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    • 0.2. Literature Review:
    • 0.3. Methodology:
    • 0.4. Cost:
    • 0.5. Findings and Discussion:

    Final Project: ":: Hymn For The Jungle ::"¶

    0.1. Introduction to the idea¶

    //Some recent updates:
    //Further background info of HFTJ, my final project
    //Changes and Progress in the overall structure of HFTJ


    For the final project at Fab Academy 2020, I intend to create a work with a name, “Hymn For The Jungle.” It is a space – with a size of 1 square meter – with Human Computer Interface System that provides each member of the audience with the experience of the immersion into the jungle. There will be a system of interactions between the participant’s brainwaves conditions, and each of the sensors in the jungle that directly relates to one of the five senses. This “jungle” is inspired by the “sensory room” that soothes every individual, especially those who are relatively more sensitive to their surroundings, sensory stimuli, and changes around them. The work is initiated because for us humans to ground ourselves to listen to our inner voice, rather than being confused by external voices and standards, I believe that we do need a space of our own – or, a jungle of our own – to relax and feel ourselves as part of something bigger than ourselves as an individual.

    In abstract words, I want the audience (participants) to feel the unity of them and the world, in the midst of flourishing diversity of every existence in the universe. This will begin with recognizing our exhausted, yet alive, five-senses in the sensory-room-like jungle.



    Jungles are immersive by nature, with the feeling of engulfing in us into something bigger than us, the nature. Therefore, I have decided to use the feeling made by a swamp and marsh. To increase the feeling of being engulfed and immersed, I have decided to use a net instead of the floor for the ground part of the jungle. I have a trampoline net in mind, but with a wider knitting size like a tennis net.



    Furthermore, the “jungle” is about relaxing and soothing our five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. There will be a system of interactions between the participant’s brainwaves conditions, and each of the sensors in the jungle that directly relates to one of the five senses. Because I think it will take some time on working on each sensor and connecting it to the whole system, I have decided to focus on 3 senses only. They are auditory, texture, and visual.

    Depending on the participant’s sensory condition – measured by the brain wave sensors embedded in a wearable elf crown – each sensor will generate a soothing sensory experience in the Human Computer Interference System.
    a) Auditory
    • Humming
    • Ceremony chant/song by a shaman
    • Water gently flowing
    • Fire – the sound of campfire
    • Air – the sound of harmonica that meets the wind in a driving car.
    • Air – Wuthering Heights wind sound
    • Soil – earth footsteps in bare foot.
    • (speaker coming from the ground underneath the net)
    b) Texture / movement
    • Swamp
    • Marsh – tighter or looser (changes in the tightness of the net)
    • Swing
    • Spin
    • (a place to hide)

    c) Visual
    • Lighting
    • UV light area
    • Omi Reflex
    • Fluorescent
    • Fibre optics
    • Light projections of ancient mural




    The sensors that detect changes in brain waves will be embedded in a designed elf crown. The purpose of this design is to let the audience know that they are in control and that they can lead their experience, with being aware of their own changing conditions and the activities in the Default Mode Network (DMN) that deals with the meditative state of mind, wondering, daydreaming, relaxing and imagination in their brain.




    In a word, there will be two main things in the project: a jungle-like space, and a crown that measures brain waves. Drawings are shown below.



    The image above shows the overall system of interactions of HFTJ ("Hymn For The Jungle")

    0.2. Literature Review¶

    I have researched others' projects that are somewhat related to the idea of sensory experience, theatrical structure, and technological ideas.

