https://www.eleanormayes.com/other daily 0.75 2023-03-15 https://www.eleanormayes.com/other/universal-beats monthly 0.5 2023-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/1606799802072-6QE439LF8ES8CL72K6ZJ/new%2Bdoc%2B2020-11-30%2B23.10.32_1%2B2.jpg other - Universal Beats: A MIDI Grid Controller for Everyone Some preliminary sketches of the design of the keys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/1606798518648-WO71HH0WI5S60134G2U6/launch_render2.png other - Universal Beats: A MIDI Grid Controller for Everyone A blender rendering I did of a MIDI board with raised Braille on the keys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/1606800198179-ZEJSD1BLH89R5IA9PGC1/Screen+Shot+2020-11-30+at+11.22.54+PM.png other - Universal Beats: A MIDI Grid Controller for Everyone All 63 Braille cells from - http://www.dotlessbraille.org/FindACellPix.htm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/1606779349274-9K6HK0TH5UVHCGQ9JVZR/Screen+Shot+2020-11-30+at+5.25.01+PM.png other - Universal Beats: A MIDI Grid Controller for Everyone Braille text reading “MIDI Board” https://www.eleanormayes.com/other/luminescent-solar-concentrator monthly 0.5 2022-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/d22de478-c453-45db-88f9-dc98c1757e79/IMG_5729.jpg other - Luminescent Solar Concentrators: Solar Powered Windows - Make it stand out Some different size luminophores fluorescing upon exposure to UV light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/1603304192184-NJUW3B1R4N6CUYBNP1MB/LSC_again_luminophore.png other - Luminescent Solar Concentrators: Solar Powered Windows - Schematic and insert of a luminescent solar concentrator for use in a window This schematic I created in Adobe Illustrator depicts the cross-section of a Luminescent Solar Concentrator (LSC). These devices collect sunlight and redirect it to solar panels located in the frame of the window. Light passes through the glass window pane, into the gap between the double-glazing. There mirrors filter the sunlight, and pass it on to Luminophores (see red star above), which are particles that emit photoluminescence when exposed to light. Specifically this LSC contains Quantum Dot luminophores (see red and gray sphere). The photoluminescence is then reflected along the waveguide (orange rectangle) using total internal reflection to travel to the solar cell located at the edge of the device. Because these devices can be transparent, they are particularly useful on windows for capturing solar energy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/1603306222654-RP9TFS9WJHJBI67JXZIM/wirewoundrod.png other - Luminescent Solar Concentrators: Solar Powered Windows This is a schematic I made of a solution-processing method using a wire-wound rod to coat a substrate. This is one way that the mirrors and luminophores can be coated onto glass substrates. https://www.eleanormayes.com/other/brr3njdphcxlbcrx3sa8i0tqc9nyn1 monthly 0.5 2022-07-07 https://www.eleanormayes.com/other/desinv-190-human-centered-design-enhancing-technology-for-blindlow-vision-users monthly 0.5 2023-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/3e4357de-4890-45b5-a454-4cd12d36afbb/teensy_2.jpeg other - Human Centered Design: Enhancing technology for Blind/low-vision users - Make it stand out Teensy 2.0 microcontroller from PJRC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/6a81d20b-a938-4fcc-8862-a0405d6de7b2/8cfbe7132851245.61b3d828588b0.jpg other - Human Centered Design: Enhancing technology for Blind/low-vision users - Make it stand out Testing the preliminary code and electronics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/169b2e96-7449-43ec-83cd-d13550f386c9/prototyping_image_HCD.jpg other - Human Centered Design: Enhancing technology for Blind/low-vision users - Make it stand out These were some final ideation sketches before beginning the prototyping process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/df3db051-517d-4189-ae45-fe67245bdf2a/IMG_6798.jpg other - Human Centered Design: Enhancing technology for Blind/low-vision users - Make it stand out Calculations to set threshold for object detection with the ultrasonic sensor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/1639424911341-2OJK56H9MJQA3K32AIKY/IMG_6589%2B2.jpg other - Human Centered Design: Enhancing technology for Blind/low-vision users Black & White illustration of a Cane. Text reads exchangeable ends https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/1639424955193-UW1FD5T0FHZPAV9KTRWT/12-13-21%252C%2B11%253A44%2BAM%2BMicrosoft%2BLens%2B7.jpg other - Human Centered