Last week friday, June 26th was the day for the ITD Presentations. Below, you can find some shots of the event!
The Tonomat Jukebox!
Prototype presented in Milan and a working model here. Impressive use of RFID and motors!
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Autistic Children activities planning support
While playing, the kid has to insert shapes into cutouts. A display tells the kid what activity it has to do...
These reports are the various analyzes of the past six months.
The fliers of the product.
The Philips Airport Navigation Luggage Trolley
This device helps travelers to safely get (including their luggage) through the various spaces an airport has. Communication through the flight ticket allows the trolley to know personal preferences while also keeping the traveler aware of distances, time etc.
Close-up of the touchscreen which shows the directions the traveller has to go in addition to a series of Points of Interest. The green LEDs go from Left to right to indicate the time remaining for boarding.Donaid
Ever donated blood? Don't like the experience? Well, here is the solution! It is all about distracting the donor before and during the donation. A donor walks in, (s)he gets a squizable ball which encorporates light. The patient needs to keep this throughout the entire process as all vital data is stored on it.
Connie a bit stressed for a simulated blood donation.
During the donation event, the patient (Connie) needs to press the ball during a game. This helps the patient to focus on what (s)he is doing and forget about the needle, blood etc. In addition, it helps extracting blood faster...The game is quite challenging at first...
Connie focussing on the game...
Once the donation complete, the donor gives his ball to a tree. Here, one should see the metaphore of giving life to a plant...
...as the plant lights up once the ball deposited.
Close-up of the plant...
The Activitree
This is another Autistic Children Activity Planning game. The child needs to give a tree 'water' through an illumated sphere. This happens through shaking. Once the water given to the tree, the child needs to press a series of buttons and then follow the light trail. Parents would normally configure the activities in the tree which the tree will communicate to the kid.
The water drop in hand...
You have to shake it to 'activate' the water.
The activated water gets given to the tree...and a series of LED's light up. Once this completed, the child needs to press 4 buttons (1-2-3-4) sequentially.
Once this done, a trail of LED's indicate which activity the child has to perform.In this case, making bubbles! It has to be clear that parents can set the tree to display any activity (instead of making bubbles and blowing balloons...)
Bubbles!!!!
This fella had to inflate a balloon...
Lili explaining the functioning of the product and how this can help autistic children (and their parents) planning the day...
So...this is how these red buttons get pushed up! Busted!
Another activity for Autistic children
They need to jump on a pillow which is placed on a LED illuminated base. These lights indicate what the child has to do...
Novi and Chetan giving it a try!
NTO Adventurous urban outdoor activities
Go through the maze without touching the ground. This gets activitated through bluetooth and a whole lot more....
Experiencing the insides of a Jukebox
Here, a double stage is placed with both 4 wires strung like a harp. The people standing on the stage can raise and lower the volume of the songs (basically letting the jukebox know that they like or not the song). Both stages can compete over each song by being fastest stroking these wires.
A boy and Kiran duelling a song on the stage...
Curious about the technology inside...
Philips Medical Messenging Ball
Here, patients (children) are given a ball which incorporates a screen for displaying short messages. In order to read the message, the patients need to turn, twist the ball and try to put a LED light in a basket. Once this achieved, the message gets displayed. This helps patients to firstly focus on the game aspect (not make them think of their pain), and be rewarded with a message from their loved ones.
Connie struggling to get the message....
...and happy once reached the goal...
End of the day: Waterfight
The end of the day was concluded with a distribution of *free* beer and a waterfight...
Ohho...a glass of beer suspended mid-air...
You need style to wet people like this...Turkish Water Zorro?
Tall people were used as human shields...
A horde of wolves hunting for their prey...
Run! Run! Run!
The prey outnumbered and totally soaked...
Hope you enjoyed the pictures. If you need information regarding the event, please contact me. Sorry that I have not put all the various groups on this blog as I didnt have pictures of them...
Cheers!
