Monday, March 2, 2015

Emerging from Childhood: Arts and Crafts Still Exist

Hey all! This is kind of a random post, and I will have more updates about my project tomorrow! (of if not by the end of the week for sure, so stay tuned!)

Another project I am working on is called Emerge. It is an event embracing ideas from the future. It is about what you, the person, thinks the future will hold! (Oh, PS they have having this really cool event on March 6, at ASU's Skysong Innovation Center in Scottsdale from 3p.m. to midnight. If you want more info or me to explain more let me know :D)

Anyway, back to my day. So as interns, me and Preeya (and a few other staff members who wanted to embrace their inner child and take a break from real world work) were able to test one of the projects that will be going on at the event. Everyone receives a fortune cookie! Delicious I know. But these weren't just normal fortune cookies, they were CUSTOM MADE. (Yeah, I didn't know that was a thing, but apparently you can order custom made cookies online.) Each cookie had a question about the how things will work in the future. Here was mine:
How do we moderate temperature or Control our environments  in the future?
So after we brainstormed for a bit, it was time to get crafting! The only thing I could think of is Wow I really wish I payed more attention in 3D art class. It was fun regardless of my artistic abilities, or rather lack thereof. Here is a picture of what I managed to create:
Yes I know its rough looking, but hey I tried! Now, I'm not going to mention too much about what it is suppose to do because that's what I want YOU to do! Leave a comment on what you think a possible device is and what it does to fix that aforementioned fortune question! 

A side note: at the Emerge event these models will be used by improv actors in an entertaining show :)

See you all later! 
Val

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  1. Daria BazziMarch 4, 2015 at 3:11 PM

    I heard about this event! I think I might be going to it. Maybe. Possibly. If I get a ride. We shall see. I'm guessing the top of the device you built opens and closes, depending on the weather, and harvests energy from the sun. And then it stores that energy for later. When things get cold. And we need warmth. I'm totally making stuff up right now. In any case, it's quite mysterious and impressive-looking haha.

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    1. UnknownMarch 4, 2015 at 3:54 PM

      haha why thank you! And yes! You should totally go to the event if you get a ride! :D P.S there should be a video coming next week of improv actors using my device.

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  2. UnknownMarch 4, 2015 at 3:51 PM

    Omg that modeling stuff sounds like so much fun. So how does your model work?

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    1. UnknownMarch 4, 2015 at 3:57 PM

      So Daria pretty much hit the nail on the head, well almost! So, in the future we would have the ability to repair the ozone layer, so the machine is constantly doing that. And it receives signals from the atmosphere telling it what kind of weather is occurring all over the world. The devices then harvests energy from the sun, like Daria said, and it creates the needed weather in the specific place. So, for example, if there was a drought the machine would recognize this and send rain that way.

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  3. Lauren VMarch 4, 2015 at 4:01 PM

    This is challenging my creativity. It could be a rocket of some sort, or a solar panel. Or something plant-like that'll convert solar energy and get rid of carbon dioxide. Or maybe it's a very eco-friendly house....

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  4. UnknownMarch 5, 2015 at 1:33 PM

    I kind of read the answer before I could come up with one, but it's a great idea! I imagine this would have to be a fairly large device

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