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Final project - Interactive square
Concept Make interactive square behind our Fab Lab in the center of town Vestmannaeyjar. Have sensors around the square and respond on projector/monitor, lights or speakers depending on peoples behavior. Make the square fun, interactive and educational about the islands, Fab projects and other innovation projects. For the final project for the Fab Academy, first version of the Interactive square will be made.
First version introduced in June 2010
First version will only include sonar range proximity sensor connected with board with speakers. The idea is that the sonar will sense the distance where people are and play different musical tones depending on the distance. It is supposed to be a kind of piano generated by location of people or subjects.
Project summary
Schedule
- Make description of how it will work
- Design the look of the interactive square
- Make list of the inventory
Two sonars will be connected to a board and one will send wave signals while the other will receive wave signals. The board should measure distance between the board and subject, the distance should be expressed with musical tone.
2 boards
- Speaker board that can be connected to sensor
- Sonar board that can transfer signal to other board.
Electronics
- Select sensors - done
- Design micro-computer -done
- Programming - Working on finding way to change musical tones.
- Make
Parts list
Design
- Design of the area.
- Functionality design
Design of the area
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Distribution plan
For the final project I will post the code, schematics and plans how to make this.
Then I really want to develop the idea further. Make first interactive square in Iceland behind our Fab Lab. Collaborate with local companies in IT and local flagstone maker and develop knowledge based cluster around these things. Promote in national TV. Make Youtube videos available and make website with better information and opportunities how to make these types of squares. Develop business plan around the idea.
Ideas for further development
Functionality design
Ideas:
- Moving object depending on movement of people.
- Motion detection that moves things.
- lights
- moving objects
- physically make computer games.
Electronics
- Sensors
- Select sensors
- Design micro-computer
- Programming
- Make
Sensors
Here are some ideas of different types of sensors:
- Magnetic proximity sensor
- Proximity sensors
- motion sensor
- Microphone
- video
- light sensor
- strain
- Temperature sensor
- Color sensor
- Accelerometer
- Pressure sensor
- Force Sensitive Resistor
- Hotpot
- Light to Frequency Converter
- Photo cell
- Vibration sensor
- Ultrasonic range finder
Outputs
- Speakers
- Lights
- LED
- Motor
- Mobile phone -> SMS
- Computer
- Monitor / projector
Links
Thoughts how I could Processing for this
- Video and user interactions
- Cool body navigation project in processing
- Shadow monsters in processing
- Webcam tracking
- Guerilla innovation
- [2]
- Piano programming in C++
- Arduino Piano
- [[3]]
- [[4]]
- Atmel atsam2195
- [5]
Check out
- kinect open frameworks
- kinect and processing
Some notes
Connecting two boards Take a look at hello serial.
- Pick char from PC
- Put char to PC
Connect different micro-controllers.
