Punch-Counting Boxing Gloves Mackenzie Carlson What You’ll Need: Gorilla Glue two coin cell batteries 30 pixel neopixel strip Circuit Playground Express (CPX) Pair of boxing gloves Ninja Flex (for 3D printing) https://learn.adafruit.com/case-for-circuit-playground – CPX container .stl files Code: input.onGesture(Gesture.ThreeG, function () { light.setPixelColor(Punch,0xff00ff) strip.setAll(0xff00ff) Punch += 1 if(Punch == reps){ light.showRing( `black black black black black…
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Three Feedback Questions
Three Feedback Questions Mackenzie Carlson The three questions I’d like the most feedback on concerning my Interactive Assignment would have to be: How can I make my project more aesthetically pleasing? Are there any ways that I can make my project safer to use? Can I add any features to what I have already to…
Form+Code-Hello Post
A Software That Changed the Way I Think, See, or Understand the World Mackenzie Carlson A software that I can say (somewhat embarrassedly) changed the way I view the world would have to be Stardew Valley. I’m not much of a gamer myself, but I have never gotten into a single thing more than I…
Processing Drawing Machine
Processing Drawing Machine Mackenzie Carlson For this assignment, I wanted to create something pretty and simple. The only step you need to know is to click the screen- the rest will draw itself! The Code: var lines = []; var colors = []; function setup() { createCanvas(windowWidth, windowHeight); colors.push(color(205,183,186,255)); colors.push(color(233,170,187,255)); colors.push(color(200,76,86,255)); colors.push(color(208,27,8,255)); colors.push(color(190,102,88,255)); colors.push(color(220,74,77,255));…
Slow Design
Slow Design Mackenzie Carlson The first of the two examples of slow design that I wanted to include was the above work by Jurgen Bey, titled Garden Bench. This bench is made from compressed plant waste that will degrade over time. Bey’s Garden Bench is an example of slow design as it links us to…
Interactive Project Documentation
Punch-Counting Boxing Gloves Mackenzie Carlson What You’ll Need: Pair of boxing gloves Adafruit Circuit Playground Express Adhesive (tape, glue, etc) 2 coin cell batteries Steps: This project largely takes place on the computer. Before anything, make sure your CPX (circuit playground express) has the right code downloaded onto it. Link to the code: https://makecode.com/_2vihscEJdDma After…
Interactive Project Proposal
Student Name: Mackenzie Carlson Title: Set-Tracking Boxing Gloves Project or Assignment Summary: I’ve been doing MMA for years now and occasionally I can lose track of how many punches I’ve done in a set. I decided to make a solution for this by using the circuit playground express in tandem with my boxing gloves to track…
Creative Switch –
CREATIVE SWITCH – FAIRY WAND – Mackenzie Carlson For my creative switch project, I decided to build a fairy wand. To build one yourself, you’ll need: 5 LEDs Copper tape/conductive tape Soldering Kit 4 coin cell batteries The first step to building a fairy wand switch is laying out your circuitry. I decided to use…