For this assignment, I did a house built with paper, and integrated a circuit inside of it using copper tape and conductive thread. I made the door to the house act as a switch, in a way that when it rotates, the LED lights turn on inside the house.
https://vimeo.com/75351682 Here’s the sensor I tried. I made a potentiometer sensor with conductive ink and copper tape. The sensor pretty worked when I tried it.
Conductive Thread Resistant Thread Conductive Ink, Resistant Graphite Resistant Graphite
Pressure sensors Sponge Sensor Squeezing the sensor allows the two sides of tape to connect and control the LED. Hideous Pom Pom Squeezing this “Pom-Pom” (I use this term lightly), controls the LED by increasing the conductivity as you squeeze more of the tape is connected. Pots Before I started on my Pot Sensors I…
For week 3 assignment, I quickly made a simple switch with folding paper. I used one of origami methods called Tetratetraflexagon. This is one way of flexagon origami which has four faces and four sides. I’ve tried this when I took a book arts class at my undergraduate school. There are many different types of…
1) Create two variations of two sensors from the four we discussed (Pressure, Potentiometer, Bend/Flex, Stretch). You should have a total of 4 sensors. Think about surface area, distance, and contact as you construct them. Also: You do not have to embed the battery. Instead you may connect them with alligator clips. ;) 2) Document…
Went for the hard paper folds, got the pre-folding decently down, but then didn’t quite get it to magically close up. Round 2: Thought about easier folding, thought about gum chains and the interlocking: The Story: The paper chain closes to create a lock for holding secrets. The light is the locking power….
Below you will see photos from our group of our swinging circuit.
Assignment: 1) Make a switch using one of the techniques we just learned. Choose a mechanic to start. 2) Create a retroactive design brief that explains: A) Why was it created? What is it used for?(Doesn’t have to exist in reality) B) What it does do? (Imagine the LED represents something else) C) Who it…