Quo Vadis

Arduino MotorShield Rev3

Unity

Rotary Encoder with Push-Button

Arduino UNO

Adafruit NeoPixel Digital RGB LED Strip 144 LED, 1m White

Arduino IDE

<p ><a href="https://front404.com/projects/quo-vadis/">Quo Vadis</a><span > by </span><a href="https://front404.com/">FRONT404</a><span > is an interactive boat that serves as the centerpiece of the inner garden of the Nieuw Rijsenburgh retirement home. Quo Vadis provides a multi-sensory interactive experience for residents of the home, many of whom suffer from dementia. We created the interactive boat because Nieuw Rijsenburgh is located on the island of Goeree-Overflakkee, and many of its residents spent their younger years working on the water or in the harbour, and we wanted to create familiar sensory experiences for the residents.</span></p><p >In the wheelhouse of the boat residents look out over a calm sea with seagulls flying through the air. They can use the wheel to steer the boat and watch the physical compass match the new course. The wheelhouse is filled with the familiar sounds of the wooden boat creaking, the engine chugging along, the waves lapping against the boat and the seagulls calling. A vintage radio provides multiple channels of well-known Dutch fisherman’s songs and sea shanties from residents’ youths to stir their memories. Research has shown that engaging dementia patients with familiar sensory experiences can reconnect them to old memories and activate parts of the brain not affected by their disease. Music therapy for example, using familiar old songs, has shown to greatly increase quality of life for many patients, making them more active and engaged, and decreasing behavioural problems.</p><p >On the deck of the boat there is also a large comfy place to sit for less mobile residents or for when they just want to sit and enjoy the sun and listen to the music and sounds from the wheelhouse.</p><div class="se-component se-video-container __se__float-none" contenteditable="false" style="width: 100%;"><figure style="width: 100%; height: 56.25%; padding-bottom: 56.25%; margin: 0px;"><iframe frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6_1tplBYD9Q" data-proportion="true" data-percentage="100%,56.25%" data-size="100%,56.25%" data-align="none" style="width: 100%; height: 100%;" data-index="0" data-file-size="0" data-origin="100%,56.25%"></iframe><figcaption contenteditable="true"><div>Quo Vadis - Interactive installation for dementia patients</div></figcaption></figure></div><p ></p><div class="se-component se-video-container __se__float-none" contenteditable="false" style="width: 100%;"><figure style="width: 100%; height: 56.25%; padding-bottom: 56.25%; margin: 0px;"><iframe frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/42BV5DA69v8" data-proportion="true" data-percentage="100%,56.25%" data-size="100%,56.25%" data-align="none" style="width: 100%; height: 100%;" data-index="0" data-file-size="0" data-origin="100%,56.25%"></iframe><figcaption contenteditable="true"><div>The making of Quo Vadis</div></figcaption></figure></div><p ></p><div id="gallery"><img id="gallery" src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/0092a781-c581-4ef3-8b7f-7f7608296318.jpg /><figcaption> </figcaption><img id="gallery" src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/96bd79ce-fdbf-417a-9f15-3bcad80c12b9.jpg /><figcaption> </figcaption><img id="gallery" src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/c240ea92-5df8-42b8-baac-d8ccc7d5e42f.jpg /><figcaption> </figcaption><img id="gallery" src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/61eee94e-fee7-4262-8e5f-bf3745ad8f0a.jpg /><figcaption> </figcaption><img id="gallery" src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/c4289c8f-59c4-4aab-a355-1a9171d28fc2.jpg /><figcaption> </figcaption><img id="gallery" src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/d9bc9d5f-a6d1-4332-86bb-ee07440f3d6b.jpg /><figcaption> </figcaption><img id="gallery" src=https://projects.arduinocontent.cc/5fce49f9-ee8b-41d8-8204-62b02a55d0ff.jpg /><figcaption> </figcaption></div><p ></p>

Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis is an interactive boat in the inner garden of a retirement home for people with dementia.