Finished Projects – Page 82

Tear Down Project By Adam Fujita for Making Studio SVA POD Class of 2016

Small but AMAZING drum made by Learning Path and Leap Frog. This drum plays 3 different songs, you can change from English to Spanish and has multiple LED's thats light and alternate with the music. There is also a touch sensor that has a drum sound integrated into it! Amazing little device. — Small but AMAZING drum made by Learning Path and Leap Frog. This drum plays 3 different songs, you can change from English to Spanish and has multiple LED’s thats light and alternate with the music. There is also a touch sensor that has a drum sound integrated into it! Amazing little device.

20140908_3617 — I pulled this info on the product from the Interwebs!! Product Description Tap into learning fun with the Color Play Drum! As children play along to classical, marching or salsa beats, they’ll learn about colors, counting and opposites in both English and Spanish. Parents can connect to the online LeapFrog Learning Path for customized learning insights and ideas to expand the learning. The LeapFrog Learn and Groove Color Play Drum features: Tap into learning fun with the Color Play Drum Children can hear three different musical styles: classical, marching and salsa. As they play on the drum, children learn-in both English and Spanish about colors, opposites and counting numbers. Parents can connect to the online LeapFrog Learning Path for customized learning ideas and insights from LeapFrog. Additional Info “R”Web#:449267 SKU:5FEA7C66 UPC/EAN/ISBN:708431100633 Manufacturer #: 10063 Batteries: batteries are required (not included) Product Weight:1.5 pounds Product Dimensions (in inches):8.1 x 8.1 x 8.1

20140908_3625 — First opening of the drum was a real delight!!! So much going on!!

20140908_3664 — View of the outside of the Song Button…

20140908_3665 — View of the song button removed from the drum.

20140908_3667 — View of the volume adjuster.

20140908_3669 — View of the volume adjuster remover. You can see the high and low setting.

20140908_3677 — This is a shot of the touch sensor. Its pretty sensitive and it had the ability when attached to a larger object like the top of the drum to be activated when it was touched or vibrated.

20140908_3681 — LED board and lots of other doo-hickies. I googled ASY 310-30219 and couldnt find too much info. Or ant info at all.

20140908_3683 — Front of speaker. By itself its not very loud but when housed in the yellow speaker box it seemed to be amplified at least 5 times. HUGE increase in sound due to resonance.

20140908_3689 — Most of the LED were on the main board but this blue led was by itself..

20140908_3604 — The tools I used to remove the hardware. Simple small screwdriver, magnet and a awl. I mostly used the screw driver to remove screws and then used the magnet to help extract all the screws. saved me lots of time. I needed the awl to snap some little plastic tabs that were getting in the way. In another photo I used my dremmel to cut out the battery pack to keep the whole internal system in tact without the large orange bottom ring of the drum.

20140908_3605 — To keep the whole system intact I use my Dremmel to remove the battery pack. Im keeping all these parts!

20140908_3603 — All the parts or internals of this device were manufactured by a company called CHARM. I see that through my research on the nets that they are from China but I couldn’t find much info on this company.

20140908_3684 — MOre information on the boards that I googled and researched and couldnt find the info for them…

20140908_3695 — Orient brand. A name you can trust!

20140908_3616 — From all the research I could do it would appear that the lowest cost techniques to produce toys like this is through the process of Injection Molding. Link below from LEGO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1Zhpdx-XtA

20140908_3633 — Late night teardown-ing…

20140908_3640 — Some design details that interested me where the obvious superfluous layers of plastic rings. It was very obvious to me that the green sections and the orange sections in this image could have just been one ring of each. Instead of two. There is no reason to have built it this way. Structurally the separate rings didnt do anything. Purely overbuilt. BUT WHY?????? My most favorite design detail is the english and spanish capabilities. I would have loved that as a kid and being bilingual is a strong advantage no matter what the two languages are.

