While we might understand how a Light Dependant Resistor functions on a technical level – do we understand how it feels to interact with it?
The black box project is an attempt to gather impressions that can shed some light on how such electronic interactions feel to preschool children. It is worth noting that we are not testing a functional interface for children but rather asking them to help us describe the phenomenological impact of a set of interactive interfaces.
These objects are explorative; they are first steps towards a more detailed investigation of how children view and intuit these kinds of experiences. The longer-term aim of this project is to illuminate and inspire creative use of electronic sensors in interfaces and interactions; not just for problem solving or interfaces for learning but for play, expression and exploration - by both children and adults.