March 09, 2006
shadowBox - 3.9.06 update
We finally got full control of servo motors, using the patterns that Min made and lasercut at the NYU ITS lab we got some cool 3d effects, especially using the fabrics on top of the box.
I rewired the arduino board and placed it on a regular breadboard. Finally workable and easily managed:
From here, our next big challenge is to fully control the lights, either using shift registers or transistor arrays, or whichever other way we find.
Here's the current arduino code to control 6 different servo motors using 6 potentiometers:
more inspiring shadow-play photos from Myanmar:
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February 18, 2006
Independent Project - light & fabric testing
On friday, feb. 17th, Min and I got together to try out her lights with my fabrics. We got some nice effects, and have reached basic decisions on how to start this project.
We will build a small, frame-like sized box (5'x1'). I'm taking care of the thin piece of wood for the back, while Min will find out a good source for LED's.
We agreed on having the patterns in between the LED's and the fabrics move in order to create those great effects that we noticed, although I'm still not sure if its better to move the LED's themselves. But that might be too hard for a first stage, so might come later.
Its as if these lights act as "mini-flashlights", shining onto the different layers of fabric, through the patterns that we created. Gives an interesting 3d texture.
We haven't agreed yet on how to layer out the "grid" of lights.
Photos @ Min's Blog
I've started trying to get a Maya model of our box. Will be nice to try to visualize the shape & light positioning in order to make the right choices when we build it. I'm stuck not able to create a semi-seethrough fabric effect... But here's a VERY initial sketch.
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