Sensory overload
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 did some tests on the difference between using ink, cooper tape, aluminium tape and graphite so that I could get a better understanding of what would create the range in light difference. From the tools I had the ink and cooper tape combinations seemed to be the most effective.
Pot Rings
Using conductive Ink I created two paper rings that you could run along each other and control the brightness of the LED. The first attempt was unsucessful so I improved it by increasing the amount of ink on each ring to provide more range in the light
Do you think I’m Sexy?
I created this pot using cooper wire and conductive ink, the conductive ink acting as the “resistor” as you spin the middle element it runs along the edge of the record and connects the ink to the copper, changing the brightness of the LED.