Final Project

http://www.instructables.com/id/Victorian-Style-Collar-With-Neopixel-Ring/

week of april 10th

Monday notes:
data pin: 5 digital

Links:
http://www.instructables.com/id/A-Very-Quick-NeoPixel-16-Ring-Test-With-Arduino-Un/
https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-neopixel-uberguide/individual-neopixels
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_NeoPixel
https://www.adafruit.com/product/753
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMu1UjBxOiQ

To do:

• begin developing instructable (at least take pics as working)
• try using a perma board
• determine if feasible in time frame to add individual neopixels

final project | further research

Monday 3/27: PARTS ARE IN!!!
[images]

//currently reading...//
https://pulsesensor.com/pages/pulse-sensor-amped-arduino-v1dot1

Revised code to try:
https://needhamia.com/detecting-heart-rate-using-an-arduino-101/
https://github.com/bneedhamia/PulseSensorBPM
https://github.com/WorldFamousElectronics/PulseSensor_Amped_Processing_Visualizer

to do:

• play with code
• get pulse sensor ready for use (hot glue gun and sticker)
• search for materials to make collar 

https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/glowascii/neopixel-leds-arduino-basics-126d1a

https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_NeoPixel

natural born cyborgs | notes

Intro to Chapter 3

• MIT—Sensetables, and interface that reacts to real world objects; Tangible User Interfaces (TUIs)—removing the space between input and storage (pen and paper, keyboard and hard drive)
• Yo-Yo Ma—using a bow interface to create new musical sounds on a cello; just another means to creating his art, it brings more life to creating digital music BECAUSE of the better interface than just some buttons
• “The goal of Augmented Reality is to add digital information to the everyday scene” – different than VR; merging on physical and informational realms; ie: seeing arrows in your vision to help you navigate
• Blurring of digital and physical—children’s game where real world actions affected digital actions and vice versa (mixed reality play)
• Tangible vs invisible—objects that are tangible become invisible because they are so innate and intertwined in everyday functions
• “The combination of dynamic appliances and transparent technologies is surely a match made in cyborg heaven”—design and redesign over time, adapting to culture and individuals; our brain is constantly learning and relearning, why shouldn’t our technology be doing the same (ie: speech to text learning a user) REPITITION REPITITION REPITITION
• “In all these cases (and you can probably now dream up many more), we discover that the body-image supported by a biological brain is quite plastic, and highly (and rapidly) responsive to coordinated signals from the environment”—optical illusions but cooler, “feeling” sensations from objects that are not a part of you!; our bodily perception is basically just a construct that we can mold
• We were made this was on purpose because our bodies do change over time; work with phantom limb patients and creating a VR experience helped them to relieve pain in these nonexistent limbs; perceived correlations—how we are able to trick out minds because if we see and feel something at the same time our mind attempts to connect them
• Body image can be changed to include nonbiological parts (like a cane or tennis racket…or new technology); ie: monkey began using a rake as if it was just an extension of its body

final project | research & ideas

Conceptual:

-**LEDs lights**
-Idea 1: blinking speed, brightness, color shade dependent on sound, temperature, or room brightness 
-Idea 2: dependent on heart heart beat for LED light flash rhythm and color is on a continuous set pattern
-Idea 3: Maybe pick a particular song and use shades of color that reflect the tone (mood) or pitch of the music, speed that goes with bass or tempo, Color Range: soft, pastels (slow, soft beats) to bright, saturated colors (fast tempos)

Physical:

**Final idea: a collar piece made of either wire or fabric

This would use a Neopixel ring and five Neopixel LEDs that change rhythm based on heart beat (Amped pulse sensor), while also repeating a set color pattern. 

{Previous idea}
-Clear acrylic globe with lights shooting out (dependent on how the lasers or LEDs work)
-Hold the globe in front of you or between people or in a circle of people

Potential Products/References:

-Ambient light sensor:
>https://learn.adafruit.com/photocells/using-a-photocell
>https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/anasdalintakam/ambient-light-sensor-with-arduino-2a0e9d
>https://www.sparkfun.com/products/8688
-Pulse sensor:
>https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11574
>https://pulsesensor.com/pages/code-and-guide
-RGB LEDs:
>**https://www.adafruit.com/products/1938
>https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14015
>https://www.adafruit.com/products/2602
>https://www.adafruit.com/products/2439
-Wearable platform:
>https://www.adafruit.com/products/659
-Bluetooth integration:
>https://openhomeautomation.net/bluetooth-heart-rate-sensor-arduino
>https://www.adafruit.com/product/1588

http://arduinobasics.blogspot.com/2015/04/arduino-heart-rate-monitor.html
https://learn.adafruit.com/pulse-sensor-displayed-with-neopixels/overview ****
http://www.instructables.com/id/NeoPixel-Pattern-Programmer/

Purchases:

Adafruit (3/21)
Pulse Sensor Amped
Neopixel Ring
Neopixel RGB LEDs

Inspiration:

Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaClIgAVuI8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQwgZwrXfhc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD0JJzbdF8A (the prisms look cool)
https://youtu.be/yqAQpK5_zZw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvbzIy2U1J0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCUiCs-aYNk Um whoa
Pins:


TL;DR: I plan to create a collar piece that is made of either fabric or wire and uses NeoPixel ring and RGB LEDs dependent upon a pulse sensor's reading.

instructables | the good, the bad, & the ugly

Good: http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Wall-Letters/?ALLSTEPS
-lots of pics and details
-good amount of steps without over-explaining or under-explaining

Bad: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Divide-Decimals-EDP-279/?ALLSTEPS
-honestly, not horrible but the images were of poor quality
-could be better by either digital rendering the math or by using better handwriting and lighting
-step three could be broken up some

Ugly: http://www.instructables.com/id/Extend-USB-Mouse-Cable/?ALLSTEPS
-only two steps after the intro
-could have gone into much more detail
-instead of explaining, just told us to Google it
-decent amount of pics but not ideal quality (background is distracting)

week of february 27th

critique on Monday
wednesday - learned more about Arduino coding :D