When I was a kid I loved even just watching pictures of complicated interfaces.
That is why I made a tactile "busy box" for my nephew: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BGSkwGI6BI
Just a lot of fun buttons "doing nothing" as you say. :D
That is why I made a tactile "busy box" for my nephew: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BGSkwGI6BI
Just a lot of fun buttons "doing nothing" as you say. :D
Three things I learned from the play-test with the end user (my 1.5 year old nephew):
- The corners and edges are a bit sharpish. If I would do it again I would add more chamfer there. (No actual accidents though, other than that it tore the wrapping paper while in transit :))
- Having a bunch of different buttons was really good. Some were harder for him to actuate, but he kept playing with them for weeks (with interruptions of course), and eventually managed to activate all of them.
- The parents deemed the LEDs too bright and applied some tape to dim them. If I would do it again I would wire one of the many potentiometers to regulate the brightness.