    1. • Sarah D’Urzo
      Sarah.durzo@iu1.org
      Multimedia, STEAM, Education
      Shadow Theater Sensory Box (http://archive.fabacademy.org/archives/2017/fablabiu1/students/439/final/project/2017/06/27/Final-Project.html)

    2. • Norma Deseke
      @
      Social anthropology, Exploration of practices of innovation & ethics at the intersection of art, science, and technology(https://www.socanth.cam.ac.uk/directory/norma-deseke), How they link to our shifting political economy, “BeAnotherLab”( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0dfA1DsLRk
      , http://beanotherlab.org/home/work/library-of-ourselves/), Embodied narrative, People’s visions of the future, Human-machine interaction, Forms of knowledge creation, Globalized and interdisciplinary work/life experiences, Transmedia(https://sponsored.bloomberg.com/news/sponsors/features/hyundai/art-technology/?adv=16713&prx_t=rrwEARU41AYikPA)
      Cyborg Bracelet (http://archive.fabacademy.org/2016/fablabbcn2016/students/284/presentation.html)

    3. • Ian Brauner
      @
      Genetics, Neuroscience, Human Anatomy, Psychology, Comparative Anatomy, Sensory Modality
      Edge Detecting with a Sonar (http://archive.fabacademy.org/archives/2016/charlottelatin/students/88/project01.html)

    4. • Jelka Justenhouwer
      @
      Technological Literacy, Maker Education, Biology, Teacher trainer
      A Physical Model of an Auditory Sensory Hair Cell (http://archive.fabacademy.org/2018/labs/fablabamsterdam/students/jelka-lustenhouwer/Final%20Project.html)

    5. • Craig Hobern
      c.hobern@massey.ac.nz
      Media design, Embedded electronics, Digital media design, Open source CNC machines
      LanguageLinks – Learning language through sound and play (http://fabacademy.org/archives/2015/as/students/hobern.craig/final/)

    6. *There are quite a lot of neurodivergent students from previous years as well as this year (2020), who have decided to disclose their brain and neural structure in their website.

    7. • Amanda Ghassaei
      amandaghassaei@gmail.com
      Computational design tools, digital fabrication, and simulation methods.
      Origami simulation (http://www.amandaghassaei.com/projects/)



    Updated List of Resources/References

    Best website for my final project:
    https://sites.google.com/site/chipstein/home-page

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    http://www.mkme.org
    http://blog.mkme.org/index.php/diy-arduino-brain-interface/
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyrQ5ls8cHI

    Sound:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNApcyzaY60
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09r8XdHRWe8
    Earth Experience (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt0DSL9BFUgv2YbCL6NFVQg/videos)
    https://earth-experience.com/aletsch-glacier?fbclid=IwAR3o0_afTiEW9V90hdZKmMNY7Oa9RkRK50C-jSHgKmfPNvage9mNVhURiGo
    https://earth-experience.com/

    Rainforest/Jungle:
    https:/www.youtube.com/watch?v=oumg-7_5Fok
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=152v-xZWomU
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk0-yebNA_o

    Bubble Tube:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLhw3SH5Gm0
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG4xZDbPoM8
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0it6oin2r94
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH6x-dCdE-0

    Sensory Experience:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_substitution
    https://phys.org/news/2015-05-robotic-sonar.html
    https://singularityhub.com/2009/11/24/brainport-lets-the-blind-see-with-the-tongue-video/

    HTML:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMipmINnMwI&list=PLBXuLgInP-5kgzJZRGhpHZINPu-K90jbM
    https://unikys.tistory.com/333

    Squeezable Egg (Wall design; Flexible)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_v0E49okJo
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PR-vSNrazM
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fblMn78rANI
    https://www.google.com/search?q=pine+cone&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjU2uPFu_7nAhWwyIsBHdB4DrEQ_AUoAXoECBAQAw&biw=1280&bih=729
    https://www.autodesk.com/autodesk-university/class/Reality-Design-ReMake-and-Fusion360-2016




    I have researched related projects or products that are related to my initial ideas on this project. These organizations/companies have paved paths in the areas such as sensory experiences and brain-computer interactions.

