Introduction to IT Convergence Engineering: Thanos's Finger Snap (Spring, 2019)

Greetings

I'm a 4th-year Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at the University of Toronto, working under the supervision of Prof. Khai Truong.

My research centers human-AI interaction, with an emphasis on accessibility and creativity support, particularly in enhancing "music accessibility" for d/Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals. One of my main projects involves song signing to support culturally responsive content creation and encourage collaboration between d/Deaf and non-d/Deaf artists. Another aspect of my work focuses on enhancing people's well-being. I am engaged in projects that support individuals with dementia in their out-of-home experiences and encourage mindful eating behaviours among children.

I completed my B.Sci in Computer Science and Engineering at Ewha Womans University, where I was advised by Prof. Uran Oh (Human-Computer Interaction Lab) and Prof. Hyokyung Bahn (Distributed Computing and Operating System Lab). Additionally, I worked as a research intern at the Samsung AI Centre Toronto under the guidance of Dr. Iqbal Mohomed, and at NAVER AI (HCI group) with Dr. Young-Ho Kim.

September 07, 2020

Introduction to IT Convergence Engineering: Thanos's Finger Snap (Spring, 2019)

Introduction to IT Convergence Engineering

Prof, Donsup Jo

In the movie, Thanos collects six Infinity Stones, puts them on gloves, flicks his fingers, and turns half of the creature into dust.

Here, I implemented the Infinity Stone with 5 LEDs, implemented by pressing a button instead of a finger snap, and expressed a scene that becomes dust with a finger snap as a buzzer sounding.

In addition, the lines that Thanos makes right before the finger snap are as follows. “You should, You should have gone for the head” This means that Thanos should have aimed at his head first at Thor, who put a hammer in his chest.

I made "You should have gone for the head" output to the monitor using Arduino's serial communication.

When the Arduino button is pressed, it is configured to operate.

The peaceful appearance of the entire Earth in Finger Snap was implemented through an example-demos-graphics-planet,

After the finger snap, that is, when the button is pressed, a blank screen is displayed (half of the world disappears).

Also, "You should, You should have gone for the head" is output to the console of processing.