Tag Archives: Interaction Design

RHYMEs Sensorial and Musical Interaction course started

The master course  Sensorial and Musical Interaction course, which is run by RHYME’s development team (Birgitta, Fredrik and Anders-Petter) and related to RHYME, started at AHO 8th October.  The course started with an excursion to StatsPed/Torshov Kompetansesenters large exhibition and introduction … Continue reading

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RHYME at ArcInTex

RHYME member Birgitta Cappelen has been invited to be a member in the ArcInTex network initiated by the Swedish School of Textiles at the University of Borås. The first workshop will take place in Borås 24-25 September 2012. ArcInTex is … Continue reading

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New 3rd Generation solutions under development

During July and August the RHYME development team (Fredrik, Anders-Petter and Birgitta) is working intensively to develop new solutions for light, sensory stimulation, interaction, battery, projection and mobile musical communication based on smart phones. Wireless communication and devices have large limitations compared to … Continue reading

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RHYME presented 2 fullpapers at ICCHP 2012

RHYME presented and published  two fullpapers at ICCHP 2012 in Linz in July. ICCHP is one of the most important conferences concerning technology and disability. The papers is published in Proceedings by Springer Verlag. One of the papers with the title “RHYME – Musicking … Continue reading

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RHYME at Universal Design 2012

The RHYME project were extensively represented at the most important international conference within Universal Design, UD2012.  Birgitta Cappelen and Anders-Petter Andersson presented two papers with the titles “Designing for Musicking” and “Openness for Diversity”, and Jo Herstad presented his paper “Interaction … Continue reading

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RHYME Student projects exhibited at AHO WORKS

Three Student Projects from the “Musical Interaction and e-textile” course this fall were exhibited at the yearly AHO WORKS exhibition. The three projects were Candy Mountain Express, Hysj and Slenduro. All photos Stian K. Ruud.    

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RHYME at Culture in the Information Society conference

Karette Stensæth presented RHYME at the Culture and Society 2011 conference in Oslo the 14. December 2011.  The title of the lecure were  “Singing furniture – in the intersection between ICT, design and music”.  From the conference program: “Through the … Continue reading

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RHYME at Ambience 2011

Birgitta Cappelen and Anders-Petter Andersson presented their paper “Designing Smart Textile for Music and Health” at the Ambience11 conference in Borås the 28. November 2011. “The Ambience conference focuses on the intersections and interfaces between technology, art and design. The … Continue reading

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New Designs and musicking experiences

During the empirical studies of ORFI at Haug School this spring, many wishes and requirements were proposed and formulated. The music and health professionals wanted the sound source to be close to the interaction place, similar to how acoustic instruments … Continue reading

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3 new hardware plattforms

During the summer (2011) we have explored, developed and tested several hardware possibilities for future RHYME prototypes.  We have now decided on 3 hardware platforms to develop further. The first and easiest one is based on iPhone/iPod and our own … Continue reading

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