Animate: Sound and Project 2

March 10, 2022

Animate: Sound and Project 2

In this lesson we made our own version of keyboard which plays sound.

We first downloaded the sound files and made one of the white keys, then duplicated it to create one for each sound. We then did the same for the black keys and then added two buttons which would play a song. To do this we added a codename to the song in the library and then added the script which would make it play/stop. We also added a line to the script that it so that if the play button was pressed multiple times the song wouldn't play over itself. After this we could add decorations.

Link to my final Keyboard. Keyboard3 (herts.ac.uk)

The second project is to create some sort of interactive story/tour based around 'city of the future'. This would include sounds and 7+ frames.

Here are some examples of Digital Media that present interesting ideas about views on the future:

7 of the Craziest Predictions for the Future, From the Past | Time

Image of 'Smell-O-Vision' Machine from the article.

This article talks about issues of TIME published before 1992, which include predictions of the future. This includes Humans becoming cyclops, People of the 21st Century not being able to read due to the TV, A miracle pill which resolves all ailments, "Frogmen" who will tend underwater kelp farms, "Grouch Pills" which can be used to control someones mood, Square tomatoes and Smell-o-vision (Being able to smell and feel what is on tv).

While these may seem very unusual, some elements of them seem reasonable. For instance the "Frogmen" idea is thinking about ways in which we could create more food and could in some way be a much more extreme version of hydroponics.

This article shares shares a mixture of information and witty remarks regarding the predictions, with the main purpose most likely to amuse the reader with how 'crazy' the predictions were.

I could prehaps find more of these unusual predictions and have my project be some-what comedic and make a city of the future made up of crazy predictions.

InfraSpace (dionicsoftware.com)

This game InfraSpace is a sci-fi city builder, it looks as though it is based in a future where people have had to move to another planet like Mars.

Image of the game from the website.

It includes lots of futuristic buildings as well as hover vehicles. The aim of the game is to collect resources and expand the city in order to unlock new things.

The concept of moving to another planet like Mars, isn't too peculiar since Nasa is researching the posibility. Though we do not know when this will happen, we do know that life on another planet would be very different and so would citys.

Natural resources on the planet would probably used to make buildings and citys might be planned out better considering it would be built from ground up and there would probably be more thought put into the layout ect. since there are lots of media speculating about how life would be on Mars.

This article explains some more details about plans for life on Mars: Plans for the first sustainable city on Mars unveiled | Euronews

Therefore, I could prehaps incorporate the idea of living on another planet into my project.

Some more articles about future predictions:

42 Unbelievable Predictions About the Future (factinate.com)

13 Future Predictions That Were So Wrong People Would Probably Regret Saying Them | Bored Panda

Past predictions for the future of the 2022 contact center: Were they right or wrong? (kmworld.com)

Future City Predictions | The English Channel (britishcouncil.org)

Here are 5 predictions for the future of our cities | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)

30 Craziest Predictions About the Future Experts Say Are Going to Happen (bestlifeonline.com)

Fridge that restocks itself, Robotic earthworm garbage men.