Other Initial concepts....

Other initial concepts that began thinking of, which could employ the similar rules. For example, You could install a BX24 system, within a public elevator (@ work or in a company office) that would reflect on how many floors there are, who's going where, and how many people are in the lift, and would ac accordingly due to physical human interaction, (the pressing of the floor buttons).

There are a couple of use I can see for a system that functions in this way.

1st option;

The system would work, and it would express good creative practice, which is something more commonly seen in todays world. The system would work by a series of lights installed around the upper and lower walls of the elevator. Lets say there were  10 floors in this building, each floor would be assigned a colour. So if you are going to floor 5, the interior of the elevator, would turn drastically green.

Then, let's say another person was to get into the elevator and is going to floor 3. They would press their button also, which would be assigned to another colour, for example, Blue, and so on. The final outcome would be the Colour of the elevator, however, this would change by the mixing of channels, Hence the creativity / interactivity aspect.

2nd option;

Another use for this type of physical computing system would be to install an additional analog input into the system. Come away from the conscious interaction between human and project, and think about other forms of visually changing variable due to a measurable deciding factor. In this case, Weight is something i think could exploit the system here.. Even through practical uses.

Elevators depend on the weight not being too heavy, and each elevator has a maximum weight it can handle. The idea behind this system, would be for the analog inputs to measure the weight of the elevator (obviously increasing as more people enter) and create a gradual change in light colour to reflect this. So, the elevator could start off being BLUE, but as more and more people enter, it would cycle through the colour wheel system, or preset colour schemes through to say RED, when it is at it's maximum. 

This idea would certainly generate an interest in users, but I could also apply some practicality to an existing object. The weight detection would alert people of over crowding as well as a potential danger.