    Technological aspects:

    • Muse: The Brain Sensing Headband
    • Thync Calm and Energy Wearable
    • NeuroSky MindWave Headset (http://neurosky.com/biosensors/) (http://neurosky.com/biosensors/ecg-sensor/) (http://neurosky.com/biosensors/eeg-sensor/)
    • Arduino Brain-computer interaction project
    • Arduino Brain-computer interaction project (https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/Imetomi/use-the-force-or-your-brainwaves-9e839b)
    • Arduino EEG Sensors (https://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=366066.0)
    • Mini Arduino portable EEG Brain Wave environment monitor (https://www.instructables.com/id/Mini-Arduino-Portable-EEG-Brain-Wave-Monitor-/)
    • Arduino Brain Wave Reader (https://www.instructables.com/id/Arduino-brain-wave-reader/)
    • DIY Brain-Computer Arduino Interface Tutorial (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq7adhubej8)
    • Homemade Mind Controlled TV Remote (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThHrMW6Rtgg)
    • Suggestions for sensors detecting brain waves (https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_sensors_do_you_suggest_for_detecting_brain_waves)
    • Tutorials at the National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies (NCAN) (https://www.bci2000.org/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page) (https://www.anipublishing.com/Tutorials-2nd%20Edition-Handbook%20of%20QEEG.pdf)
    • Handbook of Quantitative Electroencephalography and EEG Biofeedback Second Edition by Robert W. Thatcher, Ph.D. (http://anipublishing.com/)
    • Research Paper: Brain Computer Interface System (http://www.uninettunouniversity.net/Allegati/1/CommonFiles/Eventi/en/30/706/Brain%20Computer%20Interface%20System.pdf)
    • Eltimate Guide to EEG (http://neurosky.com/biosensors/eeg-sensor/ultimate-guide-to-eeg/)
    • Brain-computer interface (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain%E2%80%93computer_interface#Disorders_of_consciousness_(DOC))


    Planning and developing the abstract ideas in detail:
    • Swamp Sensory Tube (https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2012/05/swamp-sensory-tub.html)
    • Dinosaur Swamp Sensory Play (https://theimaginationtree.com/dinosaur-swamp-sensory-play/)
    • Video Game ‘Everything’ narrated by Alan Watts’s voice and talks (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/04/06/everything-review-a-stunning-game-about-everything/)
    • The Game ‘Everything’ Review (https://www.wired.com/2017/03/everything-game-review/)
    • Art immersion program in the amazon (https://www.labverde.com/) (https://www.labverde.com/curriculos-artistas-en)
    • Jungle Scene Art (https://fineartamerica.com/art/jungle+scene)


    Sensory Room:

    • AmbiSpace (https://www.ambispace.co.uk/sensory-room-design-and-installation)
    • Sensory Learning Wall Panel (https://www.indiamart.com/proddetail/sensory-learning-wall-panel-for-sensory-room-15404822291.html)
    • Sensory Room for Students (https://fremonttribune.com/news/local/new-sensory-room-helps-students-at-oakland-craig/article_941bc0ec-8744-593f-9673-cc31119a3735.html)
    • Sensory Plus (https://sensoryplus.co.uk/)
    • Yeats Country Hotel (https://www.yeatscountryhotel.com/new-sensory-room.html)
    • The Benefits of a Sensory Room (https://www.experia-innovations.co.uk/blog/the-benefits-of-a-sensory-room/)
    • Multi-Sensory Experience (https://www.graceofdouglas.com/care-options/multi-sensory-experience/)
    • Pop-up Sensory Space (https://www.tts-group.co.uk/pop-up-sensory-space/1013888.html)
    • Laser Projector (https://www.cheapdisabilityaids.co.uk/laser-projector-776-p.asp)
    • Sensory room at SMS in the UK (https://www.st-marys.rbkc.sch.uk/our-school/sensory-room)
    • Sensory room for babies (https://www.st-marys.rbkc.sch.uk/our-school/sensory-room)
    • Sensory Room at nurseries (https://www.giantstepsnursery.co.uk/sensory_room/)
    • Calgary Society for Persons with Disabilities (https://www.cspd.ca/new-blog/sensoryroom)
    • Sensory World Memphis: Autism, disability, and sensory supply store (https://sensoryworldmemphis.com/sensory-room)
    • The Magic Sensory Room (https://www.snoezelen.info/room-examples/)
    • Sensory Room Improved (https://kidspaceadventures.com/romford/2018/09/26/sensory-room-improved/)
    • Special needs school’s sensory room offers solace for the senses (https://edmontonjournal.com/news/insight/special-schools-sensory-room-offers-solace-for-the-senses)


