Jennifer Dopazo | Soft Circuits Workshop | Summer 2008

Soft huggable pet for preschoolers that provides different types of interaction and feedback when the child interacts with it.

Dramatic Play

Toys and Games

Art

Library

Discovery

Sand and Water

Sound and Movement

Cooking

Computers

Indoor interest areas in most classrooms

Social/emotional Physical

Cognitive Language

Areas of development of a child

Social/emotional Physical

Cognitive Language

Gross & Fine Motor Control

Interactive toy that stimulates child curiosity and helps the development of !ne motor skills

• Social interaction• Sensorial Experience• Learning• Awareness• Knowledge

Design

Society

Technology

• Interface• Physical Computing

• Sensorial Design• Interactivity

AnimalandAlexis Lloyd, Ana Velez, and Dave Pasquel

Bunny Christmas ShowJenny Wu & Rafael Mejia

Related Work

battery holder(2 AA Battery)

LEDs Circuit1

Sound/Motion Circuit2

motor

Materials

Fake fur FabricPolar FabricConductive FabricConductive Thread2 LEDsRadioShack Digital Voice Recorder Module3VDC Micro-Vibration Motor3 Volt Battery2 AAs BatteriesAA Battery Holder

Successes

Challenges

• Making a Fabric PBC• Creating a motion/sound circuit as one• Interaction worked as intended

• Joining components on the soft circuit• Extending parts of the components• Debugging

• Include more member to the family

• Use micro controllers

• Make it a wireless device

• Make it communicate with others

• Make it more robust

Jennifer Dopazo | Soft Circuits Workshop | Summer 2008

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