Final Project
This is the page for describe my final project: Cultural Memory Globe
My Final Project: Cultural Memory Globe
I love traveling.
Why? It is because I like to feel the difference of each unique local nature, culture, and
people’s lives of each places.
These days we can learn differences between different areas of the earth through the internet or
SNS, and feels as if we know about it.
However, once I visit the place actually, I really understand what is the place like.
Through the final project, I would like to create something make you feel uniqueness of each
places and cultural graduation of the world.
This would be also nice to record my travel memories with actual feeling.
> Final Project Tracking Page
What will it do?
A video of the country you select will be played on the globe, and the lights will turn on depending on the local climate. This device was created to record the culture and life of each country. You can feel the culture of the country and understand the position of the culture on the globe.
Who's done what beforehand?
There are projects that map cultures on a map, but not on a sphere.https://globeproject.com/
here are globes that are made for educational purposes, but they are not intended for presentation purposes.
There is an interactive globe projection, but the projects are mostly geographical and there is no attempt to add cultural records.
https://sphere.blue/
What sources will you use?
FabAcademy class page, Fab Community, FLK docs, Google Search, Youtube tutorials, ChatGPT and Friendly instructors!
What will you design?
- Globe
- Base for Globe
- Board Case
- Sensor mechanism for detect tapped countries
- Lights illuminating Globe
- Board for sensors
- Board for lights
What materials and components will be used?
Where will come from?
How much will they cost?
| Components | Materials | From | Price | Total price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Globe | Glass | Japan | ||
| Base for Globe | Wood(Thickness:15mm) | Japan | ||
| MDF(Thickness:6mm) | Japan | |||
| Eco Flex | US | |||
| Board Case | PETG | ? | ||
| Sensor mechanism for detect tapped countries | Copper Sheet | Japan | ||
| Wire | Japan | |||
| Lights illuminating Globe | NeoPixel | ? | ||
| Board for sensors | xiaoESP32S3 | ? | ||
| FR1(phenolic paper) | Japan | |||
| Board for lights | xiaoRP2040 | ? | ||
| 499 resistors | Japan | |||
| headerpins | Japan | |||
| FR1(phenolic paper) | Japan | |||
| Wires | Japan | |||
| Projection | Raspberry Pi 5 | ? | ||
| Projector | Japan |
What parts and systems will be made?
- Globe
- Base for Globe
- Board Case
- Sensor mechanism for detect tapped countries
- Lights illuminating Globe
- Board for sensors
- Board for lights
What processes will be used?
- Globe: Glass Blowing + Vinyl Cutter
- Base for Globe: Wood Milling, Laser Cutter, Molding and Casting
- Board Case: 3D printing
What questions need to be answered?
- How to make a country pattern
- Wiring distance to country pin
- How to connect boards (dealing with tape)
- The tray on the bottom tier of the base? A lid?
- Fixing the bottom tier of the base
- The wobbly second tier of the base
- Finish the base with lacquer or varnish?
- Problem with the glass floating
- Problem with making the background of the Processing screen black
- Wiring inside the base
- How many cords should I plug in
How will it be evaluated?
You can feel/remember the country with a tap
= At least, the correct image/video of the country will be show up when you tap a country
Details
For details of production process, please go to the Final Project Tracking Page.