    Brainwave tools:

    • Wireless earbuds will record your EEG, send brainwave data to your phone (https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/devices/wireless-earbuds-will-record-your-eeg-send-brainwave-data-to-your-phone)
    • Brain Wave & Yoga (https://www.theshalabali.com/single-post/2019/02/11/Brain-Wave-Yoga)
    • New Brainno Hearable Designed for Brain Training and Stress Management (https://hearinghealthmatters.org/blog/2017/brainno-hearable-brainwaves-stress-management/)
    • How brainwave optimization work (https://brainnaturopath.com/how-brainwave-optimization-works/)
    • The app that can read your mind: iPhone brainwave detector arrives (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1346900/The-app-read-mind-iPhone-brainwave-detector-matter-time.html)
    • Arduino Neurosky brain wave (EEG) library (http://dangerousprototypes.com/blog/2013/11/11/arduino-neurosky-brain-wave-eeg-library/)
    • Neeuro Senzeband (https://www.neeuro.com/senzeband/)
    • 5 Awsome iOS-Compatible Brainwave Headsets (https://www.iphoneness.com/cool-finds/ios-brainwave-gadgets/)


    Default Mode Network (DMN):

    • Where is the default mode network? (https://www.neuroscientificallychallenged.com/blog/know-your-brain-default-mode-network)
    • AN improved neuroanatomical model of the default mode network reconciles previous neuroimaging and neuropathological findings (https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-019-0611-3)
    • Understanding the Default Mode Network (https://www.verywellhealth.com/what-is-the-default-mode-network-2488818)
    • Default Mode Network functional connectivity is closely related to metabolic activity (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271844806_Default-Mode_Network_Functional_Connectivity_is_Closely_Related_to_Metabolic_Activity)
    • Is there any difference between “resting state”, “spontaneous activity” and “default mode network”? (https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is_there_any_difference_between_Resting_state_Spontaneous_activity_and_Default_mode_network)
    • The default mode network as a biomarker for monitoring the therapeutic effects of meditation (https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00776/full)
    • Blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) signal in the brain (https://www.google.com/search?q=blood-oxygen-level-dependent+%28BOLD%29+signal&source=lmns&bih=729&biw=1259&hl=ko&ved=2ahUKEwjY7cbbmvrnAhUH3pQKHcvqB0oQ_AUoAHoECAEQAA) (https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-1-4419-1698-3_550)
    • How to measure blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) signal (https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+measure+blood-oxygen-level-dependent+(BOLD)+signal&oq=how+to+measure+blood-oxygen-level-dependent+(BOLD)+signal&aqs=chrome..69i57.6282j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood-oxygen-level-dependent_imaging)

    0.3. Methodology¶

    This final project will be greatly aided by the classes: Embedded Programming (March 18th), Electronics Design (March 4th), Network and Communications (April 29th), Interface and Application Programming (March 6th), along with all other Fab Lab classes.

    0.4. Cost¶

    Parts of the Jungle

    Component name

    Estimated cost

    Details

    Overall structure

    Elastic-bend net

    9,000 Korean Won

    1.      

    Come from: TEXEL, Italy

    Cloth

    0 Korean Won

    Refabricate second-hand cloth and cotton sheets.

    Wood (for cnc)

    0 Korean Won

    Funded by Fab Academy.

    Come from: ?Local area

    3d Printer

    0

    Funded by Fab Academy.

    Used for joints design, and optical fiber lamp holder.

    Come from: (filament) Japan

    Sensory experience

    Projector (rental)

    2,9000 Korean Won

    2.      

    Come from: ?

    Optical Fiber

    5,500

    3.      

    Come from: China

    Speaker

    0

    My own speaker

    Fluorescent Paints

    2,7000

    4.      

    Come from: SPEEDBALL ART, India

    WIFI

    0

    My own, or funded by Fab Academy

    Laptop/desktop

    0

    My own

    Option: Bluetooth slate

    10,000

    HC-06

    Sensor

    Option a) Brain wave

    14,600

    Personally bought

    5.      

