Module 1 Activity Research

Weekly Activity Template

Kristen Clark

Project 1

Through this project I have learned about technologies that access physical data, thought weekly activities done in class. Powerful tech trend research to help me make informed project choices for my upcoming modules, and selected have selected the Art or Design path individually or as a group based on the complexity of their project path.

Activity 1

In activity one we followed steve working with the arduino, code and a bread board to make lEDs light up

Here is the light flashing on the arduino when first connected to a computer <a href='https://www.youtube.com/embed/tgbNymZ7vqY' target='_blank'><p>Project Video Link</p></a>

Here is the first LED lighting up still on the arduino just using the arduino itslef and code <div class='container'><iframe class='responsive-iframe' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/tgbNymZ7vqY'></iframe></div>

Using a breadboard some wires and resistor we made the LED light up

In this image we connected two LEDs so that they would be in unission when the code was connecting to the breadboard

We made the LED only tuen on when a button was pressed

Activity 2

In activity two we followed steve and worked with using the Arduino and protopie for a working prototype.

In this image we have the code resonding to when the ardino was properly connected into my computer and the baud was changed to the right number

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Image from the first time I used protopie connect and hwo it looked

An image of the arduino conected to my computer and the file uplaoaded to protopie so that I cna test to see if it works

Here we can see the app actually wokring and responding to the the humidity

Activity 3

In activity three we followed steve and worked with using the Arduino and touchdesign

This is what touch deisgn opened up to when I first opened it looked super cool

Here we had just started the basic of connecting to the Arduino Serial

Starting to add some components to the touch design piece to see how its functioning

Close up of the differnt parts all being together and showing off how they work together

Here is an image of the arduino we used when using touchdesign

Research Activity

WGSN Consumer Trend Research

WGSN Personas Research

HMI Research

Project Path

Project 1 Concept

For my project two my idea is a living canvas. People can “paint” with their different movements and emotions. Using a webcam and TouchDesign, the system captures body motion, gesture intensity, and facial expression to generate evolving visuals projected onto a wall or surface. These visuals are then extended into the physical world through an Arduino-controlled LED wall that mirrors the color and energy of the user’s mood. The way that the LEDs react is different for how each user is interacting with the wall flowing from calm, slow colors to energetic. The overall point is for the project to have a real like art piece that is different for every person.

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