Table Project-instructions & intro
March 31, 2008
Instructions
- Thread all cables through hole
- Run power cables to table with extension cables and plug in power outlets
- Plug in all screen power adapters & PowerBook power adapters
- Connect each PowerBook with the power adapters and to their screens
- Connect each PowerBook to the family’s wireless internet
- Connect the webcams to their corresponding computers (i.e. webcam 1 to Sunberg01)
- Open up iChat and test the video to make sure the webcam is correct
- Plug in the speakers’ powers and connect them to the PowerBooks’ headphone jack
- Plug in the placemats to the PowerBooks’ mic jack; make sure the mic is picking up the sound
- Once all the laptops are hooked up, check with the other group to make sure they’re hooked up
- Start a video chat with each corresponding laptop (i.e. Sunberg01-Leagues01)
- Make sure the screens are showing the correct webcam to the area each screen is facing
- Carefully close the screen of the PowerBook with the small piece of Styrofoam to keep it a little open
- Gently place the PowerBook into the table and place the cover on top
- How much detail do we have to explain about the project to the family
- Control them to interact one another through streaming media such as visual(screen) and sound(mic) without letting them know about our concept
Why do they have to have a dinner at the dinner table we made?
- Creating a platform for families to interact and communicate each other
- How they interact with another family
Let them explore the dinner table by themselves
Introducing table’s functions very briefly
- how it works
- what the screens streaming while having dinner (another family)
- where the sound is from (tapping, hitting sound by using utensils such as knife, fork or chopsticks)
Let them know dinner time (6:30–7:30)
Use our plates as each person main plates
Food arrives at 6:20(italilan food, pasta…)
Intervene more than first day
If they did not interact enough each other, explain more detail about screens and sound
Let them try what they can do as much as possible during eating dinner
- provide notepad and pen
- information about another familyh
Let them know dinner time (6:30–7:30)
Use our plates as each person main plates
Food arrives at 6:20(?)
