Sensory overload

Sep 24, 2013 by Lucy Matchett // Leave a Comment

Pressure sensors

Sponge Sensor

Squeezing the sensor allows the two sides of tape to connect and control the LED.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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