+ WHAT WILL IT DO ?
The idea of my final project is to make an interactive indoor lamp that has a modern and a dynamic look. My aim is to build an interaction between the lamp and the end user who will use my lamp. In order to allow users to control the brightness of the lamp I will include 2 push buttons which will allow users to turn on and off the led lights in sequential movement ( clockwise and counterclockwise ) . In addition to that I'll include two push buttons for controlling a 6vs geared DC motor which will be responsible for controlling a rotational movement of a Donut-shaped moving opaque curtain this curtain will be placed directly in front of the led light source and by using this curtain users can control the angle of the light not only the density.

+ WHO HAS DONE WHAT BEFOREHAND ?
Below is a list of references and resources that helped me develop my final project idea :
BOOKS
- Designing design book by Kenya Hara
- Folding Techniques for Designers: From Sheet to Form
PRODUCT DESIGN
- The Modern Art Eclipse Lamp
- Heng Balance Lamp
- The circular designed Foop Lamp by Kenji Fukushima
ELECTRONICS
- Arduino
- Adafruit NeoPixel Digital RGB LED Strip - Black 60 LED - BLACK

+ WHAT MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS WILL BE REQUIRED ?
You can find a list of the required materials and componenets by going to to my my final project page
+ WHERE WILL THEY COME FROM ?
All the materials I will be using are avaiavable at echofab and I will get only some parts from local and international suppliers. For the electtronical parts I will get some of them from Digikey and I’ll get the rest from a local store called Abbra or Maddison.

+ HOW MUCH WILL THEY COST ?
- The cost of the parts would be around 272.966 Canadian dollare, You can find a detailed price in my final project page

+ WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS NEED TO BE ANSWERED ?
- What new features I can add in the future ?
- How to make my interactive lamp a smart lamp, What kind of sensors I can add later on ?
- How the lamp will look like with using different kind of materials ?

+ WHAT IS THE SCHEDULE ?
- 11th June / Milling my PCB board and soldering the components.
- 12th June / Wiring the electronics.
- 13th – 16th June / Making the lamp and installing the electronics and mechanical parts.
- 17th June / Video making and preparing the final presentation.
- 18th June / My final presentation day.

+ HOW WILL IT BE EVALUATED ?
My goal is to meet the deadline which is on the 18th of June with a fully working and functioning lamp. To meet my deadline I prefer to focus my energy on the electronic design, programming, mechanics and making all the components work together correctly and once I have a fully functioning prototype I can invest more time on the design later on.
However, Before joining Fab-academy I had no idea about micro-controller programming and electronic design and my goal for now is to demonstrate the great things I've learned so far related to electronic design and micro-controller programming and put them into one project.