Argus Videos for Final

This first video is a behind the scenes look at the wiring

This second video is what the project looks like in the light

This third video is shown how I intended it to be seen: in the dark

This fourth video shows how the user can interact with it

A huge chunk of classwork

Here's all of the leftover classwork that I haven't posted to to blog, UNTIL NOW.

A photo of the touch screen setup



Here's an image of the SD card Reader



and some videos

Process nearly complete (Mwah-ha-ha)

I've got the pipe fabricated, I've got the Piezo Vibration Sensor working, I've got the Arduino Mega working, now I just need to solder 100 LEDs and build the display, no big deal! I've been keeping process work of my ideation here: https://medialab.arts.ufl.edu/groups/art4642cfabrication/wiki/27e0b/Emily_Sneeden.html

I've changed my material from plexiglass to cardboard because I was inspired by: Scott Roberts

and I really like Joseph De Lappe's cardboard head.

Some imagery of the eyes I plan to inkjet print on to sticker paper, laser cut, and attach to the cardboard sculpture are:

Here's a video of how my test of the sensor to LED connection went!

Not sure how to attach the .pde so here's my code so far

const int knockSensor = A0; // the piezo is connected to analog pin 0

const int threshold = 100; // threshold value to decide when the detected sound is a knock or not

// these variables will change:

int sensorReading = 0; // variable to store the value read from the sensor pin

byte ledPin1 = 4;

byte ledPin2 = 5;

byte ledPin3 = 6;

byte ledPin4 = 7;

void setup(){

pinMode(ledPin1, OUTPUT);

pinMode(ledPin2, OUTPUT);

pinMode(ledPin3, OUTPUT);

pinMode(ledPin4, OUTPUT);

Serial.begin(9600);

}

void loop() {

sensorReading = analogRead(knockSensor);

if (sensorReading >= threshold) {

digitalWrite(ledPin1, HIGH);

digitalWrite(ledPin2, LOW);

digitalWrite(ledPin3, LOW);

digitalWrite(ledPin4, HIGH);

delay(10);

digitalWrite(ledPin1, HIGH);

digitalWrite(ledPin2, LOW);

digitalWrite(ledPin3, HIGH);

digitalWrite(ledPin4, LOW);

delay(10);

digitalWrite(ledPin1, LOW);

digitalWrite(ledPin2, HIGH);

digitalWrite(ledPin3, HIGH);

digitalWrite(ledPin4, LOW);

delay(10);

}

else{

digitalWrite(ledPin1, HIGH);

digitalWrite(ledPin2, LOW);

digitalWrite(ledPin3, LOW);

digitalWrite(ledPin4, HIGH);

delay(10);

digitalWrite(ledPin1, HIGH);

digitalWrite(ledPin2, LOW);

digitalWrite(ledPin3, HIGH);

digitalWrite(ledPin4, LOW);

delay(10);

digitalWrite(ledPin1, LOW);

digitalWrite(ledPin2, HIGH);

digitalWrite(ledPin3, HIGH);

digitalWrite(ledPin4, LOW);

delay(10);

digitalWrite(ledPin1, LOW);

digitalWrite(ledPin2, HIGH);

digitalWrite(ledPin3, LOW);

digitalWrite(ledPin4, HIGH);

delay(10);

}

}

Fun with RFIDs

Projects 31 and 32

Project 31- Pressure Sensor


Project 32- Digital Barograph

Projects 36, 21, and 22

Project 36- Temperature Sensor


Project 21- Scrolling LED


Project 22- Pong Game

Old Stepper Motor Vids

Ryan and I worked on these October 10th but I can't find them in the archives so I'm reposting the vids

Renate, Ryan, Emily- Project 19 and 20

With our powers combined.... we did this:

A Photo of our setup



Project 19


Project 20

Final Project thoughts

Haven't gotten to far in respect to the final project, but Me, Ryan, and Emily have all discussed working together again and expanding on the possibilities of the EEG sensor via the Mindflex.
So far we've briefly discussed it, so no specific ideas as of yet.

Ovu and Aphrodite

Though short, the two examples provided in this short news story http://www.furtherfield.org/reviews/ovu-and-aphrodite-mobilefest

are quite thought-provoking. I was curious about the accuracy of the Basal Body Temperature read by the thermistor and how this was art, and not a commercial piece. The idea of disguising instead of stripping down the technology seemed like the job of a commercial designer not an artist. The shoes on the other hand seemed more artistic since the designer included a statement of purpose. "Platforms is designed to question moral attitudes and value judgments" I think that by selecting a specific group of people and making a social commentary on a different aspect of safety versus legality, we re-humanize the somewhat dehumanized.

