Thursday, October 28, 2010

week 1 brainstorming


brainstorning notes from this past monday
  • FORM: tube worm, venus flytrap,  function: shy or friendly!, react to other tubes and/or people, potentiometer and actuator
    • degrees of freedom:
      • fabric = infinite degrees of freedom
      • maybe need only one or two motors -- corkscrew form to push up fabric, or fabric takes on form
    • construction material: fabric for plume (http://www.wikihow.com/Gather-Fabric-into-Ruffles, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lk36V9uVdA&feature=related),
      aluminium tubes/TP Roll
      spring book binding tube
  • ARRAY: clusters vs single units, the combination of both
  • GOALS next week: creating more degrees of freedom, fiber optic photoresistor,
  • RULES FOR INTERACTION: The individual tubes can respond to:
    • light
    • sound (or music, talking)
    • proximity (of people to object)
    • movement (of people or other tubes)
    • magnetism
    • touch
    • temperature
    • moisture
    • Responses can change with time:
      • e.g. the tubes can be very shy at first, then slowly acclimate to their environment throughout the course of the day.  The rules can change on a random, predefined cycle, or a cycle based on the environment.

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