Idea for the mo...

From our discussion in last lesson there was an idea proposed surrounding my original idea regarding people sticking chewing gum under tables, as i've discontinued this idea for reasons stated it was suggested I collect data from other people in different areas about what they find irritating and gross - So people becoming sensors... I could then collect and plot information on a graph to show what people find grossest.

 Example graph

IDEAS - What really grinds my gears...

What really annoys me

...

People sticking chewing gum under tables among other things...

So I've been thinking of ways in which I can change this negative behaviour by encouragement through something of shock value e.g. a sensor that picked up when a person sticks a chewing gum under a table, then an alarm would be triggered setting attention on them...

however this idea would take time & as I have only have a few weeks to create my prototype I have to create something which is achievable in this time.

So back to the drawing board...

A variable & LED set up

A variable is a store for numbers or words
Intriguer abbreviation 'Int' is a number, and you give the number a name e.g int val = 3
You state what kind of variable weather a number or word otherwise computer wont recognise it
Once the number is named if you want to change it in a code you only need to change it once because you have it name the computer knows what to change automatically - Easier life :)

Code to enter in arduino:

int analogPin = 0;  
                   
int val = 0;        

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(9600);  
pinMode(11, OUTPUT);
}

void loop()
{
  val = analogRead(analogPin);
  analogWrite(11, val / 4);
  Serial.println(val);
}

My LED set up...

LED is bright with extreme light exposure

 when sensors covered the light dims as there is very little lighting exposed

Working

My working circuit connected to control board :)

There are always wires that goes into the arduino board, 1 to the 5v pin, 1 in the ground pin and another in an analog pin.

Analog provide us with numbers that sensor is giving us. It takes different readings from light to dark.
All the colours are numbered between (0-1024)
Dark = 0
Grey = 128
White = 255

What you can do with arduino - Arduino Laser Harp

As it's required to use arduino in design project 3 I went online to have a look at other arduino projects. Above is one of the project I liked - Ardunio Laser Harp.

Early thoughts:
I've have given some thought to various data I'd like to monitor in different environments.

After being inspired by the projects on funtheory.com I want to create a fun interactive environment in order to change people's behaviour for the better somehow.

First Session & Early thoughts

Arduino - is a micro control board. It's based on a hardware and software collaboration and it is intended for anyone wanting to create interactive objects or environment.
The micro control board sense the environment via data from different sensors and can change surrounding in different ways.
Arduino is designed to be used on various operating systems e.g. Pc's and mac's, the software uses a programming language called java.
When plugged into a computer you can control things using pins - wording which goes orange are recognised by the computer.

  

First session has been interesting however some of the information went over my head... next session I'll come back rejuvenated and ready to learn some more :)