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MECs system The Mars Environmental
Credit Score
INTRODUCTION
MECS system was designed to reflect on the "selfreflexivity" in the human-nature relationship. Users enter various multisensory plant spaces based on Mars ecological credit scores and generate a naturalness score via devices. The system studies the future of scarce resources and plant evolution while provoking reflections on naturalness and ecosystem conservation.
Mars Migration
Due to human activities, the Earth is sufering ecological damage.
has a thin atmosphere and extreme temperatures
IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Sixth Assessment Report (2021–2022);
FAO. "Status of the World's Soil Resources." Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2015.
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Scientists consider Mars as a potential future migration site due to its geographical features, climate, and resources.
Graham, T. H., amsey, M. (2020). Review of Martian In Situ Resource Utilization and Life Support Systems for Future Human Missions. Life Sciences in Space Research, 25, 1-14.
Health Impacts of Human-Plant Disconnection
Reduces emotional comfort, increasing isolation.
Absence of greenery limits social interaction.
Evolution of Martian Flora
Respiratory System
Immune System
Adaptive
Genetic EngineeringTechniques
Mood-enhancing plants with fve-sense interaction through genetic engineering advancements.
Introduction to Smart Sensory Plants
DESIGN STAGE
3D rending Rewarding Sustainability with Plant Interaction
Using lender for scene building and spatial rendering, and applying multiple material shaders for the rendering process. Upper foor designed as a plant experience area.
Shape Inpiration
The building's design is inspired by the form of a tree.
The structure comprises fve sequentially integrated spherical modules. Five tiered sensory plant spaces.
Sensory Plant Space 2
The pavilion is divided into fve sensory spaces: Low-point users can only view the plants, while high-point users can fully engage. This tiered access system encourages environmentally friendly behavior.
Turnstile
Detect Enter
Scan MECS at the turnstile for entry.
Recording
Devices record the initial Nature Connectedness Score.
is the sense of emotional and cognitive bond people have with the natural world, infuencing their well-being and life satisfaction.
Video Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty_XFfA4Tzo
he video describes the high cost and technology used to grow artian plants after humans moved to ars, and they established system to ensure a virtuous cycle with nature.
Four different gene-edited sensory plants have diferent effects on people, making it desirable to interact with them for higher points.
3D Design
User Interface Design
sing de ices to detect latent emotions and issues, the ro ect creates a Goddess Tem le world.
Building Design
ntro ct on
t su orts self-e loration, rights rotection, and counseling, hel ing women grow into autonomous indi iduals.
Chinese Rural Women Subjectivity Over Diferent Stages
Barriers to Empowerment Among Rural Women
Creating a VRThe Goddess Hall for Women
Design Stage
Temple Design
n rural areas, usin a goddess temple and self-empowerment goddess ali ns ith traditional eliefs, enhan in a e tan e hile inte ratin modern ideas of self a areness and ro th. eutrali ed minimi ing sexual traits and physical value acial expressions typically convey serenity dignity compassion and solemnity
The winter world
The winter world
The detailed view of the temple
Top view
The night world
Materials white resin / Hollow optical axis / Acrylic panel
Size 178x70x70cm
Medium Arduino controller / thermal printer / voice recognition technology / Screen
The device is used to reveal society's internal voice constraints and control over individual speech content, while an Arduino controller and voice recognition technology are employed to make
Cerebral cortex
Activates networks to organize thoughts.
Broca's area（0.7s）
Creates and prepares language for speaking.
Mouth and vocal cords
Move to produce speech.
In a meritocratic society, people's expression tends to align with social expectations.
Media infuence
Educational systems
Power structures in society, politics, and organizations
Implicit biases Social expectations
Implicit memory Evolutionary patterns
Unconscious cognition
Discourses are shaped by rules and practices that are governed by power relations. These rules define the limits of what can be said and who has the authority to speak. Thus, discourse is a product of these power dynamics, emerging from and reinforcing specifc power structures
Many employees tie their self-worth directly to their professional achievements. Workplace norms and societal expectations pressure employees to conform. Employees often feel intense pressure to continually meet or exceed performance standards. Employees often adjust their behavior to ft company culture and societal norms.
Long-term social discipline leads to self-objectifcation and instrumentalization in expression, making spoken words gradually lose their true inner voice.
Workplace Culture
Educational System: Reinforces values of conformity and language patterns
Performance Evaluation and Professional Standards
Michel Foucault
The device is used to reveal society's regulation, constraint, and control over individual speech content.
An Arduino controller and voice recognition technology are employed to make the traces of an individual's true inner voice visible through a thermal printer.
The design is inspired by social insects like ants and bees, where collective control governs the group, symbolizing how individual expression is constrained by the "social brain."
The illusion of freedom Social discipline Social discipline Estrained expression
Mechanization society‘s regulation
Wearing the Mask 1
Symbolizes self-concealment, where thoughts are captured, distorted by external forces, and rendered as fragmented echoes of the original intent.
Inspired by the morphology of insects： highly symmetrical segmented structure, streamlined shape, and a sturdy exoskeleton. Spoken under the control of the social brain.
The mechanical brain captures and displays spoken words in real time, showing how they are gradually distorted by the social brain on screen. Speaking
Distorted Words 2
Output 3
What is printed is not what the user truly wants to say, but words shaped by social conditioning. The truth turns into distorted "traces.".
Generates pictures By MJ
Use blender geometry nodes to generate insect-like structures.
