brainstorm: building toy + time


2 votes:

time limit-closes off, magnet dies, deformation

hourglass - tubes and valves, sand falls through

blocks that have colored edges and are hard to put together

... may vibrate apart.

3 votes:

puzzle, where there's a reaction when the last piece is inserted. maybe it transforms via a reaction, on completion. food>powder to eat

4+ votes:

blocks+gyros defy gravity until momentum is lost.

...with universal joints - change shape without falling apart

flow blocks with fluid flow, dispersion of particles where there's a motor to cause the particles to move. electron idea + valves... circulatory blocks

blocks with joints that may disappear inside the blocks, and you have to find a pattern. the blocks influence each other's behavior. 

...maybe tie this into hourglass idea, or use sound and light to visualize also

 

 

brainstorm: coincident io with sound as a display

 

2 votes:

buckets of boxes that can record sound. record into the bucket, and spread them out on a mat that represents a timeline with pitch (like written music?) You can dip a box to create an effect, and can pysically edit the music while it's playing

 

something like the Leap Pad where you can write/speak your own story and the machine will select appropriate sound effects, based on keyword matches, to complement your story.

 

personal video game sound effects, like the kung-fu glove.


3 votes:

dolls + a mat or diorama where the location of the doll selects a sound transformation to your voice as you tell a story of/about the doll's character. i.e. your voice gets echoey  and scary in the cave, bright and resonant in a church


 


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