Author: eb

Play-Doh makes an excellent material for building a playful and tactile switch. Below are a couple switch examples that take advantage of the compounds tactile and manipulative nature. Squish(video): →

I could not test my first ideas for the switch (balloons and static) because of the rainy weather and so I had to improvise the night before the class with what I had.  A straw, a power source, the LEDs →

A switch an be made using a popsicle and a comparator where the pop serves as a resistor and as it melts, its resistance drops, triggering a change of state in the comparator. This is made possible by →

I set out to create a circuit that would react differently to different kinds of food. I chose a representative of the vegetable food group (broccoli / potato) and a representative of the animal food group →

I am interested in different manners of retelling the ordinary. For this assignment I wanted to record repetitive gestures carried out in the kitchen by using found objects as conductive materials to create →

Human Electromagnetic Field Sensing With Arduino The Human EMF Sensor Switch includes use of an Arduino Diecimila microcontroller, a 10M ohm resister, a 9v battery, a red LED, allegator clips, and some →

Pure water is an insulator. It is the added elements in water that make it conductor. For example adding salt converts water from insulator to conductor. Saline solution is made up of Sodium Chloride (salt) →

So my idea for a switch is one in which it uses downward pressure to complete the circuit. Here's a schematic. I know, I know...you may be thinking, "Well isn't that a push button?" Essentially yes. →

I will create a switch that is powered by wind. It will be in the shape of a "girouette", and part of it will be constructed with a conductive object (a key for example). If the wind is blowing in the →

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View the Keymunication project in progress at http://hybrid.concordia.ca/~cart360_vincent/students/mcn/pages/cart360_switch_inprocess.html ::V.F:: La communication nécessite l'établissement d'une →

Shift Registers are integrated components (IC) which allow one to control multiple inputs and outputs from a microcontroller i.e. Arduino. There are two basic types of Shift Registers – serial →

In a given situation the digital output device you use i.e. motors, solenoids or light bulbs etc may require more voltage and amperage that a microcontroller's output pins can provide. Relays and transistors →

MakingThings sell a line of hardware tools (Make Controller) that provide an easy way to create unique interactive devices, machines, and environments by controlling a wide range of sensors and actuators →

When you would like to detect an object(s) or person(s) at a distance greater than what the IR Range Finders support, the Ultrasonic Range Finders work well. In this overview we will look at the Devantech →

A reliable way to measure short distances would be with the Sharp Infrared Range Finders. These Infrared sensors are inexpensive, relatively accurate and quite easy to use. In this overview, we will →

The arduino is powered by adaptor. →

Even though this is only one part of a networked ring, Toner will only pass through data after interaction from the user. Data sent in are converted to audible frequencies and the user must identify which →

Mechanical bobble-heads that tap dance... believe it.  Schematics for proof: →

Inspired by the topic for the communicate project, this contraption visualizes the flow of data through the use of LEDs and a fan motor. The electronics are stored in a white box lined with white, semi-opaque →