Hunt Project Progress

On Monday I took all my bits and pieces to the workshop in the Schroeder Building in UL. Much thanks to Séamus who gave me a run-through of the band saw and the bending machines. It was nice to be working with my hands away from a computer screen for a change. The piece is coming along nicely now and should be completed over the next couple of days...

Dodecahedron Plan Revised

I've thought about my original plan for building the dodecahedron for the Hunt project (only using circuit boards and LEDs) and have decided that it would be pretty boring. So, I've added some elements. I plan to make some of the sides using circuit boards, some using computer casing and some using the transparent, flexible circuits from the inside of the keyboard. It should give the impression of an object mid-way through construction where the different layers are visible. Kind of like the death star...

... except using

More scavanging

Got up bright and early today and cycled out to Hegarty Metal Recycling to look for more material for the Hunt project. There was loads of great stuff there but we got hunted out by the general manager (after being given permission by the guy at reception!). Dang it.
I managed to get something cool out of an old keyboard I found elsewhere though...

May Update

After a bit of a break at Easter it's back to work. Currently I am developing the concept for my project and working on building a basic prototype using PD, Flash and Arduino.
Also I've been scavenging old discarded electronic devices for pieces that I can use for the Hunt Museum project. I got my hands on 2 old CD players and a digital TV box and busted them open this morning. Some pics...

CD player 1

CD player 2

Digital TV box

The whole bounty!

Ignite Limerick

Last Wednesday (April 6th) I attended the first Ignite night to take place in Limerick. The event was hosted by Limerick IxDA. There were ten presentations made (each using 20 slides, 20 seconds each slide). Two of my lecturers presented: Gabriela Avram on Milklabs and Mikael Fernstrom on various projects he has worked on using PD. Also of interest to me were the presentations by another previous lecturer of mine, Trevor Hogan, on the Ars Electronica festival and the participation by CIT students in 2010 and Dermot McNally's demo of the Open Street Map.
Hopefully there are plans for another similar event soon. Looking forward to it...

Arduino, Piezo, LDR, Djembe ...

Here's a little circuit using the Arduino. The piezo is attached to the skin of the djembe in order to amplify the sound. A potentiometer turns the sound on and off and a light dependent resistor controls the pitch. Good fun +++

Initial Project Presentation

Yesterday I presented my initial research and concept for my final project to Gabriela Avram and the rest of my class as part of the Principles of Interactive Media module. Here are the slides.
I'm thinking of starting a new blog solely for the project as I can only add static pages to this one and would like to keep things separate.

Initial Project Presentation

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