DopaMind

On the basis of seeking a method for producing dopamine to help stimulate creative thinking, “DopaMind”, a brainwave interactive device, builds an environment based on the concept of Mother Nature for relaxing body and mind. The running water with fine bubbles inside the tube symbolizes that the relaxed thoughts are continuously irrigating “DopaMind” and bringing the audience visual interactions. The images of weather changes and saplings’ phased growing processes represent the continuous rise of alpha wave and meditation value detected by the brainwave device. The animation is projected on a matte acrylic board via a short-throw projector. The brainwave device will detect the low alpha wave and meditation value and tell if they lie in the status of relaxation. The light blue water and bubbles will be extracted and continuously cycled via a submergible motor driven by Arduino UNO.

Relaxation comes from comfort, which is our idea. We refer to the visual angle in Japanese cars and slightly-sagging soft sofa, select bird, running water and forest sound effects and classic music, and initiate the animation with the forest under warm sunlight. As it rains, the deafening thunder continuously stimulate brain consciousness. When closing eyes to carefully listen to the bird calls amid the thunder and relaxing the body as if the seed bogging down in the soft mud under rain, the consciousness also thereby fades away.