Het Tijdmuseum is a yet to be opened museum about the concept of time. The design challenge was to "design an interactive solution for Het Tijdmuseum. Your design can either be a repetitive element, or a system that functions throughout the entire museum. But it can also be a specific solution for a certain subject or space. Can you come up with a new space or function that belongs in Het Tijdmuseum?”
Info: The Human Clock is a collaborative analog clock created by the visitors of Het Tijdmuseum in Delft, NL. Together, they provide an evergrowing amount of photos depicting every minute of every hour, creating a unique clock that serves as a modern-day guestbook. An interactive space inside the museum turns the visitor into a human clock displaying the time in the entrance hall.
VISITOR - EXHIBIT INTERACTION
In order to let the visitor interact with the menu and trigger the camera’s shutter, I wanted to include some sort of touch sensor. I started out by using an Arduino board, but soon switched to a (also Arduino-based) MakeyMakey for several reasons.
I designed touch points embedded in the hour indicators of the clock face. Each indicator is divided into two small strips of aluminum placed close together, so that the user touches both.
In the clock’s museum space, the visitor will be standing opposite of a screen displaying the direct live view of the camera, basically serving as a digital mirror. As an overlay, menu options will be shown linked to hour indicators. To select an item, the corresponding sensor has to be touched by the visitor. Introducing these sensors, and the use of the clock in general, from the beginning will make the visitor more familiar with its dimensions and placement.
