Project Proposal

Turn Strangers Into Connections

Introduction

This is a project which basically helps in social interaction among humans.

There are moments when you find yourself sitting next to a stranger, either at a bus stop or sitting in the park, with zero incentive to strike up a conversation. Human beings are social animals and yet, in this changing world they end up looking at their phones whenever they get a little free time without talking to each other. Me and my team mate Medha (http://privateweb.iitd.ac.in/~dds196011/ ) wanted to work on this aspect and do our bit to change this attitude.

While searching for different interactive projects, we found an interesting project with a similar idea in Medium ( https://medium.com/@MandiCai/how-to-get-two-strangers-to-talk-to-each-other-317f7b558f25 ). So we are planning to use this basic idea and work on it of our own with small changes in the final product.

This consists of a furniture, an L shaped bench which allows two people sit near each other without forcing them sit next to each other. One can keep his/her phone in the socket provided with the bench so that a music starts playing, but will be an incomplete audio. Only if the other person also does the same, the two audios in sync will create a soothing experience for their ear. This makes them curious and will be a baby step towards starting a conversation between two strangers.

Materials Required

MDF

Arduino Uno

Pressure Sensors

Connector Wires

Speakers

Skills Required

CAD Modelling of furniture

Fabrication skills

Arduino Programming

Challenges Foreseen

Arduino programming for the audio experience
Effectiveness of the concept is to be tested and validated
Complete the project within the timeframe of 10 weeks from now.

Timeline

1^st week – Materials Purchase

2^nd week – Arduino Programming

Minor Test – Project Development

3^rd week – Testing of the Arduino Circuit

4^th week – CAD Modelling

Minor Test – Project Development

5^th week – 3d printing of the miniature prototype

6^th week – application of Laser cutting, CNC

7^th week – application of Laser cutting, CNC

8^th week – application of Laser cutting, CNC/ Assembling the parts together

9^th week – Assembling the parts together

10^th Week – Validation and testing of the prototype