Progress Update:   Still waiting for my servo driver. Started assembling everything and testing servos individually from the arduino. Here is the base for my project completed: Closed completely/open completely Eight control arms to attach servos to mirror pieces.  One servo control circuit using the kit servo and a variable resistor in place of the…

REVISED by 5/6 The first ideas presented to the class  General Feedback and Questions (PRO) +cute idea +instead of canvas background maybe a shadowbox? (CON) -motor can be noisy and distracting -more scenery -how big will it be -too much? motors AND leds AND sound AND coding Posted 4/16 No longer it is a canvas!…

Progress Report After building a prototype, i was able to construct a final model of the puppet. it is about 80% finished. This was the trickiest part. I also figured out how the servo motor would move in order to achieve the correct movement.

Doing some work.. kinda. Nick Savidge

I’ve modified my original proposal quite a bit. Also I am still experimenting a bit, haven’t decided if I want to incorporate a third motor.

So far, I’ve mostly nailed down what I want the general appearance / behavior of my project to be like. I decided to move away from a “fragile” object (for the sake of construction and re-using material) to a “precarious” one, maybe. It’ll be triggered by light, and the general aesthetic will be more lamp(?)-based,…

So far, I was able to get the Servo and the photo resistor to work cooperatively.  Before I started on this project, I thought that I would have to jump through various hoops just to get half way through.  Fortunately, the process was not very painful at all.  It actually only took half an hour…

I’ve had a change of heart about the design of my final project. I’m now going with a variation of my original idea, and I’m sorry to report that the shoe-synth is no longer going to be the end result of my efforts. I am now making a self-contained, granular synth with amplifier circuit and…

I attended the first day of the Flourish! Conference. There were a couple speakers but the presentation that Ruth Suehle was the most interesting and informative to me. Ruth Suehle works for Red Hat, which is an “open source” company. Open sourcing is a philosophy that promotes the free redistribution and access to an end…

We have all our materials including the dc motor pump, plastic tubing, and tip120 resistor. However, we havent got our circuit to work because there has been some confusion as to where to connect the 5v pin to. We are still working on making our pump work and after that is accomplished we can work…

Ruth Suehle’s presentation (“How ‘Open Source’ Defines a Culture”) explored how “open source” applies to topics such as transparency in government, accessible education, data sharing, and copyright law. Although the term originated with software, the concept more generally refers to sharing information and innovations for other people to adapt and improve. Suehle described this concept…