Ayesha's+Log

- Haunted house - Reaction time Main concept: stress & how it affects human limits || Research stress and fear and how they influence human limits || Apply the feedback from Kate to the idea, fix some errors, address questions as will the visitors come back? Why? Would it work for the 2nd time? || - Continue developing the idea - Read article sent by Kate || Assigned Roles. || Research on the science involved behind the exhibit with Abi. || She pointed some major flaws with the exhibit. || Brainstorm ideas for a new exhibit or try to fix the many errors with the current idea. || - Pushing bars instead of the sensor wall? - Work on the technology aspect || - Meeting with designer Alyin after school || - Improve fine details and the layout - work on prezi ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Date || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Task || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Homework ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Feb 27 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Brainstorm ideas
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Feb 29 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Brainstorming ideas; further developed the haunted house idea. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Continue research, also research cognitive abilities and adrenaline rush. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">March 1 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Meeting with Kate
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">March 6 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Working on the proposal with the group. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Finalizing and printing out the final copy. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">March 19 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Discussed the works to be done for the upcoming deadline on march 23 (Friday).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">March 20 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Meeting with designer Bhavleen Kaur.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">March 22 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Vote on new design || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Work on goals, roles and budget. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">March 27 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Took notes during the meeting with Kate. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Split into groups of 1-2 and find logical solutions to the problems with the exhibit. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">March 30 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Brainstorm new ideas || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Each group member will come up with a different idea. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">April 2 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Meeting with Kate ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">April 3 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Group meeting, discussing the presentation. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Practising my part on collaboration. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">April 4 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Informal Presentation. ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">April 5 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Group meeting ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">April 12 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Group meeting || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">My part: prepare prezi ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">April 18 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Meeting with Kate ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">April 19 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Took group pictures with Abi for the final presentation || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Prepare for video ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">April 25 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Meeting with Allan Busch after school || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">- Improve the smartphone application; not just pictures but something new & more involved
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">April 26 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">- Recording the teaser trailer
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">April 30 || <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">- Made summary points from the report & worked on prezi individually (2 hours) ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">May 1 || <span style="font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">- Edited prezi || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Edit prezi, put pictures, prepare for presentation. ||

March 19: Group Meeting & Work with Abi

Discussed the works to be done for the upcoming deadline on march 23 (friday).

Main goals: arranging a meeting with the designers, researching how our exhibit relates to science, building a 3D model of our exhibit, assigning roles to each person in the group, researching on how visitors will be able to interact with the exhibit through smartphones, setting dates to practice the presentation before April 4.

What we did: 1. Assigning roles: -Ayesha & Abi- researching on the science involved with the exhibit- Sharara & Anthony- making the 3d model of the exhibit using google sketchup -Sageban- deciding exactly which simulations (dodging car, etc) will the labyrinth consist of, how many & details as to how each will work/purpose of each -Rochelle- how to incorporate smartphones in the exhibit to enrich the visitors' experience/ somehow enable them to use smartphones with the exhibit - As a group: make the 3D model using lego blocks

2. Sketched drawings of the exhibit, they have to be presented to the desginers before we start building the 3D model 3. Got designers' contact from Kate, meeting is arranged with designer Bhavleen Kaur for tomorrow- Tuesday, March 20- 12:15 pm in the conference room.

Making the budget- the computer software, google sketchup is free- Need money to buy lego blocks - After the final design of the exhibit is decided, see if any materials other than the legos will be needed or not March 27: Meeting with Kate There are many flaws in our design, which Kate pointed out, they include: - Would people do this activity and why? - What is our focus (variable that we’re measuring) - Will visitors want to come back again to the exhibit? Why? - Will we be able to scare them again? - How do incorporate smartphones?

April 26: Meeting with designer Alyin - Rulers on the floor - Show some analogies to the visitors: for example the force they’re applying is enough to push a horse, etc. - Anthony’s idea: To have the visitors’ hand imprints all over the wall (showing where different people pushed) so the wall will have handprints all over - Alyin’s Suggestion: to have the two wall in a closed compartment which is only open from one side (so people can form a line up) - To have a screen outside showing the impressions of people pushing the great wall

April 30- Finished prezi! Prezi Log-in: username: ayesha.tasneem.at@gmail.com password: innovation

May 1 Presentation: - smartphones - analogies

May 13 What I am responsible for the presentation: -Same as before, but have to convert prezi to powerpoint

1. Talk about the applications of smartphones with the exhibit: How was I able to use my smartphone with the exhibit- The exhibit took pictures of me and Abi at three different stages. When we first started pushing the wall, when the second wall started moving towards us and just before we were leaving the exhibit. Afterwards, I was able to access our pictures by scanning the barcode through my smartphone. Not only that, but the exhibit also has a fun and interacting app associated with it, that edited out pictures. This app can even make you look like you are pushing the leaning tower of Pisa!

Examples of edited pictures: (edited by Abi)



2. Visual Representation The exhibit visually represents the amount of force that you are exerting on the wall by using analogies of different animals. For example, it showed me and Abi that the force with which we were pushing was enough to move a horse! This really allowed us to understand and visualize the amount of force that we applied.

May 15 Latest version of the powerpoint --> to be used for the final presentation.