想象一下，把一張 Instagram 照片發(fā)送到你的連網(wǎng)烤面包機(jī)，然后在全麥或是白吐司上把圖片印出來(lái)…或者是在類似Google眼鏡的衍生裝置上創(chuàng)造你自己的視覺影像──以上都是在一場(chǎng)近日在美國(guó)加州舉行的設(shè)計(jì)挑戰(zhàn)賽上，由130多位參賽者提出的32件作品內(nèi)容。
這場(chǎng)由總部位于美國(guó)加州Mountain View的新創(chuàng)公司育成中心 Y Combinator ，與云端工程平臺(tái)供貨商Upverter.com共同舉辦的設(shè)計(jì)挑戰(zhàn)賽，經(jīng)過10個(gè)小時(shí)左右的腦力激蕩，優(yōu)勝者就可以把 iPad 、Pebble手表、Arduino開發(fā)工具與Raspberry Pi迷你計(jì)算機(jī)等獎(jiǎng)品搬回家。這些參賽者有的期望他們的作品能真的上市，有的則希望能成為一家新創(chuàng)公司的創(chuàng)辦人，也有人只是來(lái)盡情享受一段有趣的時(shí)光。
以下來(lái)看看一些精彩的優(yōu)勝作品吧！
Google眼鏡的衍生裝置
有兩個(gè)參賽隊(duì)伍開發(fā)的作品是Google眼鏡的衍生裝置，其中一個(gè)采用雷射切割的中密度纖維板(fibreboard)制成、嵌入LED燈，當(dāng)使用者的臉朝向北方時(shí)就會(huì)出現(xiàn)指示燈號(hào)。
指北針眼鏡
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另一個(gè)隊(duì)伍所開發(fā)的Prism眼鏡，看起來(lái)更接近Google眼鏡的概念；該產(chǎn)品具備嵌入式顯示器，支持手勢(shì)識(shí)別功能。
支持手勢(shì)識(shí)別的Prism眼鏡
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連網(wǎng)烤面包機(jī)
下圖是一款名為IO Toaster的裝置，結(jié)合了烤面包機(jī)與打印機(jī)的功能，創(chuàng)作者表示它能“為早餐加入云端概念”；開發(fā)該裝置的團(tuán)隊(duì)成員包括是采用來(lái)自一個(gè)LED矩陣的編碼，把熱傳導(dǎo)控制結(jié)果化為圖像。
連網(wǎng)烤面包機(jī)
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該團(tuán)隊(duì)表示，IO Toaster的潛能無(wú)窮，能烤出以下幾種豐富早餐：
˙FaceToast──你的朋友在facebook上發(fā)表的最新動(dòng)態(tài)，會(huì)出現(xiàn)在你的早餐里；
˙Instagram Toast──在吐司上印出頗具藝術(shù)風(fēng)格的照片圖案(如下圖)；
連網(wǎng)烤面包機(jī)作品──Instagram Toast
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˙虛擬實(shí)境吐司──讓有點(diǎn)無(wú)趣的QR cores營(yíng)養(yǎng)地在你的早餐上呈現(xiàn)；
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連網(wǎng)烤面包機(jī)作品──虛擬實(shí)境吐司
˙Pop Tweets──內(nèi)有最新微博消息的吐司，可以添加你喜愛的果醬；
˙FlipToast ──烤出一種可食用的FlipBook動(dòng)畫小書，但變成書的技術(shù)還在開發(fā)中；
˙憤怒吐司──會(huì)朝那些不吃早餐就去學(xué)校的小孩子們發(fā)射吐司…
連網(wǎng)烤面包機(jī)開發(fā)者之一
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這個(gè)瘋狂的開發(fā)團(tuán)隊(duì)(如上圖)甚至想出一種應(yīng)用程序，讓IO Toaster使用者可以透過觸控功能來(lái)畫出你想要的圖案或句子，然后烤在吐司上。
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抓住大獎(jiǎng)的機(jī)器手…
下圖是一種名為Tactilus 的觸覺回饋手套，能與3D環(huán)境進(jìn)行互動(dòng)；手套上的電線會(huì)在穿戴者的手指上施加壓力，使穿戴著好象在與虛擬的物體接觸。
Tactilus觸覺回饋手套
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觸覺手套的靈感來(lái)自于Jack Minardy (下圖的帥哥)，然后有5個(gè)原本不相識(shí)的人被這個(gè)點(diǎn)子所吸引，決定組成團(tuán)隊(duì)將Tactilus付諸實(shí)現(xiàn)；除了Minardy，他們包括Matt Bigarani、Nick Bergseng、 Neal Mueller與Tom Sherlock。
Jack Minardy
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Jack Minardy與團(tuán)隊(duì)成員
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健身手套
下圖的Body API是一款綜合性的身體指針收集裝置，能為運(yùn)動(dòng)愛好者記錄重要的信息。
Body API健身手套
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能透過手機(jī)應(yīng)用程序遙控的寶寶搖籃
下圖是一款能讓父母透過手機(jī)應(yīng)用程序來(lái)激活的電動(dòng)寶寶搖籃概念圖，不用手就能推喔！
透過手機(jī)應(yīng)用程序遙控的寶寶搖籃
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該場(chǎng)設(shè)計(jì)挑戰(zhàn)賽的30個(gè)隊(duì)伍是在競(jìng)賽結(jié)束前，各自以2分鐘時(shí)間來(lái)演示文稿自己的設(shè)計(jì)作品；其中獲得“最具市場(chǎng)潛力”獎(jiǎng)的是一款名為DIYNot的插頭，它一邊可接充電裝置，一邊接著插座，使用者隨時(shí)可關(guān)掉這其中2A的耗電。
Y Combinator參賽者作品演示文稿時(shí)間
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還有一款獲得評(píng)審青睞的作品是窗簾控制器(Window Blind Controller)，能在夜晚時(shí)阻擋窗外的街燈亮光，又在白天時(shí)讓陽(yáng)光透進(jìn)窗；另外還有一款超音波拐杖，能透過觸覺回饋來(lái)引導(dǎo)盲人朋友前進(jìn)。
其它得獎(jiǎng)作品還包括連網(wǎng)給藥器，會(huì)響應(yīng)微博消息吐出藥片(或M&M巧克力)；以及一種支持Wi-Fi功能的家用電燈開關(guān)，讓新新人類能享受遠(yuǎn)程控制(或是惡作劇)的樂趣。
下圖左就是這場(chǎng)設(shè)計(jì)挑戰(zhàn)賽執(zhí)行者Upverter.com的Zack Hormuth，Upverter.com網(wǎng)站平臺(tái)也曾在Facebook的開放運(yùn)算高峰會(huì)(Open Compute Summit)期間，以及紐約、中國(guó)深圳等地舉辦“hackathon”寫程序馬拉松活動(dòng)。
Upverter.com的Zack Hormuth (左)
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Slideshow: Y Combinator hackathon's prize-winning designs
Rick Merritt
An Internet Toaster, two pair of faux Google glasses and two novel electronic gloves emerged from a hackathon organized by Upverter and hosted by Y Combinator. SAN JOSE, Calif. – Imagine sending an Instagram to your Internet toaster and printing it—on whole wheat or white bread. Imagine creating your own vision for a variant of Google's Project Glass.
Those were among the 32 projects from more than 130 designers at a recent all-day event organized by Upverter.com and hosted by Y Combinator, a startup incubator in Mountain View, Calif.
