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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.
Project summary
Schedule
- Make description of how it will work
- Design the look of the interactive square
- Make list of the inventory
Parts list
Design
- Design of the area.
- Functionality design
Design of the area
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Functionality design
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
Some notes
Connecting two boards Take a look at hello serial.
- Pick char from PC
- Put char to PC
Connect different micro-controllers.