Making Toys

Making Wireless Toys 2, blog and class in session again....

This class is running for a second semester and the blog can be found here:
http://yg.typepad.com/makingtoys2/

The FlirtBunnies

::::::::: The FlirtBunny Story :::::::::

The FlirtBunnies are a loving couple. They never get tired of sending flirty signals of love to each other, even when they are apart. Some say that they are annoying and need to keep their expressions of undying love and affection to themselves, but the FlirtBunnies cannot help it. Whenever both ears of a FlirtBunny are pressed, wireless signals of affection are transmitted to the other. The other FlirtBunny then recognizes the flirtatious signal of affection with sounds of intrigue and excitement.

::::::::: interaction :::::::::

::::::::: The FlirtBunny Process :::::::::

::::::::: click here for previous process post ::::::::

::::::::: The FlirtBunny Story :::::::::

The FlirtBunnies are a loving couple. They never get tired of sending flirty signals of love to each other, even when they are apart. Some say that they are annoying and need to keep their expressions of undying love and affection to themselves, but the FlirtBunnies cannot help it. Whenever both ears of a FlirtBunny are pressed, wireless signals of affection are transmitted to the other. The other FlirtBunny then recognizes the flirtatious signal of affection with sounds of intrigue and excitement.

::::::::: interaction :::::::::

::::::::: The FlirtBunny Process :::::::::

::::::::: click here for previous process post ::::::::

Mr. Flower Man

Who is Mr. Flower Man:
Mr. Flower Man is an alien form a mysterious, but clean and perfumed planet. He came to Earth for a very important mission, that is, to kill odor before the bad smell of Earth reaches his planet. He travels fast on his travelling disk. When he detects odor, he immediately emits a magical spray from his belly button. The magical spray contains magical substances that kill bacteria and odor in the air. Mr. Flower Man is the terminator of odors.

Mr. Flower Man

The Odor Terminator Traveling Disk

Mr. Flower Man standing on the Disk

Mr. Flower Man stepping on the Disk

Interaction of the toy:
A perfume bottle and a motor are cased and installed inside the stomache of Mr. Flower Man. A button is installed inside the travelling disk. Once button is pressed, the wireless connection will activate the motor and vibrates the perfume bottle, as result, perfume will be released.

A sample perfume bottle is hot glued inside a small casing.

The motor is securly hot glued and taped on top of the bottle

An overview of the setup

Pictures of encoder - sender

Pictures of decoder - receiver

Receiver side - Pictures of electronic + casing

Sender side - Picture of electronic + casing

John & Pat

These are Pat and John as for Pat  Patrick and John Coltrane.
Pat Patrick from Sun Ra's Arkestra was Coltrane's biggest  musical influence and they used to exchange astral maps.
So each time Pat plays, John plays too.
If you put your ear to differet parts of these astral maps you will hear different sounds from Pat and John.
Here are some pictures>
OUTSIDE:

INSIDE:
circuit and swiching

KATAMARI PROJECT!!!

[Pictures of Characters]

------ Shikao and Ichigo sit on the cars ------------------------------------

------ Closer  Pictures ---------------------------------------------------------

      

   
      
------ Say Hi! / Our objects -----------------------------------------------------

       

[Video of our play testing] 

      

[How to play with our KATAMARI PROJECT]

Two players are needed to play the game. Players can choose Shikao or Ichigo to represent themselves in order to start the game. On the floor there are some objects such as sushi, pencils, ducks, eggs, and so on. Players will race to collect as many objects as possible with their Katamari balls. When the cars move, the Katamari balls will roll up random objects from the floor. The player who collects the most objects wins the game!!!!  
      

[Narrative]

The story of our KATAMARI PROJECT

http://yg.typepad.com/makingtoys/2005/11/katamari_projec.html

[Process]

Pictures of our whole process

http://yg.typepad.com/makingtoys/2005/12/katamari_projec.html

Made by  Mai Yi-chun, Lin | Cho, Hsin-Ming | Stephanie Cheung

Love Triangle

Concept:
Three penguins. One female and two males. The males are competing for the “love” of the female. Each one of them has a special behavior to attract her attention. One will dance and the other one will sing. She knows the power that she has over them. When the males see her heart light up they perform for her.