    Come from: OLIMEX

    Option b) Brain wave circuit board

    71,450

    Personally bought

    6.      

    Come from: THINKGEAR

    Switch circuit board * 2

    0

    Funded by Fab Academy.

    Weight (pressure) sensor

    0

    Funded by Fab Academy.

    Option: Ultrasonic wave

    -

    -

    Circuit board

    0

    Funded by Fab Academy.

    Micro controller

    0

    Funded by Fab Academy.

    Usually 60,000 per one Arduino mega


    1. https://smartstore.naver.com/opeco/products/4724516853

    2. http://www.projectormania.com/shop/shopdetail.html?branduid=1960&xcode=024&mcode=007&scode=&type=Y&sort=manual&cur_code=024&GfDT=Z2V8

    3. https://www.coupang.com/vp/products/193076407?itemId=552691893&vendorItemId=4450838799&q=광섬유&itemsCount=36&searchId=b46045b0d0c7409c8ae5faa75c4182e2&rank=0&isAddedCart=

    4. http://www.homi.co.kr/mall/m_mall_detail.php?ps_ctid=&ps_goid=60003

    5. https://kr.element14.com/olimex/shield-ekg-emg-pa/electrodes-passive-ecg-emg-shield/dp/2144344?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI48nJsJbn6AIVT6SWCh36TATkEAQYAiABEgJO3fD_BwE&mckv=sFH2UpQnY_dc%7Cpcrid%7C340381049261%7Cpkw%7C%7Cpmt%7C%7Cslid%7C%7Cproduct%7C2144344%7Cpgrid%7C69925071513%7Cptaid%7Cpla-296303633664%7C&CMP=KNC-GOO-SHOPPING-2144344

    6. https://front.wemakeprice.com/product/305560416?utm_source=google_ss&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=r_sa&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI48nJsJbn6AIVT6SWCh36TATkEAQYBCABEgLZIPD_BwE

    0.5. Evaluation¶

    How will it be evaluate?

    Criterion A: Planning

    Marks

    Description

    0

     

    1-2

     

    3-4

     

    5-6

    An appropriate scenario for investigation for an identified user(s), providing evidence of consultation, is described. The rationale for choosing the proposed project is justified and includes a range of appropriate criteria for evaluating the success of the project.



    Criterion B: Solutions Overview

    Marks

    Description

    0

     

    1-2

     

    3-4

     

    5-6

    The record of tasks and the design overview, including an outline test plan, are detailed and complete. From this information it is clear how the project was developed.



    Criterion C: Development

    Marks

    Description

    0

     

    1-4

     

    5-8

     

    9-12

    The use of techniques demonstrates a high level of complexity and ingenuity in addressing the scenario (or movement flow) identified in criterion A. It is characterized by the appropriate use of existing tools and techniques learned throughout the Fab Academy 2020. The techniques are adequate for the task and their use is explained. All sources are identified.



    Criterion D: Functionality and extensibility of project

    Marks

    Description

    0

     

    1-2

     

    3-4

    The video shows that the project functions well. Some expansion and modifications of the product are straightforward.

     

     



    Criterion E: Evaluation

    Marks

    Description

    0

     

    1-2

     

    3-4

     

    5-6

    The product is fully evaluated against the success criteria identified in criterion A including feedback from the user/adviser. Recommendations for further improvement of the project are realistic.

    0.6. Findings and Discussions¶

    This section is for recording the key takeaways and milestones in the process of developing and improving this final project, “Hymn For The Jungle.”
    • It is important to imagine and plan the “experience” that the final object/space will provide the users/audience – in my case, through a system of interactions.
    • There are ways to actualize the idea of a system of the network/interactions. Examples are WIfi, IoT, embedded technologies, etc.

