Fluto is a life-size colossal wind instrument. With Fluto, you can conduct an audio-visual symphony with others through your mobile device.
Category: 995. Physical Computing
Vibe, Buzz and Fuzz
This post is a summary of the work and learnings from ITP’s Haptics class.
Our work ultimately culminated with a fake cat that ‘purrs’ if you stroke it from top to bottom.
A Simple Connected Thermostat
The connected thermostat I was building earlier is now complete! 🌡🌡🌡
This thermostat works like a Nest Thermostat (though clearly not as pricey); collecting the current temperature and sending that information to an online server.
From API to LED: CRYPT0MANIA
Cryptomania is a sculpture designed as commentary on the cryptocurrency pandemonium. It lights up based on the 1 hour price change (a percentage value) of a particular crypto-currency – Ethereum.
Note: For details on how the physical enclosure was made, read more here. For details on the code and wiring of the crystal, read more here.
From API to LED: Creating the Crystal
Creating the physical enclosure for the CRYP0MANIA crystal was a project in and of itself. This post is about the crystals physical details.
For a summary of the sculpture overall, read more here. For details on the code and wiring of the crystal, read more here.
From API to LED: Digital Details
Lets call it CRYPT0MANIA – the connected crystal.
This post is about the crystals digital details – because it works – it really works!
Note: For a summary of the sculpture overall, read more here. For details on how the physical enclosure was made, read more here.
From API to LED: Prototype Enclosure & Decoration
This week I converted a concept into a partial reality.
The target for the first prototype of the enclosure was to create one half of the enclosure, in order to test different LEDs in am environment that resembles its final form.
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From API to LED: Physical Specifications
As the technical feasibility of the API to LED project comes together, it is time to consider the physical specifications, including design, construction, and materials. Here is the current conceptual design:
From API to LED: Our friend WeMos
Meet our new friend, WeMos D1, aka WeMo, aka WeBro
WeMos is going to use its wifi chip to gather information from the web, and eventually – hopefully – interpret that information and do something about it; namely lighting up some LEDs!
From API to LED: Duplex Communication
Friday night! The perfect time for expanding on the API-to-LED work from last week. The improvement now offers a more diverse set of information and utilizes duplex serial communication.
The result is that now we can now use a toggle-switch to see the 1-hour price change of either Bitcoin or Ethereum in the form of LED lights. The position of the attached toggle switch determines which currency is being shown.
The programming also features a p5 sketch that reflects the information being sent through the serial.
For example, in the video below Ethereum has had a modest positive 1 hour price change (0.06%), so it lights up the green LEDs a teeny bit. At the same time, Bitcoin has had a larger, negative price change (-1.16%), so it lights up the red LEDs quite a bit.