Interactive installations – Canada Science and Technology Museum
ABOUT THIS PROJECT
The Canada Science and Technology Museum has approached GSM Project to think about how to renew some of the installations of its permanent exhibitions “Into the Great Outdoors,” “steam : A world in motion” and “Sound by Design.” Robocut studio has been mandated to develop 10 new fun interactive installations :
Bike fail : Four stationary bikes facing a screen that shows the evolution of cycling over time. The movement of the crank sets activates the interactive videos.
Bicycle sounds : Four stations featuring the different sounds of bikes. Users are invited to create sounds from two wheels, two handlebars and different bicycle accessories.
Family vacations : Interactive carpet on which the visitor is invited to move in order to control a car in a race video game.
Weight distribution : Box with three handles connected to three figurines on which the visitor is invited to push to experiment the principle of weight distribution.
3100 Cab : Set of interactive joysticks that visitors are invited to manipulate to understand the work of a steam locomotive driver.
Pegs and holes : Interactive music box that allows the visitors to create their own musical sequence using a series of buttons representing the notes and measures of a musical scope.
Grooves : Interactive turning tables which let the users play with sounds by scratching on a big vinyl record.
Sackbut : Interactive table integrating a replica of a digital keyboard composed of simplified pedals and track pads, inviting the visitor to test the various features and effects of the first synthesizer.
Theremin : Interactive table integrating a replica of a theremin : when the visitor passes his hands over the antennas, the distance between his body and the object allows him to control the tone and sound level.
Vu meter : Interactive board, placed in an anechoic room and provided with two microphones, one in the room and the other one outside, allowing measuring the power of decibels according to various contexts of sound waves creation.
* Projects developed in collaboration with DPT.
CLIENT
TAG
CNC / Laser cut / Design / Assembly / Consultation and artistic direction / Electronics and Robotics / Electronic development
PHOTO CREDITS
Robocut studio
YEAR
2017