to rework our final prototype rather than start with a new model that would perform very similar to the model that stands today. Questions and comments like these from Charles influenced us to plan and develop a projected final design further. Lachlan created a new CAD model with proposed materials and the type of construction we would include for our final object if we had the money and resources. 
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Images generated by Lachlan Smith 
Overall, my group are sad that the process is nearing the end however, pleased with what we created. I have taken plenty away from experiences within the assignment. I look forward to reflecting further.
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alyssabct · 6 years ago
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Data Objects 3 (TW)
Wednesday 27th March
My idea for this data object was to create a bracelet that represented the statistics of the working conditions of workers in the Bangalore garment industry. I had the idea to make the bracelet multicoloured a section representing the percentage of women who had experienced physical and sexual assault in the workplace and that i would make multiple to represent different percentages of data. (however my prototype is missing the different colours mainly because I had no other material sources, but if i were to make the product I would use dye and a thinner material.) I was inspired to make a bracelet as they are often used to express a stance or orientation towards something, people often wear bracelets in support of a foundation, band or for an event being held. Additionally, bracelets are common in many countries to be sold at markets and on the street. Coming from Thailand, bracelets are easy to make and also have a cultural significance to the Akha people, so is true in many other countries. 
I had also been inspired by the following video, where SEQUENCE employs young men susceptible to the gang culture and violence that exists in El Salvador, to create bracelets that spread awareness and provide community for those men. 
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The data set I was focusing on:
Working conditions in the Bangalore garment industry [1]
Several recent reports have documented working conditions in the Bangalore garment industry. All workers except tailors are classified as unskilled, and typically work for low wages just at or below the statutory minimum wage. These wages have risen only marginally over a period of several years, failing to keep pace with the high rates of inflation in the IT metropolis of Bangalore. A joint report by the Dutch Clean Clothes Campaign, the India Committee of the Netherlands and Cividep India found that one-third of workers interviewed in garment factories earned less than the legal mini- mum wage for unskilled workers, even if they held semi-skilled or skilled positions. [2] Labourers work overtime hours to support their families, sometimes without the legally required compensation, and occasionally under threat of termination. Harassment by supervisors and floor managers is common, not least because of the low scope for women to rise to positions of authority on the shop- floor. A recent report by the UK organisation Sisters for Change found that over 60% of the female garment workers interviewed had been intimidated or threatened with violence. One in fourteen women had experienced physical violence, while a startling one in seven had been forced to commit a sexual act or forced to have sexual intercourse at work. In most of the cases of harassment and violence against women, supervisors and floor-in-charge managers are the perpetrators. [3]
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Figure 1. bracelet prototype
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[1] Miedema, C. (2018, May 17). Labour Without Liberty - Female Migrant Workers in Bangalore's Garment Industry (full report). Retrieved from https://cleanclothes.org/resources/publications/labour-without-liberty-2013-female-migrant-workers-in-bangalores-garment-industry-full-version-1/view
[2] Doing Dutch – A research into the state of pay for workers in garment factories in India working for Dutch fashion brands (India Committee of the Netherlands, Sep 2016); source: http://www.indi- anet.nl/pdf/DoingDutch.pdf
[3] Eliminating violence against women at work (Sisters for Change & Munnade, Jun 2016); source: http://sistersforchange.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/SFC_WomenatWork_FullReport_ 25June2016.pdf
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mhopwood-bct · 6 years ago
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Data Object - A Crossroads
I walked into class today anxious, still unhappy with my prototype and its lack of that “spark” that I was after, I took my seat and was already racking my brain for new ideas. In comes a new activity. Finding people outside of our usual groups, and presenting our ideas and issues to eachother while each working to help resolve said issues. It turns out that this was exactly what I needed. I tend to work much better in a group environment than solo, and taking input and drawing comparisons between my concept and other peoples was extremely helpful. I was paired with Chris who’s concept was based around epidemics, and representing them through lollipops, and I had an idea that he could use sour as a variable for the severity of each epidemic. This was the first thing that happened that led to the creation of my new concept. After sitting back down, my frustration with my concept after seeing other peoples had only grown. There were so many good ideas I had seen, and all of them had some kind of impact when you saw them. They showed the significant effects of the data as well as the data itself, which mine didn’t. Having seen so many new ideas though, everybody was in a mood for discussion. It was at this point that I smelt a very welcome and familiar smell. It was curry. This was the second thing that led to my new concept.
I mentioned the smell, to which a small bit of curry based banter started. Being in the frame of mind we were currently in, some ideas of using curry as a data object were thrown around as a bit of fun. Maybe this is actually a viable concept though? (this is where my idea for chris’s concept came into play) Spice, one of the main variables in curry, is entirely changeable. But wouldnt it be strange to use curry as an object? its a very one time use thing. What is spicy but re-useable?.... Hot sauce.
