Fresh Ideas!

After choosing my two options to develop in my weighted matrix and discussing my ideas with classmates and our lecturers I produced further prototype sketches and really started to feel excited about what was to come.

Firstly I sketched up a few drawings for a retrofitted motion sensor sidewalk light that fits onto the behind of existing streetlight poles. This was my "conservative option", in that it provides a simple funtion - to light up the footpath for a short time when ever someone needs it to walk down dark side streets or along the dim parts of the corridor.

I envisioned the chosen solution in two parts:

1. A screw fixed brace that connects to the pole, providing a voltage connection and a flat platform for the main body.

2. The main body contains a Triple Ion Lithium Battery to run the light, while also housing a small solar panel and the motion sensor. It connects to the brace via electromagnetism to "lock on" as a magnet would. An appropiate LED fixing is screwed into the bottom of the body concave.

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Chosen Idea

development

initial idea

Secondly I reinvented my Ambient Light Idea into what I call my "Sound Bar Concept". A white backlight LED display is installed on the back glass panels of selected bus stops. A small microphone is installed and connected to the screen, attached discretely to the bus stop. At night the LED display lights up, when any audio is produced in the near proximity (i.e. car going past or someone talking), blue sound bars appear on the panel as is commonly seen in stereos or nightclubs. This provides glowing and far reaching lighting, and interaction that will make people confident to wait at the bus stop. (Refer image below)