Another project I worked on with the Holloway group was the "Sound Stompers" project.
Sound Stompers are a concept for a toy that reacts to the stomping of a kids foot when they are running or jumping around creating different explosion noises, car noises, samples, etc.
The idea behind the Sound Stompers is that different sound bytes would be used for different themes, the theme presented here is of course the Incredibles(tm)(c).
The technique I used to model the Sound Stompers was the same as the Snack Tray. The workflow being Solid Works to Maya (NURBS to Polygons) and rendered in Mental Ray.