iNTERaCTIVE

Tuesday, November 08, 2005
  The Kosher Breadboard
this is a small and fun project.
The idea is to use a Matza as a breadboard and to build on it a simple circuit that make the Matza buzz when it breaks.
what happens is that normally the buzzer on the board is short circuited with an aluminum foil. When you break the board (Matza) the aluminum tear apart and the buzzer buzzes
 
  Main semester project - The Organic Keyboard
after developing, rethinking and consulting the idea of the interactive flower i converted my project to Organic Keyboard connected to a computer and a screen: The idea is to use a mac keyboard and replace the keys with grass.
The user can water the grass and pet it - both of the actions cause visual effect on the screen; by watering the grass the screen shows ascii code in the form of flowers. petting the grass causes the flowers to fade away.

After investigating and trying some water and pressure sensors i realized the the easier way to cause a result by the water is to use a water sprayer and to connect a wireless switch to the already made switch of the sprayer.
 
  Things i need
electricity spot
computer (optional - if not i can use the laptop)
computer screen
desk
chair
 
  Things to do
get wireless equipment - the shipment should arrive in any day
finish building the water sprayer wireless switch (this depends on the wireless equipment)
get grass - done
get a mac keyboard - done
build and design the keyboard - done
build the whisker switch
inserting the whisker sensors and finish building the keyboard
connect the keyboard and the wireless switch to the keyboard emulator and check and see how it all works.
write the flash program
write and illustrate instructions
 

Documentation of asigments in the Adv Interactive course - Fall 2005 Cooper Union. Directed by Amit Pitaru. (as you can see guys, i have desided to stick with the legend)

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