Nothing quite like the soft glow of a bioluminescent mushroom… So for this project I made my own, out of recycled and artificial material.
Inner Workings:
-Arduino Uno
-malleable wire
-battery
-breadboard,
-resistors X5
-water sensor
I severed the ends of the resistors and attached them to the LEDs to make them taller.
I also substituted the wires from the kit for stiffer, more malleable wire- this way everything but the LEDs stay as flat as possible.
“Mushrooms”:
-Green LEDs X5
-smooth styrofoam balls
-hot glue gun
-box cutter
I tried three different kinds of styrofoam for the caps… The best result came from the smooth styrofoam ball.
After cutting the caps out of the styrofoam, I used a hot glue gun to attach them to the LEDs.
Pictured: Three photo-caps. Concept caps. The rejects.
And the good ones.
“Ground”:
-sponges
-brown paper bag
-tape
By gluing some sponges together and cutting a slit in the middle, I have a little pocket to soak the water sensor in.
The rest of the microprocessor is cleverly hidden in the paper bag- I mean, piece of driftwood.
