Maksim Surguy
During the Winter Quarter of 2018 at MSTI / UW, my team developed MYHouse, a smart interactive doll house that people can interact with by moving a “magic wand” in the air to make it perform certain actions. The dollhouse was created from scratch by using Laser Cutting, 3D printing, creating an electrical circuit and programming it. The whole system utilizes data processing and Machine Learning to control various functional elements in the house.
(“MYHouse” stands for “Maks and Yifan House”, first names of the people in my team)
The code for the machine learning algorithms and the whole system is open sourced at https://github.com/msurguy/MYHouse-smart-dollhouse
What it can do:
We set out to make the experience of controlling the house to feel like magic. What can remind us of magic other than a magic wand? We thought that using a magic-wand like device would help us interact with a house full of electronic devices in a more intuitive way than a regular remote or voice controls. The smart doll house has the following interactive features:
- Fan (on, off, normal speed, double speed)
- Lights (M, Y letters are separately activated)
- Shutters (open or close)
- TV (on or off)
Each feature of the dollhouse is activated by performing one of the pre-defined gestures with the motion controller. It works like magic: you wave the controller in the air, and watch the house activate or deactivate the feature you thought of.
Please check out the demo of the MYHouse in action in the video!
Joe Kim
Florian Born
Alex Cartier