http://dwig.lmc.gatech.edu/studio/701/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:40:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.3 http://dwig.lmc.gatech.edu/studio/701/#comment-201 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:51:18 +0000 http://dwig.lmc.gatech.edu/studio/?p=701#comment-201 As promised, I did Christine’s Gua Sha project but I tried to modify it a little bit. First, I decided that I wanted my HexBot to be removable. That was primarily for my son (who would hate to see a good HexBot go missing), but also for the battery change option. I wanted to be able to change the battery, just in case. So, my clay model has an opening in the bottom where you place the vibrating bot. This probably reduces the vibrations but we will see.
Second, I already saw some small cracks in the original clay model – so I was thinking about using Oogoo. But that looked a bit too plasticy for such a personal object. So instead, I got some large ceramic beads and flexible string and made myself basically a stretchy ball. You stick your HexBot into the core of that bead-ball and it vibrates the beads. Again, you lose quite a bit of vibration but it has another advantage: you can put the bead-ball into the freezer and take it out when you need it. This way you can have a cool surface, much like with a cooling pack. Because you can leave the HexBot outside where it is warm you do not really affect its battery or function.

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