{"id":75,"date":"2003-01-01T17:04:00","date_gmt":"2003-01-01T17:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=41"},"modified":"2024-11-22T10:33:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T10:33:41","slug":"the-key-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/the-key-table\/","title":{"rendered":"The Key Table"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Key Table signals people&#8217;s moods when they enter the home. Depending on how forcefully they set their belongings on it (keys, phone, loose change, etc.) a mechanical picture frame swings out of kilter to signal their emotions and warn other household inhabitants. The table works by recording the readings from load sensors mounted under its top surface and performing calculations to distinguish the force of impact from the weight of objects when they are placed upon it. The result is sent wirelessly to the companion picture frame, which uses a motor to tilt it by a proportional degree.<br><br>Click here for an <a href=\"https:\/\/researchportal.northumbria.ac.uk\/en\/publications\/cultural-commentators-non-native-interpretations-as-resources-for\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/researchportal.northumbria.ac.uk\/en\/publications\/cultural-commentators-non-native-interpretations-as-resources-for\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article<\/a> about the project. <br><br>Date: 2003<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/KT_03_2000px_72dpi-1500x2000.jpg\" alt=\"A photograph of keys and wallet being thrown onto the Key Table, a motorised picture frame is on the wall behind\" class=\"wp-image-486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/KT_03_2000px_72dpi-1500x2000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/KT_03_2000px_72dpi-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/KT_03_2000px_72dpi-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/KT_03_2000px_72dpi-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/KT_03_2000px_72dpi-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/KT_03_2000px_72dpi-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/KT_01_2000px_72dpi.jpg\" alt=\"A photograph of the Key Table in the home of a participant with a bag, keys, and two phones on it\" class=\"wp-image-484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/KT_01_2000px_72dpi.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/KT_01_2000px_72dpi-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/KT_01_2000px_72dpi-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/KT_01_2000px_72dpi-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/KT_02_2000px_72dpi.jpg\" alt=\"A photograph of a cat on top of the Key Table in the home of a participant\" class=\"wp-image-485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/KT_02_2000px_72dpi.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/KT_02_2000px_72dpi-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/KT_02_2000px_72dpi-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/KT_02_2000px_72dpi-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Key Table signals people&#8217;s moods when they enter the home. Depending on how they place objects on it, a mechanical picture frame swings out of kilter to signal their emotions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1501,"href":"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions\/1501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.northumbria.ac.uk\/irs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}