Vibrating pixel mirror

This object translates vibration into visual output through a grid of mirrored disks. It is configured similarly to an LED display but instead of LEDs turning off and on, the mirrors can be activated to distort the reflected image. This final prototype, reflects a great deal of experimentation with material and construction. There is further potential for expanding the concept to a larger scale. A larger grid of these “pixels” would allow for more complex animations and could also incorporate sound and movement-reactive features for a more immersive and engaging experience.

The pixels are made up of a mirrored acrylic mounted to a piece of thin steel wire which is attached to a mini vibe motor at the other end. The transitions between these parts are facilitated by additional pieces of laser cut acrylic.

These parts are mounted to a piece of 1/4″ rubber adhered to the back of the panel. The wires are inserted through holes pierced in the rubber which holds them firmly while not dampening the vibration.

The vibe motors are routed to the Arduino Uno through two 75HC595 Shift registers. The wiring diagram for this along with some basic sample code can be found here: http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/ShiftOut

And heres the instructables page: http://www.instructables.com/id/Vibrating-Pixels-Mechanical-Mirror/

Siduri – An Arduino Control Smart Coaster

Siduri named after the Sumerian god of happiness and merriment, is a smart coaster for your drinks. It recognizes when a glass is near empty and then glows yellow to alert waiters that you will be in need of a refill soon.

Designed specifically for lounge and club settings, Siduri helps nightlife revelers politely draw the attention of barmaids and helps bartenders to keep the drinks flowing.

The coaster is powered by Ardunio and uses an FSR sensor that recognizes the difference in the weight of a drinking glass. A button located near the base of the coaster allows bar staff to calibrate the coaster to an unlimited amount of drinking glass types into the coaster’s memory. Hidden under the white acrylic top are three surface mount LED’s that breath a soft yellow light when the FSR sensor recognizes when a glass is 3/4 empty. The remaining materials were laser cut out of 1/8” wood to give the coaster a manly, yet classy aged feel.

If you would like to make your own smart coaster, here is how I did it…

http://www.instructables.com/id/WaiterLite-Coaster/

Link to my youtube video:

https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=P-YOdTsAWOY

“Delightful” the interactive Toddler Spoon

The Concept

Feeding toddlers is a problem for the parents because the toddlers tend to lose their interest easily. Therefore they refuse eating their food and get attracted by other things surrounding them.

Delightful Spoon is an interactive toddler spoon that aims to attract toddlers during the meal time. Thanks to the capacitive touch sensor, every time the toddler puts the spoon into his/her mouth the spoon lights up charmingly.

Wiring & Soldering

In order to be sure about the dimensions of the spoon shell, the assembly of the inner parts such as the battery, wires, capacitive sensor and LEDs are needed. Therefore, this step is coming before the CAD process. For the Delightful spoon we will be using momentary stand-alone capacitive touch switch by Adafruit, a 3.7V rechargeable lithium-ion battery and a copper tape to increase the sensitivity so that the sensor switch can sense the magnetic fields of food and the lips to light up the LEDs inside.

3D Modeling

I used Rhinoceros 5 3D NURBS modeling software to create my spoon. By using networksurface command I was able to create an organic shape out of the smooth curves that I drew in the beginning. After creating the whole shape, I cut it into two pieces, and created shells out of two solid pieces.

3D Printing

I used Dimension 3D Printer. It took approximately 3 hours to get the printed object out of the printer. Then I placed it into the chemical bath to get rid of the supporting material.

Assembly

Shells are ready, circuit is there.. Why should I wait to assemble them? Here is the final image of the Delightful Interactive Toddler Spoon…

Here is the instuctables link

and here is the video for my Delightful spoon thanks to my amazing actress Lusha..

I would like to say thank you with this picture of me and my grandmother trying to feed me…

Nocturnal Emissions

The Internet is so loaded with non-sequiters that it’s impairing our ability to enjoy the craziness that takes place in our own minds each night as we sleep. I felt that my own sense of wonder had been seriously impaired and I decided to combat this by making an Internet Enabled Mash Up Dream Generator.