Form Process Exploration
In form and texture, the efects of rendering insect-inspired designs were explored simultaneously.
This fusion of smooth, translucent surfaces and intricate patterns metaphorically reflects the dehumanization and animalization of human expression.
The shape is as close as possible to wormlike features, such as a strongly organized and protective skeleton.
With simple and smooth lines, symmetry emphasizes the order and stability of the design.
The bee-like form was chosen for its symbolism of collective coordination and efciency, refecting howsocietal control leads to uniformity in language.
Render the model and present the Arduino code.
Step 1 Model Fabrication
A 3D-printed white resin model was fabricated, and the necessary metal optical shafts and linkage structures for the device were prepared.
Step 3 Detail Finishing
Use a spray gun for small-area painting and detail refnement.
Step 2 Spray Painting
Performed large-scale spray painting in silver-gray and fesh tones.
Step 4 Assembly&Testing
Integrate Arduino, printer, and voice module into a 3D-printed robotic mouth and test performance.
OUTCOME
Exhibition scene
The mechanical model serves as an externalized representation of the self, governed by the "social brain," continuously articulating expressions shaped by societal expectations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQLQQghoNB4
Introduction
“Acquaintance circuit” is an interactive installation inspired by the fragile and transient nature of interpersonal relationships within a rapidly shifting, liquid modern society. Through a multi-layered mechanical structure, bubbles are generated and burst upon recognizing a handshake gesture, symbolizing the feeting quality of human connections in a high-speed, time-compressed social landscape.
Installation Interaction design
Interpersonal
Short-term
LIQUID MODERNITY
Zygmunt Bauman
The er s h ndsh e re ognition un tion signi es interperson inter tion
The e h ni l stret hing stru ture represents rious e tern l or es e erted on rel tion l
Gesture Recognition
ndsh e ete ted.
2 Water Pipe Drip
The top dropper begins to drip bubble solution.
s e teriors hide inst bilit sho ing ho bene t dri en onne tions n e sil bre External Forces on Relational Networks
Formation of Bubble Film
bubble solution en elops
Liquid Dynamics: Interactions in a Fluid Society
The o o li uid in the pipe represents the d n h nges resulting ro both olunt r nd in olunt r so l inter tions in uid so iet .
Mechanical Structure Deployment
The three la er teles opi stru ture e pands the bubble as the rod.
Iris Movement
The ser o otor dri es the gears to open the iris.
Bubble Formation Mechanism
The propeller starts rotating, generating airfow to blow bubbles upwards.
Design Stage
1 Contraction Mechanism Fabrication
Laser-cut 4mm Acrylic sheet, assemble with screws, and complete the extendable SLE structure.
2 Installation Frame Assembly
Coding
Assemble the ramewor o the de ice usin components such as metal optical axes and lin clips.
3 Component assembly and testing
# Initialize the MediaPipe Hands module mp_hands = mp.solutions.hands hands = mp_hands.Hands(static_image_mode=False, max_num_hands=2, min_detection_confidence=0.5) mp_drawing = mp.solutions.drawing_utils
# Open the camera cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0) while cap.isOpened(): ret, frame = cap.read() if not ret: break
# Retrieve the height and width of the image. h, w, _ = frame.shape # Mirror flip for a more natural display. frame = cv2.flip(frame, 1)
# Convert to RGB format (MediaPipe requires RGB images). rgb_frame = cv2.cvtColor(frame, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB) results = hands.process(rgb_frame)
handshake_detected = False #Log whether a handshake is detected.
if results.multi_hand_landmarks and len(results.multi_hand_ landmarks) == 2:
#Retrieve keypoints for both hands. hand1 = results.multi_hand_landmarks[0] hand2 = results.multi_hand_landmarks[1]
# Calculate the distance between the center points of both hands to determine if a handshake is occurring. center1 = hand1.landmark[mp_hands.HandLandmark.WRIST] center2 = hand2.landmark[mp_hands.HandLandmark.WRIST]
# Transform to image coordinates. center1_coords = (int(center1.x * w), int(center1.y * h)) center2_coords = (int(center2.x * w), int(center2.y * h))
# Measure the distance between the palms of both hands. distance = ((center1_coords[0] - center2_coords[0]) ** 2 + (center1_coords[1] - center2_coords[1]) ** 2) ** 0.5
# Check the distance to ascertain whether a handshake has occurred. if distance < 600: # Adjust this threshold as needed. handshake_detected = True
# Render keypoints and connections. if results.multi_hand_landmarks: for hand_landmarks in results.multi_hand_landmarks: mp_drawing.draw_landmarks( frame, hand_landmarks, mp_hands.HAND_CONNECTIONS, mp_drawing.DrawingSpec(color=(152, 215, 4) if handshake_detected else (0, 0, 255), thickness=2, circle_radius=0), mp_drawing.DrawingSpec(color=(152, 215, 4) if handshake_detected else (0, 0, 255), thickness=2) )
# Draw filled circles. for point in hand_landmarks.landmark: cx, cy = int(point.x * w), int(point.y * h) cv2.circle(frame, (cx, cy), 10, (152, 215, 4) if handshake_detected else (0, 0, 255), -1)
# Display handshake detection notifications. if handshake_detected: cv2.putText(frame, "Handshake Detected", (50, 50), cv2. FONT_HERSHEY_SIMPLEX, 1, (0, 255, 0), 2)
# Present the results. cv2.imshow('Handshake Detection', frame)
# ESC if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == 27: break
Display 5
Detailed diagram of the device display.
Coding running process
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