: Researcher, Visual Designer
: Prototype & New System
: 2016 - FRAME Magazine
Totem of Life
How can data and AI assist astronauts in long haul missions?
Overview
Totem is a personal 360º camera with a generative AI that studies facial and voice recognition to measure an astronaut’s stress and mood.
Each Totem fits into the structure of a new Mars colony Memoriam, where first nation citizens can pay their respects to previous cadets before them. They can also broadcast their memories to their families in a ritual of commemoration.
Output
• Design Prototype
• New System Proposal
Totem is a personal 360º camera with a generative AI that studies facial and voice recognition to measure an astronaut’s stress and mood.
Each Totem fits into the structure of a new Mars colony Memoriam, where first nation citizens can pay their respects to previous cadets before them. They can also broadcast their memories to their families in a ritual of commemoration.
Output
• Design Prototype
• New System Proposal
Brief
If you were commissioned to design an essential travel item for this Martian outer-space adventure, what would that be?
The psychological nuances of long haul missions spark the discussion of personal companionship and mental health, while the imminent risk of fatality provides the basis to create a generative AI that would grow with its user.
PROCESS
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[Fig.1 - 6] Design Development in C4D
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[Fig.1 - 6] Design Development in C4D