The second project was more challenging but more rewarding to work on. We scrapped a lot of the old idea which was a ventalation and shade unit that would be pretty expensive to manufacure. Instead we turned to jellyfish.
Jellyfish naturally cycle water in the oceans, making it cleaner. In the same fashion we wanted to create a device that would cycle and purify the air in one's home. The idea is hexagon shaped modules would form a partition in the house. Each module would be equipped with a bellow that would collect polluted air, say from a kitchen, and using actuators push it through a filter. For aesthetic effect each filter would be capped with a lightweight cloth that mimics the shape of a jellyfish head. As air is collected and filtered each "jellyfish" would inflate and deflate individually, creating an organic breathing motion throughout the wall. Jellyfish are also bioluminescent, which we will mimic using LEDs below the surface of each cloth cap. The LEDs will change color once the air is pure.
All in all, I think we came up with a marketable concept that should be fairly inexpensive. I was one of the ones who came up with the look and motion of the jellyfish wall and all credit for the idea of air purification goes to Maria! I think our group did a good job of using everyone's skills in dividing jobs. I constructed the bellows pictured below.
We also toyed with the idea of being able to connect one's ipod to the wall to have the jellyfish pulse with the music - we hope the next group wants to explore this!
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