Week 16Assignment: plan and document a final project that integrates the range of units covered
Programs/Machines:
Lessons Learned: PLAN, PLAN, PLAN!!!! (It will help in the long run)
What will it do?
I am interested in creating a data gathering device for environmental conditions to be fed real-time into a gallery setting, providing a more intimate connection between space and environment. This project will kick off further study into this medium of kinetic expressions. In my final project I will examine gathering data from the wind at Valldaura campus.
Who's done what beforehand?
Many people have explored various types of interactions. I am excited by the possibilty of the object being able to be activated by both people and the environment. This interaction between man/nature seems to be something that has been approached but never really focused upon.
Royal College of Art students Julinka Ebhardt, Francesco Tacchini and Will Yates-Johnson entitled "Space Replay" is focused upon the development of an inflated element slowing surfing through its home location while playing back past noises.
Studio Toer has an amazingly dynamic light object entitled "Fiet" which provides some precedent as to what I would like the data to be fed into.
The interactive artist David Bowen works similarly at this juncture between environment and spatial mechanism, his work entitled "Tele-Present Wind" presents an interesting relationship between the two.
What materials and components will be required?
Plywood
Unique hinges
Spring
Custom mechanical bolts
Balloon
Mechanical couplings
Aerodynamic elements
Barduino
AXL335 3-Axis Accelerometer
Octopus Passive Buzzer
9V battery
Where will they come from?
Most of the electronics that I will be working with are directly from the Fablab Inventory. Some custom parts I have been designing to connect different parts of the spring and balloon will be 3d printed with the Makerbots within Fablab BCN. I wanted to create a project that not necessarily is replicable, but rather is more enriched by the diversity of simple parts that add equity to the total creation.
How much will it cost?
Plywood - 3.00€
3d printed elements - 2.00€
Balloon - 2.45€
ADXL335 - 7.24€
Octopus Passive Buzzer - 2.00€
LED - 2.00€
Total - 36.69€
What parts and systems will be made?
One goal for my project is to utilize many different fabrication methodologies and create a design that reflects a coordinated chaos; playing with the difference rather than the regularity. I need joints between the dynamic spring to be resislient, so these moments will be 3d-printed, laser cut, and also cnc milled at times.
What processes will be used?
3d printing
Computer-controlled cutting
Laser cutting
Wood working
Press-fit construction
What tasks need to be completed?
Most of my design has been digitally completed, I will now start to fabricate, I understand that problems will arise in the process, but I will roll with the punches so to speak and address them on a case by case basis.
What questions need to be answered?
The biggest question that still needs to be addressed and worked out is how the electronics truly function. While I know I am working with a Barduino to organize the inputs/outputs/vcc/ground, ADXL335 accelerometer, and Red LED; I know that the calibration and orchestration of them all will be a mess.
What is the schedule?
Due to back up on every single machine within Fablab BCN I would like to sneak in every moment to cut/print/machine all constructed components as soon as possible. I have worked in the fact that materials may run out for many machines, so I am working with the chaos rather than resisting it.
How will it be evaluated?
I will evaluate my project by how successful my apparatus is at gathering data and providing it to a to-be-determined output.