Design: Enhancing technology for Blind/low-vision users Black & White illustration of a flexible keyboard. Labels include Keyboard, Foldable, Display, Bluetooth, Flexible https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/1639424982273-R4KNBH29IHF47Q69I0LU/12-13-21%252C%2B11%253A46%2BAM%2BMicrosoft%2BLens%2B8.jpg other - Human Centered Design: Enhancing technology for Blind/low-vision users Black & White illustration of a bracelet labeled 360 degree haptic feedback bracelet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/1639425013418-U4RK4A6DZLP1KLLLBJPC/12-13-21%252C%2B11%253A46%2BAM%2BMicrosoft%2BLens%25282%2529%2B5.jpg other - Human Centered Design: Enhancing technology for Blind/low-vision users Black & White illustration of a pair of glasses sitting on top of a piece of paper. There is a labeled camera on the arm of the glasses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/1639425047057-FO1A0OQ45YH3W2CBV25L/12-13-21%252C%2B11%253A46%2BAM%2BMicrosoft%2BLens%25281%2529%2B6.jpg other - Human Centered Design: Enhancing technology for Blind/low-vision users Black & White illustration of a hand holding a smartphone. The phone is scanning text and a sound bubble reads the text aloud https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/1639425076835-OSQ2IV6VILWDO0ULJBVG/12-13-21%252C%2B11%253A46%2BAM%2BMicrosoft%2BLens%25284%2529%2B3.jpg other - Human Centered Design: Enhancing technology for Blind/low-vision users black & white illustration of a smartphone scanning text, and a clip-on refreshable braille display is to the right of the phone. The phone camera is labeled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/1639425117940-JOJA8KWYEZPYMWVOH0FP/12-13-21%252C%2B11%253A46%2BAM%2BMicrosoft%2BLens%25285%2529%2B2.jpg other - Human Centered Design: Enhancing technology for Blind/low-vision users Black & White illustration of a clip on button interface for a smart phone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/1639425357756-RN2VG4EOFWCA3RAHS5Y0/12-13-21%252C%2B11%253A46%2BAM%2BMicrosoft%2BLens%25283%2529%2B4.jpg other - Human Centered Design: Enhancing technology for Blind/low-vision users Black & White illustration of a ring with a camera and text scanner. There is an audio speaker labeled on it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/1639425153309-HCOP3ID07Q7XWHXD7SH8/12-13-21%252C%2B11%253A46%2BAM%2BMicrosoft%2BLens%25286%2529%2B1.jpg other - Human Centered Design: Enhancing technology for Blind/low-vision users A black & white illustration of an interface with labeled buttons: “mic”, “current location”, “home”, “start location”, “next instruction”, “speaker”, “destination”, “prev instruction” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/4aab51de-7bb9-4d7f-9186-9bf692959def/IMG_6588+2.jpg other - Human Centered Design: Enhancing technology for Blind/low-vision users - Make it stand out An early sketch of a cane with proximity sensing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/cc22f9b0-cf6c-42c1-b1cf-6f211836dd76/LH_Logo_Vertical_RGB_C.jpeg other - Human Centered Design: Enhancing technology for Blind/low-vision users Logo for Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/b8d2395b-e119-4a93-a25d-6418ee9a981f/Screen+Shot+2021-12-13+at+11.09.57+AM.jpg other - Human Centered Design: Enhancing technology for Blind/low-vision users - Make it stand out Sensing range: from the MB1010 LV-MaxSonar-EZ1 sensor documentation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/d55c19ce-322c-48af-8c3d-42bd7f03a3d1/download.jpeg other - Human Centered Design: Enhancing technology for Blind/low-vision users - Make it stand out MB1010 LV-MaxSonar-EZ1 ultrasonic sensor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/ec450e75-8ef5-4312-8f95-c3199cda3887/IMG_6797.jpg other - Human Centered Design: Enhancing technology for Blind/low-vision users - Make it stand out Final electronics setup where I soldered together the teensy, ultrasonic sensor, and the motor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/86cc8b11-7423-4e96-a15c-9f5a5990e4b9/handle_hero.jpg other - Human Centered Design: Enhancing technology for Blind/low-vision users - Make it stand out This is a close-up rendering of the handle we designed. On the bottom left is the ultrasonic sensor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/7f54648a-65a2-4456-9f22-ef5e3bab2f1d/hero_img_1.png other - Human Centered Design: Enhancing technology for Blind/low-vision users - Make it stand out This is a rendering I made in Fusion 360 of a white cane with our detachable ultrasonic