JiaYi Lin's page

Website of my project
http://void.arch.usyd.edu.au/~andrew/infodevice/students/LiquidTree/index.html

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Thanks Dan's and Justin's suggestion, i gave up using the pump. last week i worked on the perspex layers, just use mecnanical parts to move the liquid inside the layers.
i cut the layers down to 2. therefore i must change the design of the Tree pattern. because the original plan is 5 layers overlaping together to show the Tree look. now i need to make 2 layers overlaping together which is still having a nice Tree appearance. also, i'm designing the frame for the layers and the stand for includin… Continue

last 2 weeks, i was working on the perspex layers, changing different design pattern of the layers, using laser cutter to cut the perspex, gluing them together, testing the liquid flowing inside, comparing different situations (liquid crosses different shapes, the right angle or smooth angle) .

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Liquid Tree Project

Tree liked Acrylic layers with liquid, displaying the wasting water and saving water in the shower.

Motivation:

Persuasive display for changing people wasting water in the shower, encourage people to attend a sustainable lifestyle.
Presenting the real data of wasting or saving water from the sensor, either real time or history.
Give feedback to the user, either encouraging or punishing.
Focus on home issue, Personal or family use, self competition or competition between fa… Continue