tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15453691669026315042011-08-18T10:30:15.590-07:00Building smart sculptures that incorporate electromechanical technology into emotional explorations.Auraeliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449140079613102685noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1545369166902631504.post-58276349799136569122009-11-22T17:52:00.000-08:002009-11-22T18:22:31.253-08:00

This is part of a series on the ArduiNIX™ (http://arduinix.com), a sweet little Arduino shield. So far, we've covered Part 1 - Introduction Part 2 - Building the kit Part 3 - The high voltage power supply In this exciting episode, we’ll be continuing our tour of the ArduiNIX schematic, simplifying a bit so we can see how things are structured, heading towards our software design. Keep those

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This is part three in a series of articles on the ArduiNIX™. In this part we’ll begin taking a look at the hardware design and the performance of the high voltage power supply. Schematic The ArduiNIX team has posted their design files online, including the schematic. See the forum post and then take a look at the schematic. Go ahead and take a look -- it's pretty simple. Open the schematic

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This is a series of articles on the ArduiNIX™ board from RoboPirate. (Here's a link to Part 1.) This segment is on building the kit. Wonderful, funny directions I’ve been putting together electronics kits a long time - since I built my dad a Heathkit vacuum tube voltmeter in the late sixties. Good instructions go a long way towards making the build an easy, trouble-free experience. The ArduiNIX

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Back somewhere in the seventies, a high school science club took a field trip to a local laboratory. Somewhere during the tour, a young nerd found himself fascinated by an expensive frequency counter mounted in a rack. Instead of the analog meters in the frequency meters back at school, this one had glowing numbers! They were accurate to a single hertz and were changing as fast as the signal

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Work in progress Originally uploaded by Auraelius Here's the first attempt -- a mobile with store-bought butterflies. Given to a young girl for her bedroom.Smooth, quiet motion. One of the acrylic bars had a solar cell at one end and a tiny propeller at the other to nudge the assembly into motion when the sun shone on it.Delivered as a kit... Not sure where it is today....

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Last Dance Originally uploaded by tlindenbaum The first questions are... what does a flock of butterflies look like when they're happy? When they're afraid?If a butterfly is part of a marionette, how would the puppeteer convey emotions with the motions of the many insects?If the butterflies were contented and sleepy, how would they glide above your head as they sang you a lullaby with their

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Here's where it started...You approach a tree and see butterflies in the branches above you. You whistle and the butterflies come down to you and dance around you and the tree. You clap your hands in delight and the butterflies dance more excitedly. But then, you clap once, too loud, and you frighten all the butterflies away....You are in the audience of a theater. The oil and wax of the

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