Finally ideas were starting to flow. The only issue I was having was that there is such a large disconnect between hot sauce and volcanoes. There is no logical step between them, except maybe lava or heat but its not immediately obvious what it would be. I took this as a perfect opportunity to find a new data set. What else is hot? What data can I use that has less of a disconnect? The answer I came to was the rising average global temperature. This was perfect, how better can I represent heat than with heat itself? Not only this, but it has a more dramatic and personally fulfilling impact than volcanoes. I managed to walk out of class today feeling much more on-track, and confident in my decision. I plan to prototype this using chilli extract or powder with ketchup by the end of the day, so updates on that tomorrow.
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davideastman-bct · 6 years ago
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Data Objects Mock up 3
I have decided to stick with NZ bee hive numbers since it is a decent data set.
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This attempt I used each layer of petals to represent a different year of bee hive numbers. I made a flower since my last attempt was a bit unsightly than what I had intended to make. Plus I discarded the stalk and leaves since they seemed unnecessary.
Bee Hive Numbers
2012 - 422,728 hives = 4.2cm leaves x 5
2014 - 507,247 hives = 5cm leaves x 6
2016 - 684,046 hives = 6.8cm leaves x 7
2018 - 879,758 hives = 8.8cm leaves x 8
The number of leaves are only for the flower to look complete since I have not found another set of data for those numbers to mean anything. The purple outline around the stamen is for the ultra-violet glow that bees are attracted to. The stamen is slightly raised to make it more authentic since flowers are not flat. The flower was modeled after a picture of the South African Ursinia speciosa which is part of the daisy family with the layers to show the data of specific years. This was the picture with an article about bees being colour blind to the colour red and the ultra-violet glow around stamens that bees are attracted to.
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nate-gibson · 6 years ago
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Final Object
29/94/2019 We started off today by meeting up early at 9am to test and figure out how our cups going to work.
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This is how the cup turned out, the group and I are very pleased as there are no leaks and it looks great. Milo and Rakavi went to the mechatronics lab to cut the straws into the correct sizes with the help of Krishna. the images below show the straws. US longest. Kenya thinnest. Nz Shortest.
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We then did some testing and found it had a great response, by this I mean the cup itself was met with questions and intrigue as how unusual it is, and when using the straws while they did find it difficult for the NZ and US straws that were all a part of the plan and was the desired outcome. When making the straws with messed with the functionality of the straws as we wanted them to show the data more than be a good straw. Also, we used the sugar estimated in a 600ml coke bottle and poured it into our cup mixed in with some water, this was another part of the testing and we let them use the normal straws for this stage as we want them to experience the taste rather than straw effects. The sugar water was generally disliked which was good as it helps portray how bad having all this sugar in a drink is harmful. From this testing, we got results we are proud of all functioning correctly and sparking interest in the user, also when sharing with them how the data we used affected the areas of the cup, straws and water there was genuine interest leading me to my belief that our data object left a good impression in the participants mind. Video links: test 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FgDpPx-_P4 test 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmZJZBM6dG4 sugar water test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBLuNGQNUIM
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bctgohanneturtal · 6 years ago
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Data Objects
Cut and Gain - Process Journal
This project was a collaboration between -  -Gohanne Turtal -Khai Gan -Callum Healey -Jarem Cabamongan -Liam O’Reilly-Gevert -Alyssa Kerrigan -Kaelin Behrens
Process Blogs - 
https://bctgohanneturtal.tumblr.com/post/183719655768/data-objects-monday-25th-march-2019-selecting-a
https://bctgohanneturtal.tumblr.com/post/183836097278/data-objects-tuesday-26th-march-2019-finding-more
https://bctgohanneturtal.tumblr.com/post/183854873793/data-objects-wednesday-27th-march-2019-developing
https://bctgohanneturtal.tumblr.com/post/183925615373/data-objects
https://bctgohanneturtal.tumblr.com/post/183925622643/data-objects
https://bctgohanneturtal.tumblr.com/post/183927562273/data-objects-wednesday-3rd-april-2019
https://bctgohanneturtal.tumblr.com/post/184020544383/data-objects-thursday-4th-april-2019-more
https://bctgohanneturtal.tumblr.com/post/184501135893/data-objects-tuesday-9th-april-2019
