Paper watches!

These watches are made out of paper!!
gizmag.com

This is in my sketch book for Davidson. Haha I think its funny.

Thinking

Plants such as Areca Palm, Lady Palm. Bamboo Palm, and many others help remove indoor toxins. What if there was a way to replicate what is in those plants and have it combined with air freshener and like products. It could somehow be injected in to air fresheners, plug-ins, cleaning supplies; to help remove toxins.

Computational Aesthetic Evaluation- Phillip Galanter

Computational Aesthetic Evaluation

     First Mr. Galanter adressed the question of "What is Computational Aesthetic Evaluation?" The truth is that it is just an unsolved problem that can not really be measured. Many people believe that this will never be resolved, and others believe that it just won't be resolved in our lifetime. I think that it could be solved, but it is going to be very hard to program a computer to many different opinions, and then having to decide what opinion would pertain to that individual. However, in my opinion, why would we want a computer to do that for us; that is one of the interesting things about humans, we have opinions, all different, so how would a computer be able to please someone with aesthetics every time? Which brought up Mr. Galanter's next question, "Why bother?" He stated that it is a new way to make discoveries about human aesthetics and how to please humans aesthetically, and that it is an important aspect in making truly creative computers. It would be incredible for a computer to retain that kind of information, though it seems to me that it will be very hard to achieve that goal. In relation though, the people that thought of the cell phone were told they were crazy and look at it today, there are just many endless possibilities when it comes to technology.

     He then went in to understanding what Aesthetic really are: color studies, genetic, cultural, specific experience and learning. These seem so personal and different to every human, to try and have a computer be able to generate that kind of information since each individual is unique in every one of those aspects. 

     Different people have tried to measure aesthetics, for example, in the science field, they are researching "complexity." Many other people have researched aesthetics as well. George Birkhoffs (1933) was one of these men; he came up with a formula for measuring aesthetics which was M (aesthetic value)= O (aesthetic order)/C (complexity). Birkhoff believed that measure could only be used to compare like objects, and he also believed that as aesthetic pleasure increased as complexity increased. Daniel Berlyne came along and began thinking about stimulating the nervous system and arousal potential. He believed that the ways to stimulate the nervous system were psychophysical, ecological, and collative. He wanted to measure the amount of surprise. He realized that complexity increases when you move from order to disorder and as arousal increases, pleasure increases, however when stimulation gets too high, pleasure decreases. Then Colin Maritndale, who was studying pro-typicality and neural networks, conducted experiments that contradicted Berlyne's research. Martindale believed that a complex system is a mixture of order and disorder. In order to gain value, you must retain as much information as possible without getting overstimulated; and when you reach aesthetic pleasure, you feel what a reward system is like.

     Even though aesthetics have tried to be measured, they are relative to the individual; their genetics, culture, background, and ideas. That is where they look for stimulation for aesthetic pleasure. Usually, however, aesthetic pleasure falls into a category that lies somewhere between order and disorder, again it is still relative to the individual. This is the main area that will have trouble being duplicated on a virtual system; predicting human pleasure/ stimulation/ satisfaction.

Behavioral Setting sketch model

View From the patio^

View from the south end

Brian, thought you might like this one :)

This was on one of Dr. Vanegas's powerpoints.... made me think of you and how you love music! :)

During class- Industrial Designs

I googled "weird furniture" and this is what came up :)

http://crayoneater.tumblr.com/post/220927467/artistic-furniture-by-pablo-reinoso

http://www.casasugar.com/tag/award+winners?page=1

Biomimicry(2)

I am allergic to bees and, I am terrified of them when they are around me (for obvious reasons), however, I am very interested in them. I started googling "honey making" and then I ended up looking at what their body material is made of (chitin). It is a very strong material that I think can be utilized. I did a patent search on chitin and I found that many people have tried to reproduce chitin but have not actually used it for anything other than in a shampoo. This I will look into more for maybe using it in my ENDS 101 Biomimicry soft innovation.

Biomimicry

I was thinking, for maybe the shape of roofs on houses, maybe using a leaf as an inspiration. I mean, leaves are designed for the water to flow through the veins and then the excess falls off all from a certain point. What if we could use that knowledge and design a roof after it? Small veins running through the roof that transport the rainwater to a specific point so that all the water can be captured and used (rainwater collecting systems, ponds, etc.) And maybe, since when the water from the leaves fall off, they land among the roots of that particular plant, that could also be implemented in the roof design.

Cool looking things I found :)

^^This house was designed to utilize reflected light in California^^

http://www.lowimpactliving.com/blog/tag/reflective-roof/

^^Green roof in Massachusetts^^

http://blog.connareahomes.com/2009/05/green-mansfield-ct/

^^Alexander Michael design^^

http://archnewhome.com/tag/glass-walls.html

Really cool invention.. very simple though

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/danprovost/glif-iphone-4-tripod-mount-and-stand?ref=spotlight

glad Prof. Hill showed us this :)

Roof Design

Ideas: 

1.maybe one piece roof but ceiling is diff sizes... that way, all reain water can run to the south side of the house for easier rain water collection..

 2. For bedroom, angled up towards the north... like a 2 section room with a continuation for the patio.. kind of a more dramatic look..

Behavorial Setting

Really having trouble thinking of my roof... UGH!

Have to finish this tonight... leaving for home tomorrow.

ENDS 101 Class notes thru 10-5

Below are the "excercises" we did with Mr. Godkin

ya, I should probably do this once a week instead of putting them all up at the same time.. oops. I'll do better on the next go around :)

Ends101 (Innovention)

More to come on this bed add-on idea..

Behavioral Setting (post 1)

Didn't get all of my ideas into my drawing... but I do like what I have, hopefully the TA's and Prof. Hill do too..