Fantasy Device
Assignment
Fantasy Device. Think of a fantasy device you’ve always wanted. Doesn’t have to be physically possible, but it has to have a physical interface. Design what the physical interface was. Document your design on your blog, and bring it in for the class. Your mock-up doesn’t have to work, and it can be made out of any materials you’re comfortable with. Make this a quick sketch, just enough so that your classmates have a sense of what they would do to use your device.
The Antiquidator is a device that essentially brings Antique Road Show into your own home. You place the object on the sensor pad which also has a sensor above it, scanning the object, the weight, texture, and color to determine it’s age and provenance. You can record the information on a CD by inserting it into the CDdrive on the front or retrieve a print out on the top of the device.
The switch on the front is the on and off button and the three yellow LEDs will flicker when the device is scanning. The potentiometer on the far right changes the magnification of the sensors which is convenient for particularly small or detailed objects.
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October 8, 2009 at 1:42 pm //
This looks like it may be possible as long as you have a bank of information, the size off a library. It can only work with small items.