Wyatt 

The Ticking Tree is an abstract representation of time as an object. The project was made because trees show the passing of time in many different ways, for example, the rings ingrained into the wood showing different years. The Ticking Tree is also loosely based on a scene from the popular Tim Burton movie “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” This design was inspired by the art piece “The Whale”, by Andy Cavatorta.

 The user will benefit because of this beautiful and eccentric decorative clock. The Ticking Tree can change the aesthetic of the entire room, and will definitely catch every visitor's eye.  The Ticking Tree is a model of a large wooden tree built on a slowly spinning base with neopixel lights for aesthetics. Under the base is a DC motor and an Arduino board to control everything. 

Jasmine

The Ticking Tree is a piece of abstract art representing time and how the user views it in day-to-day life. Tim Burton's Nightmare before Christmas inspired The Ticking Tree. The project was heavily inspired by a scene with portals inside trees. The Ticking Tree was also inspired by the Salvador Dali painting “The Persistence of Memory”, as well as “The Whale” by Andy Cavatorta The project was designed to show a unique perspective of time in a fresh new way. The Ticking Tree can be used by anyone, as it is a passive piece of art

This project is an art piece possibly used as a reminder of time in addition to being a relaxation device for the user. The Ticking Tree is a painted tree that rests atop a base holding electronics. The Ticking Tree has a spinning wooden top powered by a dc motor as well as strips of neopixel lights for aesthetics, said components are all controlled by an Arduino inside of the base. In a finalized version there would be a solenoid or buzzer ticking every second. It was designed to offer a unique perspective on time and provide a fresh take on the concept

The Time and Tension box is a tool that represents the past ice age version of earth and a future apocalyptic version of earth. By using sand a fan can move and cover a world to show the other world. Research says that sand can be therapeutic and help reduce anxiety and stress. The box was made to help reduce stress in any user and help the user relax. The box is small so it can be placed in many different places. 

The box is labeled for teens and young adults. Research says that that demographic has the highest stress and anxiety levels. For example, if a teenager is super stressed from school and wants to relax and let go. They could use the box to relieve their stress and calm down. To turn on the box there is a switch. You turn it on and it automatically turns on a fan. That fan pushes all the sand to one side and covers one world. Then the fan will turn off. The other fan will turn on and push all the sand onto the other world. This happens over and over again. 

The Suit Evolutionary is a contemporary zoetrope that shows the evolution of the Ironman suit chronologically through the movies. The design of this project is for someone who is interested in how time moves through Marvel movies, since it doesn’t necessarily have to be about Ironman. This design will benefit anyone who enjoys learning more about Marvel movies as a whole. The design works as follows, one will have the project and look into the opening to see one of the evolutions of Ironman’s suits. Then, you cant turn the dial to view other evolutions of Ironman. The user can also use the labels on the dial to find a specific evolution to look at.These labels are a symbolic abstraction of each of these suits. 

    This time capture of Ironman is a new way to envision the evolution of not just the movies, but of Ironman as a character. We learn through his mistakes and iterations on how to become better on the next try.

#include <Wire.h>
#include <Adafruit_MotorShield.h>

Adafruit_MotorShield AFMS = Adafruit_MotorShield();

Adafruit_DCMotor *myMotor = AFMS.getMotor(1);
//Adafruit_DCMotor *myMotor = AFMS.getMotor(2);

void setup() {
     AFMS.begin();
}

void loop() {
     myMotor->setSpeed(255);
     myMotor->run(FORWARD);
     delay(1000);
}

Wall decor for the home that tracks locations of family members and reminds them of the importance of spending time together!   

Sallie's Brief: 

Wall decor for the home that tracks the locations of family members and reminds them of the importance of their time together. With many families' busy schedules, it is hard to keep track of who is at home and easy to forget the importance of time together. Home Base was designed to unite families by creating a fun wall decor for them to gather around. Each family member is represented by a frame, and their proximity to the house is represented by the frame's position. When everyone is out of the house each frame casts part of a shadow on the wall. This is due to the frames not aligning. As everyone returns home, the frames rotate to align so you are able to see through all the frames, as the complete pattern appears! This new shadow design will light up the room and gather the family!  

Roisin's Brief: 

Home Base:  Home decor that helps keep track of your family and reminds you of the importance of spending time with your family. Life gets busy and sometimes you forget to check in with your family members. This raising the question of do I make an effort to reach out to your family when they aren't there physically? Our project consists of 4 picture frames, one for each member of a family. Each frame presents a certain family member with a pattern that represents each person individually but together represents one big family. Once they leave the house there frame will fall to the side and when they come home it will come back to the middle. How we got that to work is we create a pulley system with a base frame. There would be two pulleys and the top pulley holds the frame. Using a servo and sensor from Arduino, we can get the frame to move to the side and back to the center. If everyone is home it will show one pattern but apart it's a broken patter. It also cast a shadow of this pattern on them all. It makes you think about your family and brings you all together.