We have finally thought of a solid, concrete idea, only took like 3 weeks. So here we go.
As I've said before, we wanted to come up with a physical representation of the heart, in the form of a wired model. But that was the wrong idea for this module, I believe the Everyware module has more of physical side to it, this is the digital representation side to it.
We will take a user, strap a heart rate monitor to him/her, link it up the computer and using processing and arduino we will create an accurate representation of the users heart, my job is to create that representation. We have decided that an animation of a 3-D model would be perfect, and to manipulate each valve of the heart with a value, a value that will be taken from the users heart beat. This video shows what I plan to create.
I have worked with heart rate monitors and controlling the input to the heart and the output of the heart, below is a video of a university project I did last year. I hope you get a good explanation of what I accomplished.
We plan to manipulate the users heart rate with a mixture of various fear and love videos. We will have an even number of videos that will scare/shock or calm the user, mash two of them together into 'one clip' and randomise it. We will be able to control when the video's are played, but not in an order.
We could add an extra element that is similar to the Milgrim Experiment. Where we add an extra person (who doesn't know anything about the experiment and 'tell them' they are going to be in control of this experiment and be in control of the users. That they have to keep going no matter how afraid the user is.
This would be a good experiment to preform as well, because we can see 'as people' because of today's society, how desensitized we are. We can see if the user doesn't have a high heart rate because he/she isn't scared. Or the possibility that they like to be scared, they find it a thrill.
Picture by Natalie Williams, a very rough depiction of what we hope to achieve.
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