Final Project Demos

Wednesday Dec 7, 2-3:30pm, 210 Jacobs Hall (Directions)

This course teaches concepts and skills required to design, prototype, and fabricate interactive devices and smart hardware products. The first half of the semester was dedicated to a survey of relevant techniques in 3D modeling and fabrication; electronics and circuit board design; sensing and actuation for interaction; embedded software development, wired and wireless communication with mobile devices, computers, and networks; and user interface programming. In the second half of the semester, students carried out a significant design project of their own choice in groups.

This semester, our final presentations will be part of the Jacobs Hall Winter Design Showcase. 11 projects will be on display with hands-on demos and posters.

Past students in this course find careers as Hardware and Software Engineers, Interaction Designers and Product Design Engineers, at both large companies (e.g., Apple, Google, Facebook) and mature startups (Fitbit, Uber) and young startups (e.g., Atheer Labs, Matterport, Automatic, OpenROV). Some start their own companies (DotDashPay, Dray).

Instructors: Bjoern Hartmann and Paul Wright.
GSIs: Daniel Drew, Daniel Lim

Projects

Lumos - Countering delirium and isolation in hospital rooms
HoloMote - New input device for the HoloLens
Mewsician - Educational companion for young musicians
Interaboard - Interactive balancing board - play and get fit.
ZenBowl - Meditation device with visual, auditory and physical stimuli.
Nektar - Learn to play guitar chords with laser projection.
HearBoi - Visual notifications for audio events in the home for the hearing impaired.
Surgitrack - Surgical cart analytics
Tabla - Pneumonia detection device for physicians
Lightning - Smart environmental controls

Articles about the class

Educating a Maker: The Berkeley Perspective (Rakesh Sharma, Forbes)
Designing Bespoke Interactive Devices (B. Hartmann, P. Wright, IEEE Computer)

Interactive Device Design