For the Object of Interactive Nonsense project, we were tasked to create an object which responds in a compelling, interesting, and emotionally evocative way to a user interaction. With the tight timeframe of this project, it was important to develop a concept that was clean and sharp.

The concept I decided to move forward with was a beehive that would “sting” users and violently vibrate and glow when shaken. The input of shaking the hive was achieved using a DoF sensor. The stinging sensation was achieved through multiple haptic vibration motors inside the hive.