3. Signal lab 10V3
The momentary eye contact with someone you see for the first time and the feeling of that moment are special memories you would want to keep. Signal lab 10V3 introduces a device that you might want to take to the next universe.
CONCEPT
Dyeing balsam on fingernails is one of the traditional Korean customs. There is a myth that if the dye remains before the first snow falls, your love will come true. While waiting for your first love, emotions like excitement, courage, and hope are felt. Adopting the meanings and the feelings of the act of dyeing balsam, Signal lab 10V3 was designed.
ABOUT
Signal Lab 10V3 is a device that combines balsam, the metaphor of first love, and the lyrical emotion, pounding feeling, and eye contact that is a signal of affection. Like how a balsam gets dyed on little fingernails, when a man and a woman make eye contact, the balsam water drips onto the white cloth, creating a lyrical feeling.
1. A women participant holds an eyewear attached to the device to make an eye contact with three random men.
2. The female and male participants start the experiment with a default distance of 120 cm. The female participant can walk closer to the men according to their love signal while holding the eyewear.
3. According to the distance measured by an eyewear, the speed of dripping water drops changes. When the participant gets closer to the male within 80cm, the water drips faster, and when she gets even more closer to him within 45cm, water flows.
4. After eye contact, the lab manager compares three petri dishes and picks out the most dyed one.
5. Then the manager puts a tag around it which provides information about the men’s name, level of color, distance, and time of the result.
6. The participant can take the result as a souvenir, thereby keeping this moment as a reminisce.
MECHANISM
THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
According to Edward T. Hall’s theory of ‘Personal space’, there are four different zones of interpersonal space. While applying this theory, we adopted two zones. An intimate zone, which is within 45cm, is reserved for close friends, lovers, children and close family members. A friend zone of within 120cm, is used for conversations with friends, to chat with associates, and in group discussions. Entering somebody's personal space is normally an indication of familiarity and sometimes intimacy. Signal lab added another zone between friend zone and intimate zone, setting its distance as 80cm.
INTERACTION
The user interacts to make input through the interface, eyewear. They can see the men through the circular part holding the eyewear stick. Here, the first signifier is a circular part and the affordance is seeing through it to make an eye contact. The second signifier is a stick, which provides affordance of holding eyewear in hand.
PROCESS
Building a mechanism
After many trials, such as a tilt sensor and a temperature sensor, we chose an ultrasonic sensor and wrote a code that changes the angle of the servo motor depending on the distance.
Initial prototpying (Trial and Error)
We tried prototyping a physical mechanism that can control water using various methods. We found the most appropriate method among numerous attempts and applied it to design the inner structure.
Mock-up
In order to mock-up the product in its actual scale, we bent the pipe and welded it. Also, a hole was drilled in the bottom part and the space for the wires. Then, it got sprayed white. The sphere was done by 3D printing, and we worked on some finishing.
Photo shooting & Filming
After the mock-up, we rented a studio to take a photo of our device. We explained our scenario to the actors and filmed our short clip.
SIGNAL LAB MANAGERS (Team members)
