10/13 Blog Entry

Searching through the entries on the different pages I came across Electronic Poppables by Jie Qi. This was found on the Rhizome website. This project is a book that resembles the old pop up books that a lot of children love. Her book however has lights and sounds as well as sensor triggers that create the different interactions of the book. All the triggers and sensors have been built into the pages themselves. There are the original pull tabs and sliding tabs as well as other sensors such as pressure sensors, touch sensors and images you can move to create lights and sounds. This project takes a new spin on the classic pop up. Also all the electrical connections are made using a special paint that has copper alloy in it. this transmits the power from the magnetic batteries and creates the lights and sounds depending on what the reader does.

This book fascinates me because it takes the idea of pop up books that i remember from being a little kid and transforms it into something that seems futuristic. There is one page inparticular that contains a pop up skyline of a city. When the reader moves a boat looking piece on the page up and down, it turns on lights and plays different musical sounds. This page changes depending on the position of the boat in one of three or four positions. Another page contains venus fly traps made from paper that open and close as well as change lighting when the user touches the inside of one of them. This book is an amazing change on the classical pop up and shows a real skill with new ideas of wiring and sensors.