    REF) :: Progress Checklist :: ¶

    The table below shows the Record of Tasks (a Planning document). It is an updated version which starts from April 25th.
    Final Project: Record of Tasks

     

    Full Name: Yunjo Lee (Serena)

    Task number

    Planned action

    Planned outcome

    Time estimate

    Target completion date

    Related week

    1

    Order resources (e.g. optical fiber, nylon sheet, brainwave sensor, elastic lattice)

    Have them in my hand

    1h

    4/29

     

    2

    Check the resources’ quality

    Record info in a table

    Delivered resources satisfy expectations (e.g. compatibility with certain MCU)

    Table that shows the resources and its info (e.g. model number, note)

    1h

    5/1

     

    3

    Make a board for pressure sensor

    Program the board to get input signals from the sensor

    Communication between my laptop and the sensor (e.g. Serial)

    5h

    5/3, 5/5

     

    4

    Gather example codes and designs for LED board(PCB)

    Understanding of how the codes work

    2h

    5/3

     

    5

    First discussion with instructor

    Ideas for using the resources - approved by instructor: Craig

    1h

    5/4

     

    6

    Set the ultimate workflow for the Reflow Method for soldering

    Diagram of Reflow Method Workflow

    //or other ways to solder found and set

    2d

    5/8

     

    7

    Test all sensors

    All sensors and their boards working

    2h

    5/11

     

    8

    Make an interface that connects to all sensors

    An interface application created

    2d

    5/16

     

    9

    Find the most suitable CAD software for my design (e.g. Fusion360, Auto Cast)

    CAD software chosen

    1.5h

    5/18

     

    10

    CAD design for the overall structure (nylon part)

     

    5h

    5/24

     

    11

    Second discussion with instructor

    Ideas moving forward – approved by instructor: Craig

    1h

    5/25

     

    12

    Modify the interface for brainwave sensor

    GUI(graphic) for brainwave sensor created and tested

    1.5d

    5/29

     

    13

    Make the overall structure using nylon sheet

    Nylon sheet cut and assembled

    Structure set ready to be used

    Safety (rule) check

    3d

    6/4

     

    14

    Find out what parts should be made using 3d printer (plastic)

    Diagram of where each part goes to where in the overall structure

    2.5d

    6/5

     

    15

    Design the parts

    Design files ready to go into the 3d printer

    7h

    6/10

     

    16

    3D print the parts from (15)

    Have them in my hands

    1d

    6/12

     

    17

    First prototype

    Feedback

    1d

    6/13

     

    18

    Update, edit where required

    Overall updates in each part

    New diagram of the overall system, structure, and parts

    5d

    6/17, 6/19

     

    19

    Third discussion with instructor

    Ideas moving forward – approved by instructor: Craig

    1.5h

    6/19, 6/22

     

    20

    Apply feedback from (19)

    Updated table and diagram of the final project

    3.5h

    6/24

     

    21

    Second prototype

    Feedback

    2d

    6/26

     

    22

    Apply feedback from (21)

    Updated versions

    1.5d

    6/29

     

    23

    Packaging design

     

     

    6/30

     

    24

    Write an instruction paper (1-2pgs)

    Instruction paper 1st draft

    2.5h

    7/1

     

    25

    Update, edit where required

    Overall updates in each part

    New diagram of the overall system, structure, and parts

    3d

    7/3

     

    26

    Third prototype

    Feedback

    2d

    7/6

     

    27

    Take videos for the presentation

     

    1d

    7/7

     

    28

    Edit video

     

    1d

    7/8

     

    29

    Bibliography

     

    2.5h

    7/9

     

    30

    Check the original criteria that I made for final project

    Print the criteria table (evaluation paper) x 5

     

    1.5h

    7/9

     

    31

    Invite a person to use my final project product

    Evaluation paper filled by the person

    1h

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    The table shown below is used for tracking my progress throughout the weeks in Fab Academy in Seoul. I referred to the table made by one of the FA students (Léon) in other country. :)

    week
    Class L.O. (Learning objectives)
    Application to the Final Project “Hymn For The Jungle”
    Notes
    1

