{"id":1401,"date":"2019-03-20T16:03:40","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T16:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/digicivics-at-apl\/?p=1401"},"modified":"2019-03-25T11:53:19","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T11:53:19","slug":"week-7-log-nutc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/digicivics-at-apl\/2019\/03\/20\/week-7-log-nutc\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 7 Log -NUTC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Log week 7<\/span><\/h1>\n

Sketch and Explanation of Prototype <\/span><\/h2>\n

This week, we began to prototype our design. From our storyboard we decided to visualize the interactive screens. The plan is to place them on traffic lights so that both pedestrians and car-users will be able to get involved with this project. Our prototype illustrates how a participant approaches one of a number of signs, that will be placed along Heaton Road. As mentioned in last week\u2019s log the signs will display facts or tweets advocating cycling as a mode of transportation. The participant would then make a thumbs up or down, depending whether the participant likes the text that is being shown on the sign or not. Sensors on the sign would then register the thumbs up or down through <\/span>Infrared & Motion Sensors <\/i><\/b>and then, depending on whether the participant responses with a thumbs up or down, will lead to the #thumbsupheaton hashtag or a different cycle fact.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Extended research <\/span><\/h2>\n

This week we also looked further into research relating to our project. We wanted to find some examples that we could directly get information from. We looked into the Australian vote with your feet project, which helped us to think more about the type of interaction with the public we will have. We have found many different projects that use the same type of sensory technology although not as many that focus on the thumbs approach. <\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2015\/06\/02\/google-project-soli-interaction-sensor-radar-hand-gestures-digital-control-electronic-devices\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

This example uses hand gestures to control electronic devices, we partially can take inspiration from this as we need to the hand gestures to be able to read and control our signposts. <\/span><\/p>\n

Cycle facts<\/span><\/h2>\n

These are some of the facts we plan to use on our sign posts:<\/b><\/p>\n

Environment<\/span><\/h3>\n