Our next project in DesComm is to design some sort of tea kettle using some sort of theme as inspiration. Given that tea makes me think of Victorian England, the first thing that came to my mind was to make a steampunk kettle. Now, given that the steampunk aesthetic is known for very complicated and ornate artifacts, I'm a little worried that I'm biting off a little more than I can chew, but the idea is simply too cool to pass up.
While catching up on my RSS feeds, I stumbled across an article about a technology that could turn any surface (even curved or transparent ones) into a multi-touch interface simply by applying a very thin film. You can even put the film under the surface, as long as it isn't deeper than 15 mm. Read about it here.
So, since the snow has closed the entire university and I won't have the crit that was supposed to be this evening, I thought I'd post my work here. The assignment was to design a series of three flash drives with a particular brand in mind; I choose to base mine on the Protoss race from Blizzard's Starcraft franchise. Please let me know what you'd think; I've now have a couple more days to tweak it. Thanks!
