Ola de la Vida:a social play game

Ola de la Vida (ODLV) is a three-player cooperative game which was produced over the course of 48 hours within Global Game Jam in January 2017, at the Abertay University Jam Site.The Game is a playful intervention (an objects or events which seek to bring people together through play) that aims to invite players to form temporary relationships with their co-players through physical contact, collaboration and coaching during play in a co-located context (i.e. where all players are present in the same play space). The game also seeks to expand the play experience beyond the three players to the wider audience by inviting spectatorship through play as performance.The game was designed by Mona Bozdog, Lynn Parker, Danny Parker, and Alex Pass. Since its inception, it has undergone significant development to enhance its usability (through tutorials) and its features to enhance the development of a community of play, including the introduction of clear player scores and high scores for the game. Lynn Parker contributed to the design of physical interactions within the game, the enhancement of usability through tutorials and scores and the creation of digital art for the game in partnership with Alex Pass.Ola De La Vida as a practice as research work offers design insight into use of spectatorship to create a temporary community around a game and to enhance the facilitation of discussion between active players, previous players, spectators, and semi-spectators. The work builds on the varying levels of participation in play, proposing semi-spectatorship: where players are active in a game but have a critical distance afforded to them by the design of the game which offers them and their co-players (where appropriate) potential benefits in play

Multi-objective design optimization framework for structural health monitoring

The purpose of this dissertation is to demonstrate the ability to design health monitoring systems from a systematic perspective and how, with proper sensor and actuator placement, damage occurring in a structure can be detected and tracked. To this end, a design optimization was performed to determine the best locations to excite the structure and to collect data while using the minimum number of sensors. The type of sensors used in this design optimization was uni-axis accelerometers. It should be noted that the design techniques presented here are not limited to accelerometers. Instead, they allow for any type of sensor (thermal, strain, electromagnetic, etc.) and will find the optimal locations with respect to defined objective functions (sensitivity, cost, etc.). The use of model-based optimization techniques for the design of the monitoring system is driven by the desire to obtain the best performance possible from the system given what is known about the system prior to implementation. The use of a model is more systematic than human judgment and is able to take far more into account by using information about the dynamical response of a system than even an experienced structural engineer. It is understood in the context of structural modeling that no model is 100\% accurate and that any designs produced using model-based techniques should be tolerant to modeling errors. Demonstrations performed in the past have shown that poorly placed sensors can be very insensitive to damage development. To perform the optimization, a multi-objective genetic algorithm (GA) was employed. The objectives of the optimization were to be highly sensitive to damage occurring in potential “hot spots” while also maintaining the ability to detect damage occurring elsewhere in the structure and maintaining robustness to modeling errors. Two other objectives were to minimize the number of sensors and actuators used. The optimization only considered placing accelerometers, but it could have considered different type of sensors (i.e. strain, magneto-restrictive) or any combination thereof

Versatile Automated Semiconductor Testing and Characterization

High-voltage SiC Schottky barrier diodes have been fabricated with 1mm square contacts. The SBD?s were fabricated using both an argon implant and a field plate overlap for edge termination. The Versatile Automated Semiconductor Testing and Characterization system was designed to fully test and characterize these devices with as little human interaction as possible. The focus of this thesis is to discuss the usefulness of the VASTAC system. Emphasis is placed on it?s versatility derived from a modular design allowing the system to perform a variety of tests. Specifically, the testing and characterization of silicon carbide Schottky Barrier Diodes will be discussed in relation to the systems performance, cost, and the time it takes to test a wafer

Ceiling Fan Blade

The ornamental design of an efficient traditionally appearing ceiling fan with aerodynamically upper surface and wider tip end than rear end, as shown and described

Automatic Occupancy and Temperature Control for Ceiling Fan Operation

Ceiling fan operation control for turning the fan on and off based on a passive infrared sensor, combined with a temperature sensor to regulate, the speed of the fan. The passive infrared sensor, the temperature sensor and controls for both are in a housing directly mounted to the fan motor of the ceiling fan. Me controls can be set screws covered by a removable cap. The passive if sensor can include a fresnal lens for sensing a 360 degree circumference beneath the fan, and a photo-optical sensor such as a photocell, which suspends ceiling fan control changes for allowing the fan to continue operation when the room is dark and occupants may be sleeping

High Efficiency Solar Powered Fans

Highly efficient solar fans used in portable and built in configurations. A ventilation fan can be used for exhausting air out from underneath roofs, and/or for being portable in use and application. The fan can include optimized airflow blades having a twisted configuration that can move at a rotational speed operation of up to approximately 500 rpm. The approximately 15 inch diameter twisted blades can be pre-milded on a hub that together form a single molded unit of plastic. They can also be fabricated using metal. The unit can be mounted in an exhaust outlet having a conical diffuser on or adjacent to a roof. Another embodiment allows for portable solar powered fans used anywhere there is a need for ventilation and moving of air. The blades and motor can generate up to approximately 1040 cfm while using no more than approximatley 16 Watts. Portable fans can be powered by solar panels. One embodiment has solar panels mounted to a handtruck. Another embodiment has solar panels in a carrying case with a handle having leg(s) which can bend downward to different angled positions. The solar panel carrying case and the fan can each have single handles that allows for the portable fan assembly to carried and transported by both hands of a single user

Ceiling Fan Blade

The ornamental design of an efficient traditionally appearing ceiling fan with aerodynamically upper surface and wider tip end than rear end, as shown and described

Ceiling Fan Blade

The ornamental design of an efficient traditionally appearing ceiling fan with aerodynamically upper surface and wider tip end than rear end, as shown and described