Carrom is a table game of Eastern origin smililar to billiards. Players use a striker disk with a flick of the finger in order to move lighter disk called carrom men to one of the four pockets. There are two different carrom men, black ,white or beige,and red, each has different points.
So the idea is to fabricate the whole board and make it smart . It will have a score board and each dist will be programed and connected with its points, so if one player got a crrom men in one of the holes, it shows the player’s allocated points against his opponents !
Its fun and family game !
The Planning Phase !
I have started with a skecth of my Carrom board and strikers, I made sure to have a unique desgin that implies the culture of UAE and Dubai, with a touch of Arabic and Islamic patterns.
I believe that every human being in any century always tend to miss their ancestors and the way they used to live. The food they ate, life style, equipments, tools, games and many more. I love when I set with my grandmother and she takes me back to the old times by telling her stories and adventure she had, I wish if I can live in it sometime. But I am now here in 2017, where all tecnholgies are exicted to ease life.
Nowadays, we cannot live without technology! Thats true. We love technology but there are some time that you just want to leave everythings and live like old times. Its like taking Techno- Break ! That approves that we always go back to our roots.
That made me think of my old times when I was young where had spent most of my time with my family, not with internet or smartphone. So, I rewind back the tape of my life to the 90’s, I remembered playing with a board called “Carrom” with my sister, brothers and even with my parents!! It made me so emotional :’) and Happy !
I also came accros a photo while browsing the internet about Carrom, which is a photo of H.H Shekh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan (May God have mercy in him) the father of UAE, the founder of the union of the seven emirates. This photo made my final decision for my final project.
Source: uaehistory.com
When i started thinking to decide my final project, i had different ideas that i loved, and i will try my best to turn those ideas into life and thats after graduating from Fab Academy. I am sure that i will use all that i learned and gained from Fab Acadeny to implement my ideas. The Ideas:
Fab Surprise: This project idea means alot to me which i will call "Fab Surprie". The idea is to create learning kits in a unique packaging for the kids! for exapmle: a mini car that work by solar energy! or a mini color tracking robotic cat!
I believe that focusing on kids is very important, they are the next generation! and i would love to see my nephew or my neise fabricating a 3D Printer! Yes why Not!
Smart Paper Book: I love reading, and i love reading paper books! Yup Paper Book. Although, majority of people are using tablets an online books, i still prefer the old fashiob books. But i hate buying alot of paper books that i can't find a place to store them. So my idea is to have a plain paper book with a device could a projection ...! I don't really know the details of how i can implement it, and it needs alot of research and so on.
Smart Flower Vase: I love flowers so much, so my idea is to make a smart flower that can communicate and despense flowery perfume. Also, it can be a night light and an alarm. Also, i can add within the vase a stand for charging the phone.