Sony Technology

Here's the technology that Sony uses in their eBook Reader. It's basically a polarized pigment that reacts to the screen by going up or down. That's what gives it a high resolution and paper-like sensation.

Meeting 12.02.

Meeting 12.02.2010


Statement:

USE the cycle water as it is, not change it necessarily!

Sketches/Ideas:

Using the already existing water-pressure in the pipe to produce the energy needed to run a shower-radio/temperature/meter/consumption/countdown/Chronometer etc. via a small turbine.
Why? More fun whilst listening to the radio under the shower and being aware of how much water you use/ how long you shower.

How does it work:

Left side of the following picture: the tiles in a shower.
Right side of the following picture: what happens

1. When the shower is switched off - it lookes like ususal tiles.
2. As soon as the shower gets turned on, the Radio gehts on with it (the turbin rotates because of the water passing in the tube and energy gets produced)
3. The screen appears on the right side of the tile, while a digital symbol of a turbine rotating on the left symbolizes the movement of the turbine/the water in the pipe
   
4. the tiles next to the "radio-tile" on each side (to the right and the left) are a "speaker-tiles" for the radio (the surface-structure of these tiles could go on as a pattern over the whole wall
5. when the water gets turned off- the radio stops as well! (or could run a little while longer with an integrated short-term-battery that recharges itself during the next shower)
   

Which programms are interesting:

• The touch-screen enables an easy "ipod-like"-way of flipping through the programms.
• only digital numbers are shown on the screen (keep it simple)
  
• No buttons needed where water could run in (only one plain surface)
• Nothing visible when its switched of - its just a tile!

Drawing of the turbine in the tube and side cut of the tiles/speakers:

Already existing temperature indicator:

http://www.xoxide.com/thermaltake-flowtx-flowmeter-wi.html

Already existing shower-speakers
http://thegadgetcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/shower_speaker.jpg

Victors scetches

Composed Shower:

+ Set-up of a shower before going in (ritual process)

+ Sense of awareness with water spending measure

+ Materials: wood (bamboo?) + taps

Candle Light Wall:

+ Create a romantic time in the shower (possible sharing?)

+ Sense of awareness with the candles going off

+ Materials: sanded acrylic + led + chip

All-in-one:

+ Combination of sink + shower + toilet

+ Optimize usage of water by multiple tasks