Winners took home iPads, Pebble watches, Arduino kits and Raspberry Pi boards after dedicating about 10 hours of their Saturday to hacking on their best ideas. Some took with them hopes of products that could make it to the market or new-formed teams that could be the heart of a new startup. Others just had a good time.
Here’s a look at some of the winners.
Two teams worked on variants of Google’s $1,500 glasses-mounted computer. One team (above) used laser-cut medium-density fibreboard and embedded LEDs that could indicate when the wearer faced north. Another team (below) created Prism, a more thorough knock-off of Google’s concept complete with an embedded display and gesture recognition.
Photos courtesy of Kuy Mainwaring and Sam Wurzel of Octopart.
Printing on whole wheat or white
The IO Toaster (above) is sort of the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup of social electronics. It’s an Internet-connected combo toaster/printer that creators say can “bring the cloud to your breakfast.”
The team adapted code from an LED matrix to control heat transmission down to the pixel level. They hope to present the device at the Augmented World Expo at SXSW as well as at other hackathons and hardware meetups.
The team included Sam Cuttriss, Josh Cardenas, Tish Shute, Lauren Elliott, Jason Appelbaum and both Otto Leichliter III and IV.
Peripherals and apps for the IO Toaster
The potential for the IO Toaster is great, said team members who brainstormed spin off products including:
· FaceToast: Your friends’ Facebook status messages pop up automatically at breakfast.
· Instagram Toast: Patented sepia tone filters add artistic textures to photos (above). Too grainy?
· Toasted, Augmented Reality: Toast revitalizes boring QR codes (below).
· Pop Tweets: Twitter toaster pastries. Follow your favorite fruit flavor.
· FlipToast: Create an edible FlipBook with a carb-hinge technology in development.
· Angry Toast: A hyper sling and gimble add on hurls slices at kids trying to leave for school without breakfast.
Touch screen toaster displays
Designers of the IO Toaster created this animation to show the romantic possibilities of their product.
Grand prize was a real grabber
The Tactilus is a haptic feedback glove for interacting with 3-D environments. A series of cables applies pressure to the wearer's fingers to resist their motion in response to pushing against a virtual object.
Meet the Tactilus team
Jack Minardy had the idea to create a haptic glove. Five strangers who stopped by his table and liked the idea became a virtual team for the day, bringing Tactilus to life. They are (from left) Matt Bigarani, Nick Bergseng, Jack Minardy, Neal Mueller and Tom Sherlock. Not pictured: Oren Bennett.
Fitness glove has something up its sleeve
The Body API is a comprehensive metric-gathering device that gives the sports enthusiast a big data boost.
Baby gets a robo rocker
One team prototyped its invention for an automatic baby rocker using an electric can opener. Parents can control it visa a mobile app.
And other winners were...
At the end of the day, 30 groups took two minutes each to pitch their hack (below), some of which judges pitches in the circular file. A handful of others got various levels of recognition.
The winner in the most marketable category was the DIYNot, a plug that fits between your recharging device and the socket to turn off the two amp energy flow anytime you want. The Window Blind Controller, a clip on device that keeps streetlight out in the night and lets sunlight in during the day, got a nod from judges.
Judges also liked the Walkmen, an ultrasound virtual walking stick with haptic feedback for guiding disabled people. A team from Electric Imp got the Corporate Shill Award for a networked dispenser that spits out M&Ms in response to tweets. Another group added Wi-Fi links to home switches opening a circuit for new kinds of remote controls—and pranks.
From here to China and back
Zack Hormuth of Upverter.com (left), organizer for the event, helps hacker Matt Sarnoff. Upverter led a hackathon at Facebook’s Open Compute Summit. It also has hackathons in the works for New York City and Shenzhen.
責(zé)編：Quentin
