Nupky - Tingle.

User testing was done by becoming a teacher at a secondary school for a day,

Prototyping the technology (image differencing)

Working with sound designers to develop the tingle sound

The final prototype required 4,500 pins that needed to be inserted manually!

You play tingle by lifting the pins to transform the surface. You are forming your own sound landscape!

People having fun with Tingle at the 'Discovery Festival' in Eindhoven.

Tingle exhibited at 'ID12' during DUTCH DESIGN WEEK.

Tingle exhibited in the museum exhibit 'DOS Disegnare Oggetti Sonori' in 'Auditorium Parco Della Musica' in Rome, Italy.

Tingle is a new instrument, which is used to teach young students about music. The instrument is a converted pin-board toy that is used to demonstrate the forming of music and sound. The 3D landscape, created by whatever is underneath the board, is used to generate the metaphoric musical landscape. It is a 3D version of the sound visualizers normally embedded in music softwares and is a common visual representation for sound. Using this metaphor makes it easier for young students to link their actions to the created sounds.

Made using Processing, OpenCV, Ableton, MAX/MSP, and Absynth.

Masters projects at Technical University Eindhoven (TU/e) in the Netherlands.