GOAL : The design for the children museum using bone-conduction sound technology
USER : The children and their families who visit the children museum
CONTEXT and SOLUTION
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In the children museum, many bone-conduction speakers are hiden in different places: on the wall, desk, railing etc.
The children get the map, find the speakers, listen the sound, and fill out the map with what they listen.

 

 

DESIGN CRITERIA :
- Safety and Easy to understand
- Educational element or fun element
- Designs of element other than sound (light, switch, tactile sensation, shape, material etc.)

RESEARCH :

The article about bone-conduction technology on the wired news

The pirrow with the bone-conduction speaker : oto-makura

The technology is used for person with hard hearing, noisy situations and under the water

soundbug : Turn any flat surface into sounding board

handphone table : made by Laurie Anderson in 1978

the body as a sound insrallation