https://bctgohanneturtal.tumblr.com/post/184501098873/data-objects-monday-8th-april-2019
https://bctgohanneturtal.tumblr.com/post/184501204098/data-objects-wednesday-10th-april-2019
https://bctgohanneturtal.tumblr.com/post/184501308198/data-objects-thursday-11th-april-2019-were-stuck
https://bctgohanneturtal.tumblr.com/post/184501346363
https://bctgohanneturtal.tumblr.com/post/184501325618/data-objects
https://bctgohanneturtal.tumblr.com/post/184501388093/data-objects
https://bctgohanneturtal.tumblr.com/post/184538116918
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gracehcreates-bct · 6 years ago
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30/04/19 Final Day of Data Objects
ITERATIVE DESIGN PROCESS
Here is a list of my blogs in chronological order:
Day 1: https://gracehcreates-bct.tumblr.com/post/183717768492/250319-day-1-of-data-objects Day 2: https://gracehcreates-bct.tumblr.com/post/183717971542/260319-day-2-of-data-objects Day 3: https://gracehcreates-bct.tumblr.com/post/183861296137/270319-day-3-of-data-objects Day 4: https://gracehcreates-bct.tumblr.com/post/183909250377/280319-day-4-of-data-objects Day 5: https://gracehcreates-bct.tumblr.com/post/183910067142/10419-day-5-of-data-objects Day 6: https://gracehcreates-bct.tumblr.com/post/184127244577/20419-day-6-of-data-objects Day 7: https://gracehcreates-bct.tumblr.com/post/184192111457/30419-day-7-of-data-objects Day 8: https://gracehcreates-bct.tumblr.com/post/184471216807/90419-day-8-of-data-objects Day 9: https://gracehcreates-bct.tumblr.com/post/184471408672/100419-day-9-of-data-objects Day 10: https://gracehcreates-bct.tumblr.com/post/184524904762/110419-day-10-of-data-objects Day 11: https://gracehcreates-bct.tumblr.com/post/184537176762/190419-day-11-of-data-objects-over-the Photos of prototyping process: https://gracehcreates-bct.tumblr.com/post/184498709697/photos-of-prototyping-process Day 12: https://gracehcreates-bct.tumblr.com/post/184537352587/290419-day-12-of-data-objects Video: https://gracehcreates-bct.tumblr.com/post/184537431882/testing-to-understand-how-the-user-experiences-the Photos of high fidelity prototypes: https://gracehcreates-bct.tumblr.com/post/184537437067/pictures-of-most-recenthigh-fidelity-prototypes
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sandwichpress · 6 years ago
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Data Objects Day 15
Another short post today, for reasons I’ll explain later. To start things off, Krishner was in today so we asked him for help with our fillings. He showed us this stuff:
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It’s supposed to be like gelatin, but it liquefies at around 85 degrees Celsius instead of around 50 degrees. He told us that it would take about 4 - 8% of the agar-agar powder and about 92-96% of the whatever liquid we’re using. This is great as would make filling the chocolates easier, something we’ve struggled with so far. It could also make measuring the filling easier too, as we just have to measure what we cut out if the jelly mold instead of measuring the liquid each time, making sure it doesn’t spill, etc.
So with that, we got to work. While I went out to buy the Agar-agar powder, Zhe, Bel and Kent started melting and placing the chocolate in their molds.
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The picture above is what they had when I got back. I mixed the agar-agar with water and cayenne, I didn’t really measure, I guesstimated. That was a mistake that I did not realize until much later. My reasoning was that since these were still prototypes, we just wanted to see the agar-agar in action. I popped the mixture into the freezer and we waited.
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And waited. And waited some more. We waited for over an hour, just like the instructions on the packet said. When we took it out this happened.
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Yeah, not quite what we expected. Why did this happen? To be honest I have no idea. It could be that I didn’t place enough agar powder. It could be that we did not leave it long enough, maybe the cayenne was messing with the mixture? We couldn’t be sure. So we cut our losses, cleaned up and disbanded for the day. Everyone had to go somewhere and we didn’t wait to wait another hour just for jelly to dry.
So what can we learn from this? First thing is, we definitely need a proper kitchen with proper measuring tools. That can be easily fixed as we’re planning on meeting up at someone’s place to make high quality prototypes (maybe even the final prototypes) at least a couple of times over the mid-sem break.
Another thing is the realization that most of the chocolate making will actually be waiting, it’s not exactly difficult, but it is time consuming.
We also need to learn what ratios we’re going to have the agar powder in, more means a harder filling and less is a gooier, more watery filling. I guess we’d have to test this out, not sure if we’ll have enough time though.
Finally we also need to find a way to have whatever we’re adding to mix in properly with the agar-agar/ water solution. In the image above you can see that the cayenne didn’t really mix in properly, there is a pretty clear line where the cayenne has settled.
