In week 7 of the course we had a mini workshop in visual programming. I was curious about Processing and the possibilities in combining physical interfaces with on-screen visuals. When I was young I loved the game Battle painters. It allows you and your friends to play against each other on the same keyboard of […]

In week 4 of the course I came up with the concept of “Thumb Wars. The idea is that while playing Thumb Wrestling, each player puts on one glove first. This smart glove has conductives sowed into it, so that certain postitions of the two hands close a circuit, the same way a button works. […]

In the first week of the course I extended  the circuit of the bike light chip onto paper electronics. I added two LEDs and an external switch. This was helpful to understand how the circuit works and how the chip is programmed, which again was necessary for the following project Flashy shoes.  

Getting the Code right I spent a full day trying to synchronise the motion sensor and the sounds. This mainly meant trying to understand the example code for the MP3 shield, to figure out how to adjust it for my purposes. This was difficult because some commands and syntax were hard for me to understand. […]

I’ve started reading a lot about tracking motion, about playing sound files on Arduino and about similar projects. Here are some excerpts of my Work-in-Progress. Hardware Input: For detecting motion I started working with a PIR motion sensor (Noel has done a good description on it here). PIR stands for passive infrared. After calibrating in […]

I have chosen to change projects. The bike light was an interesting idea – But rather then starting an all new project, I decided to complete an existing one. “Cycle Pole” is a public design concept I developped about a year year ago. ——————- What it’s for: Accidents between cyclists and pedestrians are a much […]