Inside:

Outside:

Interaction:
The female penguin has three switches: one at the top of her head (on and off switch) and two on each wing (to control each male penguin). When the switches are pressed her heart lights up and she sends a wireless signal to the males penguins. When left switch is pressed the penguin at her left starts to dance. When the right switch is pressed, the penguin at her right starts singing a very romantic song.

Final Interaction:

More pics and info:

http://lovetriangletoys.blogspot.com/

Max & Otis

Max and Otis are twin monkeys. At a very early age they were orphaned and rendered tailless in a horrific airship accident. As a result, they turned to grifting on the mean streets of Manhattan, where they learned to rely only on each other. The brothers honed their trade and developed a distinct way of communicating in order to facilitate their grifting. When max detects Otis in the immediate area, he lets out a quiet, high-pitched "eee-EEE eeEEE" (monkey sound) to let his twin brother know that that the scam is on.

When Max is within range of Otis and picks up his signal, he lets out a little monkey yelp.

C’mon Baby Light My Fire- Dongyun, Sooa, and Zeen

Romeo and Juliet, even though their in-laws didn’t like each other, finally got married.

Time passes by, and they feel their love start to fade dealing with busy life in the big city.

They decide to go see a marriage counselor, Dr. Frankenstein.

Dr. Frankenstein, the mad scientist he was, invents a magic heart that represents the burning love between Romeo and Juliet.

Today, after a dozen kids, Romeo and Juliet are expecting their 13th child… The magic heart is always on! And the fire is always lit! =)

Romeo and Juliet have magnetic switches in their hearts. Whenever they get the groooooooooove on, the magic heart lights up and makes sounds! "C'mon baby~", "Light my fire!"

Click below to watch their lighting heart love story! (PG 18)

* Large Version - recommended (12 MB)

* Small Version (4 MB)

Click here to check out the making process >>


Thank you, Stephanie and Ian, for contributing your voices! =)

Bunny couple

::: plush construction :::

::: finished bunny hat :::

::: inside electronic :::

Final

Blog posts are due Tomorrow at midnight.

Meet tomorrow 6-8.

Show-and-tell at 7-8.

The Show and Tell is Postponed Due to Transit Strike.

But come back to this blog to see the final toys!

Whitely & Angel

Whitely & Angel

Once upon a time, there’s a snowman named ‘Whitely.’  He lives in Snowtown.  He always wishes to find his true love.  The only problem is, he is the only black snowman in the town. 

On Christmas day, the beauty ‘Angel’, who is a snowwoman pasted by.  She starts singing as she walks.  Whitely was emotionally touched by her voice and immediately fall in love with her.  He asked, ”Hey! Pretty girl, can you be my girlfriend?” At first, Angel was scared and start using her hairdryer to blow Whitely away. 

But later on, Angel realizes that Whitely is a true gentleman with a good heart.  They then both fall in love and live happily together forever after.

The Making of Whitely & Angel

Pillowphonics process

fabrics______________________________________________________________________________ outside______________________________________________________________________________

electronics___________________________________________________________________________ inside_______________________________________________________________________________

Love Messenger: Making Process

(Dongyun/Sooa/Zeen)

[Sewing & Stuffing]

    

    

["Heart" casing]

    

[Sound Play Circuit & Circuits Final Test]

    

["Heart" Circuit Board Designing & Soldering]

    

    

[Receiver & Transceiver Soldering]

    

[Test Prototype]

    

    

[Preparing to Sew]

    

[Designing & Cutting]

    

    

KATAMARI PROJECT [PROCESS]

Meet Shikao and Ichigo !
Their bodies are almost complete. Read more to see our process. We've attached a LED to each GoKart. Whenever the RC car moves the LEDs will light up. The LED will be inserted through the characters as their individual antenna as it sits on the RC car. As the cart moves, the Katamari ball will rolls up random objects made from 100% plush fabric and velcro. We're in the process of building the Katamari ball aligned with circular velcro and attaching it to the to the RC car to roll up stationary and snacks!

Inside/Outside of Mr. Flower Man