Here’s to hoping that we get most of these problems sorted out by the deadline.
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calsbctthingy · 6 years ago
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Data Objects Posts - Chronological Order
https://calsbctthingy.tumblr.com/post/184238120642/new-year-not-really-new-brief-2503#notes
https://calsbctthingy.tumblr.com/post/184493048537/so-we-im-doin-stuff-2603-to-2903#notes
https://calsbctthingy.tumblr.com/post/184494922737/theres-no-i-in-team-but-there-is-in-iteration#notes
https://calsbctthingy.tumblr.com/post/184524344242/prototypes-are-go-804#notes
https://calsbctthingy.tumblr.com/post/184524496842/so-where-is-this-going-904#notes
https://calsbctthingy.tumblr.com/post/184524784182/back-to-the-future-10-1104#notes
https://calsbctthingy.tumblr.com/post/184524970632/contrary-to-advise-we-worked-during-the-holidays#notes
https://calsbctthingy.tumblr.com/post/184525068502/so-this-is-us-now-2904#notes
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ultraisabellaroyal-blog · 6 years ago
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Starting Fresh- Data Objects
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09/04/19
Coming back fresh the next day was the best thing that our group could have done. The enabled us to think clearly. The above photo is showing all of the objects that we came up with in the exercise that we did the previous day. We started off the session with some ideas that we could use for our data objects while still keeping our dataset. We broke off into groups of 2 and came up with the best ideas that we had in a 5 minute timeline. These are the ones that Ciara and Laura came up with. 
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I was in a pair with Ashton and we decided that we liked Laura’s original idea of a plant pot, and having holes in the pot plant that represented the suicide statistics. This was her original prototype: 
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However we thought that it would be more effective as a dataobject by having the holes bigger- instead of many small holes representing the data, have massive holes. This would affect the pot much more, as soil and roots would fall out of the larger holes. As the plant would grow it would find it harder to survive. This was a metaphor for the the people left behind after someone they know had committed suicide, they would have left holes in their lives, and they would also struggle.  We came back to the group and came up with three options that we could go forward with.  - The pot plant idea  - A keyboard connected to a desktop. Some of the keys would have the sensors missing but users would not know this until they started typing. This would be a metaphor that people might not know when someone is needing help as it is hidden from them. We thought that computers would be good as our statistics were to do with youth suicide rates specifically, and our generation of youths are very technology orientated.  - Our third option was to have a cup with holes missing. Ciara made a prototype version of this: 
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The hole in this prototype was 18% of the overall mass off the object (18% being the statistic of youth who commit suicide).  We thought we could also develop this idea further by having it as a keep cup or takeaway cup style. 
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In this version the holes would be underneath the silicon in the middle. When a user would pick up and drink from the cup they wouldn’t know that there were many holes beneath it. Overtime the liquids would seep out of the middle part, or when you took away the silicon the holes would become clear. This was to be a metaphor for people not knowing the struggle that others are going through.  We thought that these three ideas were good ideas, but wanted some external help as we all had different opinions on which one we should go with. We went to three other groups in the class and explained the three different objects, and ask them which one they thought would be more impactful to someone interacting with it. Because we had such a sensitive topic and important dataset we wanted out data object to reflect this.
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We tallied up the results and found that the pot plant was the one the class thought would have the most meaning. 
To make sure that this data object would meet the brief, as our previous one did not, we took this idea to Ben, and ask him what he thought. Unfortunately again this idea was just an object with decoration!!!!! We are not sure how this kept happening!!!! Why!!! Every idea we had we realised would not work, and would not fit the brief. 
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:(((( We did not want to leave the day without having at least an idea on what we could do. We continued to brainstorm.  At the end of this session our team managed to have 2 ideas. Finally. The ideas were: 
- Keyboard with desktop - Soap. We thought that having soap that you used, and as you got closer to the inside ink would come out, surprising users and creating confusion. The ink would represent the suicide rates.  We ran both of these ideas past Ben just to make sure that they would fit the brief and they would.  Finally we had an idea. This whole process so far has been very draining. Each day not being sure whether we would have a solid idea at the end of it. It was very stressful but our team managed to keep trying, again and again trying to find new ideas, and trying our best to stay positive. It has definitely been stressful. Each day we had to keep making prototypes of out different ideas, but because we kept changing what were were going to use as the object, we could not develop a singular one which others in the class were beginning to do. 
With this week being the last week before the holidays it was more stressful. I personally was planning on going away during the holidays but this seemed like because of the troubles we were having with out object that I would have to stay to finish the assessment.  We are going to continue working on this idea and tomorrow create prototypes tomorrow. 
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