When you approach the box, attracted by the slowly pulsing blue button, the box lights up and begins to play a relaxing Nocturne. You stare into the infinitely repeating blue LED void and descend into a dream state. Press the pulsing button and it generates your dream! The dreams are generated by taking important news headlines and pop cultural icon’s twitter feeds and then mashing them up and filtering them through lines of Beat Poet Allan Ginsberg’s signature work Howl.

Here’s an example.

This one says . . .

“Happy. Free. Confused. Lonely. At the same time. (@TaylorSwift13) An Outsized Rapscalion let loose in postwar England! (@nytimesarts) Incomparable blind streets of shuddering cloud and lightning in the mind leaping toward poles of Canada & Paterson, Illuminating all the motionless world of time between. (AG, Howl)”

Here’s a link to the instructable

http://www.instructables.com/id/Nocturnal-Emissions-My-Arduino-Powered-Internet-En/

And here’s a link to my movie on Vimeo.

https://vimeo.com/user13077047/review/81512641/b9d9c900ae

Kinetic Wall Sculpture – Study #1 for Transforming Chandelier

This Kinetic Wall Sculpture is a first study done for a future chandelier project that will involve moving parts controlled by an arduino. The wall mounted chandelier (completed project) will be able to change shapes and the brightness/color of the light depending on how user controls it with a remote. Targeted to customers who like to show off their home and objects in their living space to the guests, the chandelier will amuse and impress the guests while entertaining them as well. Although it will be a pricey piece to purchase, anyone can make their own by downloading files from Thingiverse and going through step-by-step process on Instructables.

All the parts were designed in computer using Solidworks and Illustrator.

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Instructables: http://www.instructables.com/id/Transforming-Chandelier/

About 10 Minutes……..Clock

The About 10 Minutes clock is an experiment that explores a different way to tell time. The clock inflates a balloon when you want to take a break or snooze. In about ten minutes the balloon fully inflates and pops.

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Beacon

This project is an exploration in exploration. The user is encouraged to take a closer look at the piece, and discover an unexpected surprise. Using the brass as a capacitive touch sensor allows the user to switch on a motor that animates a hidden neopixel and a bunch of confetti.

Here is a link to the instructables that I created on how to make your own capacitive touch object! http://www.instructables.com/id/Capacitive-touch-me/

All of the components including the arduino board and the motor are housed inside of the box to conceal the mechanisms. The power cord alludes to the fact that indeed something is going to happen.

Capacitive Touch Me

Texting Mat

Lusha and May created a “Text-Mat”. This surface can allow the user to write and send messages using one’s feet. This text-mat is designed to send secret messages during meetings or classes. The design utilizes conductive fabric and thread, as well as a flora-board. The program contains 7 preset sentences. The user can press a button to select the appropriate sentence and then a final button to send.

Enjoy the video:

https://vimeo.com/81472818

Please see the instructables: http://www.instructables.com/id/Texting-mat/

Tidal Clock

The Tidal Clock is designed to bring an awareness of the ocean into users’ daily lives, reconnecting city dwellers with their maritime environment. I have lived in New York City for many years and I travel daily between Brooklyn and Manhattan, which are both located on islands, yet I am rarely made aware of the surrounding ocean. The Tidal Clock serves as a pleasant reminder of our closeness to the water. It can be set to one’s local tide chart, or to the tides of a favorite far away beach.

I have been tracking my process of building my initial prototype for the Tidal Clock. The final prototype uses displacement and a stepper motor to change the water level of the clock to reflect the ebb and flow of the tides.

On average the cycle from high to low tide on the coast of New York and New Jersey is 6 hours and 13 minutes. I wrote my code for the stepper motor to reflect this cycle. Moving forward with this project, I would like to use programming to pull the exact tide charts for specified locations.

Here is a link to my Instructable where you can see details on how I built the prototype. It has been getting great feedback and is even a featured Instructable!