Sketch two

For sketch two, we moved forwards with our ideas by combining several of them into one that we can push forward for our next project. We took the original idea of the defense suit and moved it towards creating something a little more sensual. We took the idea of communicating through color and light from our hair light idea, similiar to how birds of paradise would communicate, and integrated it into the suit in order to move away from the idea of the suit being defensive to one of it being attractive.

This week consisted of mostly focusing on the light and touch sensor and the possible shape of the suit. The light for the suit was designed to spread from the point of contact with another person, up the arm and towards the heart of the user. For this iteration, we used red lights; but, for further iterations, we may want to look into using white or blue lights.

These images show how the lights were placed in the suit and how we wanted them to be wired in order for the light to spread up the arm.