    Assignment Principles and Practices

    • Plan and sketch a potential final project

    Assignment Project Management

    • Work through a git tutorial
    • Build a personal site in the class archive describing you and your final project
    1. Draw first concepts with hand sketches
    2. Learn how to use .html and .css for Fab Academy website and to generate pages for the final project website
    3. Use “About Me Page” to give link for other websites
    1. Done
    2. Done
    3. Pending
    2

    Assignment Computer-Aided Design

    • raster,
    • vector,
    • 2D, 3D,
    • render,
    • animate,
    • simulate, a possible final project,
    • compress your images and videos,
    • and post it on your class page
    1. Use CAD programs to design first concepts of a drone
    2. Animate a fixed wing drone in Blender
    3. Simulate a fixed wing drone using ROS
    4. Images of CAD for final project
    5. Video of CAD for final project
    6. Push to Gitlab
    1. Pending
    2. To do
    3. To do
    4. Pending
    5. To do
    6. Pending
    3

    Assignment Computer-Controlled Cutting

    Group

    • characterize your laser cutter's focus, power, speed, rate, kerf, and joint clearance

    Individual

    • cut something on the vinylcutter
    • Design, lasercut, and document a parametric construction kit, accounting for the lasercutter kerf, which can be assembled in multiple ways, and for extra credit include elements that aren't flat
    1. Cut and assemble Fuselage module part 1 & 2
    2. Cut and assemble Wing module
    3. Test assembling module with carbon tube
    4. Cut and assemble End Fuselage module
    5. Cut and assemble End Wing module
    1. To do
    2. To do
    3. To do
    4. To do
    5. To do
    4

    Assignment Electronics Production

    group assignment:

    • characterize the design rules for your PCB production process

    individual assignment:

    • make an in-circuit programmer by milling and stuffing the PCB,
    • test it,
    • then optionally try other PCB processes
    1. In-circuit Programmer for Signalization lights for the drone
    5

    Assignment 3D Scanning and Printing

    group assignment:

    • test the design rules for your 3D printer(s)

    individual assignment:

    • design and 3D print an object (small, few cm ³ , limited by printer time) that could not be made subtractively
    • 3D scan an object
    • (and optionally print it)
    1. Print Nose and Rear Module for the Fuselage
    2. Print Left and Right Module for the wing
    3. Scan a propeller
    4. Print a propeller
    6

    Assignment Electronics Design

    group project:

    • Use the test equipment in your lab to observe the operation of a microcontroller circuit board

    individual project:

    • Redraw an echo hello-world board,
    • add (at least) a button and LED (with current-limiting resistor)
    • check the design rules,
    • make it,
    • and test it
    • extra credit: simulate its operation
    1. Lights for the drone
    7

    Assignment Embdded Programming

    individual assignment:

    • read a microcontroller data sheet
    • program your board to do something, with as many different programming languages and programming environments as possible

    group assignment:

    • compare the performance and development workflows for other architectures
    1. Lights for the drone
    2. Retracting landing gear
    8

    Assignment Computer-Controlled Machining

    group assignment

    • test runout, alignment, speeds, feeds, and toolpaths for your machine

    individual assignment

    • make (design+mill+assemble) something big
    1. Design leading and trailing edges
    2. Design edges for the fuselage
    3. Mill the designs
    4. Add new parts in fuselage and wing modules
    5. Assemble an almost ready to fly drone
    9

    Assignment Input Devices

    individual assignment:

    • measure something: add a sensor to a microcontroller board that you have designed and read it

    group assignment:

    • probe an input device's analog levels and digital signals
    1. Use a laser to mesure altitude
    10

    Assignment Applications and Implications

    • Propose a final project masterpiece that integrates the range of units covered,
    answering:
    • What will it do?
    • Who's done what beforehand?
    • What will you design?
    • What materials and components will be used?
    • Where will come from?
    • How much will they cost?
    • What parts and systems will be made?
    • What processes will be used? What questions need to be answered?
    • How will it be evaluated?
    Your project should incorporate
    • 2D and 3D design,
    • additive and subtractive fabrication processes,
    • electronics design and production,
    • embedded microcontroller interfacing and programming,
    • system integration and packaging
    Where possible, you should make rather than buy the parts of your project
    Projects can be separate or joint, but need to show
    • individual mastery of the skills,
    • and be independently operable
    1. Website to teach how to design a small fixed-wing drone for conservation mission
    2. See LINK for the answers to the question lists
    11

