Multitouch surface

I know the title itself doesn't have anything to do with my FYP project.But hey,i just wanna share something here.Guys,if anyone of you are doing your FYP that are using multitouch table or surface,you might want to try this software.It's not that hard,you can try it,explore it.I just downloaded this software,wanna try after this! :D

TOUCHLIB
Touchlib is a library for creating multi-touch interaction surfaces. It handles tracking blobs of infrared light, and sends your programs these multi-touch events, such as 'finger down', 'finger moved', and 'finger released'. It includes a configuration app and a few demos to get you started, and will interace with most types of webcams and video capture devices. It currently works only under Windows but efforts are being made to port it to other platforms.

CLICK HERE to explore this software.
and this software also..CLICK HERE.

Tutorial that i found on YouTube on how to create a low cost multitouch pad.. :D

I'm not sure what software is this guy uses,but you can use Touchlib also.Have fun trying! :D

SIncerely,
ALIA

Spa

I asked my friend,Syira,about spa treament.She has accompanied her mum to a spa at Tmn.Tun Dr.Ismail (TTDI) for a spa treatment last week.I asked her,does the spa has something like water fountain,fish pond or something similar to that,and she said YES..I google some information about that,i found out that some spa do have the water fountain,fish pond so on to give the peacefullness and harmony feeling to their customers.And it's actually some kind of water therapy,together with the water therapy,they also play some sounds that give the calm feeling to their customers while doing the treatment.

Syira & me

Sincerely,
ALIA

Sensitive pad..

I just had a random conversation with my senior this afternoon in class..He's from DM too..He did ask me about my FYP,what am i doing for my FYP..So i said that i'm doing something about water therapy..And he asked me how it's going to work,and how am i going to make it happens..I said that i'm not really sure about that..I told him that i wanna use sensitive pad to detect the sound..And he said,that thing will be a little bit expensive and it's quite hard to find..I'll try my best to make it happen! :)


Maybe i'm going to use something similar to this,but smaller version of it..

Sincerely,
ALIA

Hot water therapy

Me,myself have experienced hot water therapy few years back when me and my family lived in Besut,Terengganu.The famous La Hot Spring which situated 140km north of Kuala Terengganu.During the time we lived in Besut,this place is just about 1 hour drive from our house.It is a famous place among the people who live in Terengganu.This place is stated in Tourism Terengganu website.

There's actually 2 types of water,one is the hot water and the other one is the normal natural water from the stream.Mostly,the older people love to take a dip in hot water to feel the warm of the water and experience it by themselves.I did try that and it was quite amazing seeing my legs in that hot water,but once you move your legs,you might want to pull out your legs from the water because you can feel the hotness of the water.But at the same time,it was so relaxing.I would love to go there again someday.

Water from the stream

The hot water comes from here

*images from Google*

You can read the article from Tourism Terengganu HERE.

Sincerely,
ALIA

Melting (YouTube) (2009-2010)

Melting (YouTube) (2009-2010) by Emily Keegin See the original post here..CLICK HERE..

She recorded the sound of melting glaciers from start until the glaciers totally melt.Then the recorded glaciers turn into three digital films (polaroids photo).Her project is quite the same with my FYP project,which is using sound as the medium to be experimental.The different is just type of water sources that we're using for our project.

CLICK HERE for some pictures showing the melting glaciers in Iceland.

I also found some similar video that are quite similar with my project.But these videos are called Iceberg meditation.The objectives for these meditations are:-

- Dissolving fears and limitation from our past.
- Giving back the self-confidence.
- Taught us to be more relax in panic situation.

Sincerely,

ALIA

Mind map 1

Sincerely,
ALIA

Class discussion

Today me and my classmates did a discussion in class.Mdm.Forest divided us a few groups and she asked us to discuss among each other about our FYP project and same goes to our Design Research topic.Everyone needs to tell others what they are doing for their FYP and SRI,so others can give some opinion and sharing their knowledge about that topic.

People in my group are JJ,Hafizadt,Sweet ying,Navena and Aini.

So i did told them about my project and asked for opinion either i should include the visual or not together with the sound.Some said that the sound itself can give a big impact to anyone who'll experience my FYP and so said,i can include the visual to attract people and provoke people's emotions.

Sincerely,
ALIA

Research

Guys,i need your help..I'm doing a research (thesis) for my Design Research class and i need your feedback/comment about my research topic.I know this blog is for my Digital Media class,but what's the point of having a blog if we're not using it for our education purposes..Am i right?? :D

Topic: Review of therapeutic sound (sound therapy) that are suitable for artistic impression.

Don't be shy to drop your feedback/comment here..I won't bite u! :)

Sincerely,
ALIA