phase II

building the final device > > > shell made of aluminium + eva-foam

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shell content

in our shell two devices are built-in. the nokia phone is running the game application and communicates with the user
by sound and visual effects. the xaiox is receiving a gps signal and tells the nokia where the player is.

first ideas for phase II

in the beginning we wanted to produce 3D shaped shells by punching. but this turned out to be way too expensive and time-consuming.

further development

in further steps we tried to design it more simple because we had a small budget and not much time. so we decided to produce an
aluminium skeleton and some kind of textile or rubber cover. afterwards the design itself became more and more defined.

production

claudia went to cologne to laser and bend the aluminium shell at the buschhoff company. you can see some of the production steps and lasered alu sheets.

aluminium shell

finally the inner parts of our shell were ready and claudia did some tests with the nokia + xaiox devices.

final result

in the end the eva-foam covers were put on. at the top and the bottom two plastic plugs were attached as well. they can be
removed to get out the nokia + xaiox devices for maintenance work - charging them is possible while they are in the shell.

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-- NDSMartinTann - 24 Jul 2006