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Keeping the best of the past alive does not mean museum cabinets. Its about keeping alive the very essence of the design and the emotions of what led to the development.
One way this can be done is by making a simulator. Where we have the expertise is the ability to evoke the emotions, through simulation. onAmission recently assisted with a spitfire project. The main aim was to provide replica spitfire cockpits and full size static planes. The potential to us was to develop a cock pit that evoked the emotions of the design process and the serious and dangerous role of flying such a fighter plane. It would have been quite easy to go down the normal simulator process and glorified the process, like some fairground ride. This does not keep the past alive, it just puts it in Hollywood or an amusement within a fairground. The most important element we identified was the need for re-enactment and story telling. This makes it real and allows people to understand the system and ‘get their minds into the past’. Within the pilot simulator, the smell, vibration, noises, mist ... where important to get the right emotions.
Another project was proposed to simulate a beam fishing vessel, that allowed apprentices to understand the fishing vessel and the systems within it. Also to allow the public to realise the danger and peril it takes to get a fish supper. The major project was to put an entire fishing vessel on gimbles and to be able to program it for different conditions, faults and tasks. The next level would have been to separate and display the different environments within the boat for training purposes. Again the realism, the emotions was what needed to be thought about at the design stage.
We have developed ski, snowboard, windsurfing simulators in the past and also physio-technology for therapeutic purposes. In all cases the concept of simulating and emotions is what we have the expertise within. We are currently involved with developing ‘enabling technology’ to allow people with disabilities to lead more self sufficient lives. This includes technology to allow elderly people to live within their own homes longer. If you are interested in such projects including robotics, please make contact. The spitfire project we assisted with is still running and they are always looking for help and assistance and parts to make up their replicas.
The concept of the gogorobot and hererobot was thought of many years. We are desperate to find old mobility vehicles so we can use their motors for such projects. The larger gogorobots form a synchronized lighting show.
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