Making Toys

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.

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

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::::::::: 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

Bunny couple

::: plush construction :::

::: finished bunny hat :::

::: inside electronic :::

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_______________________________________________________________________________

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!

KATAMARI PROJECT

THE KATAMARI GAME
Group: Jimmy, Mai, Stephanie

NARRATIVE:
This project is a spin off of the video game Katamari. We all love the game Katamari. We wish to create the same game but with TOYS. There will be two characters and two katamaris. Players will race to collect as many objects as possible. The player with the most objects wins the game. Unlike the original video game, characters will ride on RC cars. This is an adaptation to the American culture. The characters are now fast and furious and will stop at nothing to collect all the objects!

Love Messenger

[Concept]
We are making a set of wireless interactive toys that delivers emotion between lovers in ambient ways.
When the female & male dolls hug or kiss each other, heart shaped cushion lights up saying a love message.

[task]
together:
concept design/sketch
fablic research
eletronics research

zeen:
board assembly

sooa:
accounting
sewing

dongyun:
pattern making

zeen/dongyun:
casing

[Timeline]
Nov. 22 - Fablic research, Eletronics research, Finalize concept

Nov. 29 - Purchase fablic & Electronics, Pattern making, Test LEDs

Dec. 6 - Solder boards, Sewing, Casing

Dec. 13 - Prototype working test, Final revision

Dec. 20 - Presntation

Double Trouble

My concept involves monkey twins. They love each other so much that when they are not within a few feet of each other, they start screaming.

This week I will be doing the plush design and constructing the first monkey. Week 2 will involve the creation of the wireless units that live inside the belly of the monkey. For week 3, I will finish the plush construction and combine the plush and wireless aspects.

Let it Snow

Since Christmas is coming up.  I think it's time to make a singing snowman for the Holidays.  There's no story yet.  But I will think of something fun when I get the parts next week.  Kenny