Dining within the home with your friends and family is almost obsolete from the American culture. Our busy schedules, lack of desire to gather together, and the immersion of our minds within technology is only helping to divide people from an activity that at one point was a vital part of our days: gathering for meals and conversing.
Musical Plates can't solve this problem completely, but it will help draw people back to the table. We do have the time from our busy days to sit down and converse with each other, we just need to be intrigued to do it again. Sitting down and sharing a meal with friends and family should happen any night of the week, and it should only leave a positive impact on your days and life.
By creating a musical rhythm and the instrumental sound of a bass drum through our actions within a meal, Musical Plates will create a souvenir of this time together through a song. This song will be produced by us, and our motions that are created by our conversations with each other. As we sip on some wine, carve into our steaks, and set down our utensils periodically through out the meal, Musical Plates is recording this data. The collected data will be turned into beats to be represented by the bass drum. Once the Musical Plates have sensed that everyone is finished with their meal by the weight of our empty plates, the final song will start to be played.
Let's say you, your friends, and family have had exciting days and your conversation is energetic, these motions and emotions will be reflected back to your through the song you've produced. Maybe your family and you have had some serious conversations, Musical Plates will pick up these emotions and play back to you how the conversations went. Yes this might be a more melancholy song, but that's okay. It helps you reflect on what was discussed and how important it was for you and your family to converse in these topics. It could show through the mellow rhythm that you have all connected on another level with each other.
1) Proto Team | Accelerometer
This prototype will measure how quickly a person is eating, which will in turn create the rhythm and beats for the bass.
2) Proto Team #1 | Pressure SensorThe pressure sensor will measure how much food as been consumed and when the plate is empty. Once all the plates are empty, the pressure sensor will trigger the end song to be played.
3) Proto Team #2 | Liquid Sensor
The liquid sensor will measure how much fluid is being consumed. As the height of the liquid changes the tempo of the bass will change as well.
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