We began with discussions on our model making, and headed over to the workshop to talk with the workshop men about the possibilities of our design. We had decided our material for the fish tank was to be Perspex. We had originally designed the tank to have a curved front and curved edges, however Perspex is very difficult to bend out of shape. From this we decided that the model of our tank was to remain rectangular, where as the actual model we will propose in the presentation will be the curved design. This will be shown by a CAD image of the tank.
In this lesson Yoakim experimented with the LED’s and trying to connect them to the pulsing system. He succeeded with this as he got two of the LED’s connected to the pulsing. Unfortunately Bec and myself have had no experience with this type of prototyping and were unable to provide much assistance. For the wristband we have a piece of silicon, which we plan to combine with the LED’s for our model. Having translucent silicon allows for the LED’s to shine through for the pulsing display.
Advantage of having pulsing LED’s? It provides extra motivation for the user- it allows them to visually see there current heart rate through the pulsing lights. Viewing this action whilst exercising encourages the user to push on.
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