this is the design I decided to go with for my final!
for those who haven’t seen or read it before it is a large pill shaped lamp that reminds me to take my meds before I go to sleep. It links the act of turning off the lamp before I get in bed to also taking my pills so I don’t forget!
for my supplies I am planning in the next day or so to buy 3D printing filament, a tilt ball switch sensor, some sort of neopixels, a battery, and clear material to use on the vacuum former. my goal is to 3D print one half and use the vacuum former to create a replica of the other half that is clear. the first half of the pill with the light will be clear and the other half will be opaque.
I am planning on using a tilt ball switch which will sense when I rotate the lamp 180 degrees and it will turn off. I found the sensor in tinkercad which you can see below but this doesn’t have the arduino board or whatever neopixel I decide to use (whether that be two strips back to back like my Halloween costume or maybe one or two neopixel rings. to be decided)
I have not yet sketched out my storyboard but picture this:
you are in a girl’s dorm room as she comes in after a long day and throws her bag on the floor. she does some homework at her desk, maybe eats dinner, and then gets in bed to watch tv. hours pass and she gets up to brush her teeth get ready for bed and as she turns the overhead lights off the lamp becomes the focus. she then remembers her meds! she takes her pills and then rotates the lamp to turn it off and the room goes dark. the video goes dark and a title slide appears with the title of the project.
here is the link to my Instructables account which I funny enough created in 2013 and totally forgot about it… 11 year old sophia had big plans haha
https://www.instructables.com/member/sophiaehaase/instructables
and here is the link to my started Google Doc with the project info… and by started I mean I wrote the title I’m really sorry I will get right on it tomorrow!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17lOZi1Jwb8oOnwerSOylZvLtUgJnkNZ-pZ7O2jqHch8/edit?usp=sharing
thanks :]