Click on the Top Mouse to see my 3D animation. This week was probably the hardest week for me. I am not a CAD kind of guy. I like codeing but it is really hard for me to work with things "virtually", I either like programing or hands on, but not in between. In fact, when I have to make circuit boards, I let my labmates do the CAD drawings, and I just figure out the math and logistics. Part of the reason I am takeing this class is so that I can get better at 3D animations.
I spent over 10 hours this week learning SolidWorks. From scratch. I did a tutorial and made a nice gear shaft. That said I am a LONG ways off from being able to make really strong looking drawings like my mechanical engineering friends. I found a tutorial on how to design a mouse and used that to build the above mouse. Even with the tutorial it took me a few hours to figure out how to make it.
That said, I don't feel my animation describes exactly what I hope to do. I want to design a mouse that does the following:
- Detects a users pressure on the mouse.
- When you put a lot of pressure on the mouse it changes from purple to red.
- When you are holding the mouse for too long, it squeaks like a mouse.
- For a bonus, I would like it to move as well.
Dr. Rosalind Picard gave me this idea as research had previously been done on using mouses as a way to detect emotions (what Affective Computing does). My interest lies in "Digital Self Awareness". I would like people to be more aware of how they are working on a computer. When your environment changes based on your stress, you become more aware of your habits, and can change them from there. Hopefully with my mouse, people will be less stressed, and have less artheritas. And have one cool looking mouse!
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