Posted on 15-9-2017 by Anna van der Linden
I visited the Gogbot festival on the opening night on Thursday. In
the Expo there were a few items that immediately caught my eye.
The project that fascinated me the most was a group of four spheres on a
row with behind it a screen. The spheres where all of a different size
and the distance between them differed as well. Inside the spheres
there were items that on first notice looked like random objects that
had nothing in common (a plant, gravel, water). On top of each of the
spheres there was a piece of foil placed. When you touched the foil
on top of the spheres the screen behind it would show information about
a planet. Then it became clear that the spheres represented four planets
of our solar system and that the objects inside were the materials the
planets are made of. This is the project that I liked the most, because
it was interactive, it was really appealing to touch the spheres and
then read the information on the screen. That is also an aspect that
I liked about the project; I learned something in a fun way. And besides
all that, it simply looked really clean and cool.
At the Gogbot festival there were also projects that I found less
interesting. At the Expo there was an area with screens on the walls
that displayed white shapes on a black screen. In front of the screens
there was a pedestal with on top multiple stacks of computer circuits
and there where internet cables coming out of it. At first I thought
that it looked cool and futuristic, but when I got closer it didn’t
become clear what the stacks of computer circuits and the screens were
supposed to be. It seemed like there was nothing happening; while a lot
of other projects were interactive and fun. This was the item that I
liked the least, because it wasn’t clear what the purpose was of the
item and it lacked the interactive and educational aspect.
Love,
Anna