    Assignment Output Devices

    individual assignment:

    • add an output device to a microcontroller board you've designed,
    • and program it to do something

    group assignment:

    • measure the power consumption of an output device
    1. Program a servomotor to control landing gear
    2. For landing on earth
    3. For landing on snow
    4. For landing on water
    12

    Assignment Molding and Casting

    group assignment:

    • review the safety data sheets for each of your molding and casting materials,
    • then make and compare test casts with each of them

    individual assignment:

    • design a mold around the stock and tooling that you'll be using,
    • mill it (rough cut + (at least) three-axis finish cut),
    • and use it to cast parts
    1. Design a mold for Nose/Rear Fuselage Modules
    2. Design a mold for Left/Right Wing Modules
    3. Mill the designs
    4. Cast Nose Rear Fuselage Modules and Left/Right Wing Modules
    13

    Assignment Networking and Communications

    individual assignment:

    • design,
    • build,
    • and connect wired or wireless node(s) with network or bus addresses

    group assignment:

    • send a message between two projects
    1. Wireless node from Fuselage telecommunication module to Ground Station
    2. Send Message between Ground Station to the drone (i.e. turn on the lights)
    14

    Assignment Interfaces and Application Programming

    individual assignment:

    • write an application that interfaces a user with an input &/or output device that you made

    group assignment:

    • compare as many tool options as possible
    1. Application that interfaces a user with the laser and the light of the drone
    15

    Assignment Mechanical Design

    group assignment

    - design a machine that includes mechanism+actuation+automation
    - build the mechanical parts and operate it manually
    - document the group project and your individual contribution

    Assignment Machine Design

    group assignment

    - actuate and automate your machine
    - document the group project and your individual contribution
    1. Build a machine to automatically cover modules with modeling tape.
    16

    Assignment Wildcard Week

    • Design and produce something with a digital fabrication process (incorporating computer-aided design and manufacturing) not covered in another assignment, documenting the requirements that your assignment meets, and including everything necessary to reproduce it.
    • Possibilities include (but are not limited to) composites, textiles, biotechnology, robotics, folding, and cooking.
    17

    Assignment Invention, Intellectuel Property, and Income

    • develop a plan for dissemination of your final project
    • prepare drafts of your summary slide (presentation.png, 1920x1080) and video clip (presentation.mp4, 1080p HTML5, < ~minute, < ~10 MB) and put them in your root directory
    1. Address computation hosting: Cloud based or locally on a user personal computer
    2. Dissemination is done with the website
    3. Plan communication on Instructables, DIY Drones,...
    4. Slide using Overleaf
    5. Video using Overleaf and SimpleScreen
    18

    Assignment Project Development

    Complete your final project, tracking your progress:
    • What tasks have been completed
    • What tasks remain?
    • What's working?
    • What's not?
    • What questions need to be resolved?
    • What will happen when?
    • What have you learned?
    19

    Assignment Project Presentation

    Document a final project masterpiece that integrates the range of units covered, answering:
    • What does it do?
    • Who's done what beforehand?
    • What did you design?
    • What materials and components were used?
    • Where did they come from?
    • How much did they cost?
    • What parts and systems were made?
    • What processes were used?
    • What questions were answered?
    • What worked?
    • What didn't?
    • How was it evaluated?
    • What are the implications?
    Prepare a summary slide and a one minute video showing its
    • conception,
    • construction,
    • and operation.
    Your project should incorporate
    • 2D and 3D design,
    • additive and subtractive fabrication processes,
    • electronics design and production,
    • embedded microcontroller interfacing and programming,
    • system integration and packaging.
    Where possible, you should make rather than buy the parts of your project.
    Projects can be separate or joint, but need to show
    • individual mastery of the skills,
    • and be independently operable
    Present your final project, weekly and group assignments, and documentation
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