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September 21, 2005
Switches, using body parts
When the 2 metal sheets are pressed, the lights light up! :)
And lastly, here are my two switches, involving a body part. The first one is a piece of metal wrapped around my finger with the inner part covered with plastic. As I swipe this switch up and down the bottom part of the breadboard, the LEDs light up accordingly.
The second switch is my own pressure/ push sensor. I put a piece of sticky foam between two sheets of metal and as the pieces come together, the LEDs will light up.
I want to experiment with another kind of switch, involving the motion of squeezing. The material I will use is wire mesh. I will post this up once I have it made.
I realized that wire mesh isn't the best material to work with, if I'm making a squeeze switch. However, I found a cool toy in the junk box. Pic to come soon.
Posted by min at September 21, 2005 04:21 PM