handle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/395f8a16-1697-4aff-8c81-c597c90e8701/IMG_6796.jpg other - Human Centered Design: Enhancing technology for Blind/low-vision users - Make it stand out The final functional low-fidelity prototype that I constructed. the ultrasonic sensor is on the lower right. The vibration motor in the middle buzzes when objects in an upward direction are detected less than 56 inches away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/4b4a4a5b-0336-4bb1-ab61-53296822b021/2b102.jpeg other - Human Centered Design: Enhancing technology for Blind/low-vision users - Make it stand out A coreless vibration motor similar to one used in the final prototype https://www.eleanormayes.com/other/eidos-reducing-food-waste-by-building-new-habits monthly 0.5 2022-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/06a100f0-fb45-4291-b948-84cb5ef315b3/A+cluster+of+multi-colored+glowing+tiles+is+mounted+on+a+black+fridge other - EIDOS: Reducing Food Waste by Building New Habits - Make it stand out EIDOS: a wall or fridge mounted device to help reduce food waste in the home. https://www.eleanormayes.com/other/food-board monthly 0.5 2022-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/02e08770-9760-42cc-8bf2-37bd3d7ab5fd/A+transparent+acrylic+tray+with+a+black+fork%2C+and+white%2C+orange%2C+red%2C+and+teal+subsections. other - TV Dinner - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.eleanormayes.com/other/feral-design-future-habitats monthly 0.5 2022-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/2744f4f6-bbff-4ab6-ac40-9fa96e512b58/A+young+white+woman+with+short+brown+hair+sits+and+unplugs+wires+in+a+breadboard%2C+next+to+a+laptop+and+an+empty+aquarium+tank other - Feral Design: Future Habitats - Make it stand out Here I am reconnecting our electronics to the kelp and tank. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/505b8e9e-7a29-4a2a-955e-da038cea930e/An+aquarium+with+a+black+base%3B+inside+are+2+plastic+goldfish+and+3+green+stalks+of+rubber+kelp. other - Feral Design: Future Habitats - Make it stand out Our model of inflatable, illuminated kelp, immersed in a self-constructed tank. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/56b5a92a-209e-4723-95bb-a9a3cf6c903f/A+rectangular+gray+mold+with+green+silicone+cast+within+in+the+shape+of+a+stalk+with+leaves other - Feral Design: Future Habitats - Make it stand out The second iteration for the mold I designed with CAD to cast the silicone for our kelp. This is a three part mold, and allowed us to seal off the bladders with a single sheet of silicone, instead of putting the two hemispheres together as in the previous iteration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/3975f63c-43f2-462b-bf42-d01d2e0f0524/seaweed other - Feral Design: Future Habitats - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/a15d207f-f5ed-4ca4-8b77-da88614ed2d3/Green+silicone+is+dripped+into+a+gray+plastic+mold.+A+hand+holds+popsicle+sticks+with+silicone+on+them. other - Feral Design: Future Habitats - Make it stand out Casting green silicone in the first mold I designed with CAD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/799b8dab-b3c8-4316-8951-8460d3257f60/A+green+stalk+of+silicone+rests+on+a+table%3B+there+are+5+hemispheres+stacked+vertically%2C+small+leaves+come+off+the+main+stalk other - Feral Design: Future Habitats - Make it stand out Half of the kelp cast in the revised mold, before the addition of electronics and silicon tubing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/78810f52-1056-4a2d-a31f-bd199ff19e95/An+arduino+uno+is+connected+to+a+breadboard%2C+a+mini+air+pump+and+two+mosfet+switches other - Feral Design: Future Habitats - Make it stand out I figured out the electronics to inflate and light up the kelp stalks in sequence. We used an arduino uno, with mini air pumps, neopixel LEDs, and solenoids to release the air. https://www.eleanormayes.com/resume daily 0.75 2023-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/1606784638677-5OYDK7T6S7A5JLKZ93M6/IMG_1094.jpg résumé This is me; a short, smiling, light-skinned woman with short brown hair, glasses, a blue long sleeve shirt, and tan overalls stands in front of a maple tree with red leaves during autumn. https://www.eleanormayes.com/contact daily 0.75 2022-07-07 https://www.eleanormayes.com/welcome daily 1.0 2023-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f874c7789d8e72a48a57727/1606781752312-2VJP7J2SR6B1J0RKOZ8I/A+selfie+reflected+in+a+silicone+wafer+held+with+tweezers%3B+I+am+a+woman+with+short+brown+hair+wearing+glasses+and+safety+goggles.