LCD Projects- Renate and Emily

After spending a whole class troubleshooting I got the LCD screen to work! YAY!







However, I feel like there must be something wrong with the Thermistor for project 24... I could be wrong, but I don't think its that hot in here...




UPDATE: Got the thermistor to work properly. There was nothing wrong with it, I had put the resistor in the wrong way.

"Letting Go" Emily, Renate, Ryan Project Discussion

Due to the running out of time in class below please leave your comments and suggestions about our project below. Thank you all.

Process Videos

so we've been taking video of our process, here are our successes (and a few fails)
:)

Sensor Presentation

Here's our Presentation about the EEG sensor:



I had trouble getting the annotations to work,
Here are the links respectively

http://medicarduino.wordpress.com/category/eeg-brain-machine-interfaces/
Control TV/ control wheelchair
http://www.neurosky.com/Academics/University.aspx
artifical limb control/ ADHD studies/ Sleep disorders
http://www.neurosky.com/Academics/Education.aspx
monitors student's attention levels

Fritzing Around

Here is the schematic of our circuit for the group project. Enjoy.

Project 23 Beginning Arduino

Glowing display

Netalia's display (x3)

LCD display totally glows!!!!..... and does nothing else.

After troubleshooting/ trying the example codes titled Serial Display, HelloWorld, setCursor, we came to the conclusion that this is not going to work.

We read the datasheet at http://www.sparkfun.com/datasheets/LCD/HD44780.pdf and didn't find any more helpful information. Renate and I both got ours to glow, Renate with male pins, and I with the wires tilted precariously in the breadboard. Netalia got hers to glitch with some display with a different tilt, but none got it to work.

Dan noticed that the back had the reverse placements for +/- but it still only glowed.

Being Productive on Monday 10/10

Evidence of showing up on Monday 10/10 and working on our project in Katerie's absence-

We worked on soldering an extra motor shield for our project's ardunio,



We also discussed many aspects of our project, including:

- A decision based on the classes in progress crit to NOT pop the balloon, but let it go outside

- A quick internet search, and a phone call to Party City about bio-degradable balloons (apparently all latex balloons are bio-degradable)

- The use of an electrical cord to assist our motor and where those plugs can be found outside

- Setting up a gear system to rotate a spool and release the string attached to the balloon

-How the data we receive from the Mindflex will rotate the motor, and the use of a DC motor instead of a stepper motor

- Using a lightweight and bio-degradable string attached to the balloon, probably Raffia (which is very available right now b/c of it being the fall season)

-The design of a box to cover motor and make it look prettier

-The ordering of an extra long (16ft) USB cable so that the person wearing the headset has mobility while still being plugged in

-Our schedule of times to meet up until the due date

-Our own personal to-do lists


I have been the official note-taker for the group, I will upload some sketches, diagrams, lists and other pages from my notebook soon!

Interesting Read about the Increase and Use of Mind Control

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15200386

Ryan, Emily, and Renate - Revised Concept

So, our group has had much discussion about our project and we are certain about everything regarding the hacking of the mindflex and such, but couldn't really hone down what it was we wanted to DO with the data readout we were getting. After dropping the puppetry idea we began to widen our horizons and think about other things we could do with the brainwave data and we all got really pumped about THIS:

Essentially we want to use the brainwave data (which in the display is a bunch of levels that moves up and down like this)


Watching the levels rise and fall made us think about relating it to a physical object that also rises and falls.
We want to attach a Helium filled balloon with a string to a motor. The motor is controlled by the data read out we get from the mindflex. if the levels are going up, the motor spins one way and releases the string, letting the balloon rise, and if the levels go down the motor spins the opposite way and the balloon rises.

the goal here is that the balloon eventually rises to a point where it cannot go any higher, and a nail at the top of the wall will pop it when it reaches a certain hight. We want to have whomever is controlling the mindflex write a word on the balloon that represents something that troubles them- when the balloon pops, and as a reward for their concentration, their troubles will literally "float" away until the seise to exist.

Sorry, my scanner was not working so the quality is poor, I will re-upload later

Sensors Walk

Renate, Ryan, and I found many sensors being used at Library West.