Final Project_Misung Kim

SNOWY MOBILE SPEAKER

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My instructable link is here.

Project Description

Snowy mobile speaker is an interactive speaker that I created it as my personal expression to get away from mundane Christmas day and enjoy it with.
Since I crafted this by folding origami and running basic led Arduino code, beginners or elementary after school STEAM club are also manage to create it and have fun together if they have materials.

Precedents
For referring to snowflakes origami, I researched three dimensional origami, and in terms of making the frame, Alexander Calder’s mobile was the ideal precedent for my project.
Based on his mobile mechanism, I drew my own drawing and make frames with wires.
In order to make it more like snowflakes and looks active, I used trained Flexinol and white and silver colored papers.

Challenges
First of all, I had a difficulty in making an amplifier circuit. I tried several kinds of conductive threads and attach on one of the biggest origami but it is smaller than I expected so for future iteration, I will try to embed all things like Arduino and speaker and other circuits in origami.

What I learned from this project

I learned how to link Flexino to Arduino and how to use it not only technically but in design wise. I also found which thread works better than others to make quality sounds.

For future iteration, I’d like to use sprial trained muscle wires to move them up and down naturally. Also I will embed all circuits and Arduino in the orgami and make more snowflakes as if it looks snowing.

Feedback from class

It can be applied to express corals
Because of the display which I left the hole only for the project, it looks like a holiday window and makes the project precious.

 

 

 

 

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