So far, all my materials arrived. I basically got the code (might have some adjustment later when shooting) and all materials for my circuit. My problem is I got mistake by ordering the wrong materials for the milky way pattern as I changed the ideas for the skirt after placing […]
Done this week: More parts came in: now I have a full assortment of magnets, snaps, and magnetic snaps to play with. (Old snaps in upper right, lower left; also, weird tiny or customizable size perfboards in upper right.) Poked at the fasteners with a multimeter to test resistance. […]
1. New Button Design This is an updated picture of the armband layout and button layout that we are going to use for the “keyboard” portion of the armband. 2. A Listing of accomplishments made by all […]
Spring Break was exceptionally busy. First, I finished Patterning all of the armor pieces to be used to the Android, taking into account how far off my body it needs to be, where the lights and hardware will go, and how they will be attached. Next, I cut out the […]
1. An image or video (this could either be photograph of the current state of your work, a sketch, a diagram, etc) Wanting to incorporate reflective material onto the bodice I looked into seattle fabrics. However the shipping cost was too prices. Upon further research I was able to create my […]
In the past two weeks we have gathered all the electrical components and started to gather the fabric. Stephen gathered the fabrics and the blueprint for the t-shirt. Next week he will be starting to make the double layered shirt. The first iteration of the shirt will be a plain […]
Now all my elements have arrived. Last time my programming test did not go well. I switch the X direction to Z direction. The results turned to be better. Here is my mapping for the 20 LEDs on the nightdress. The next week I will try to finish all the […]
Problems or Issues: Since my last progress report I’ve lost significant time to illness*, which have made it not possible for me to pick up the carpet, so that’s #1 priority this week. I also started to work on soldering together the components of my persistence of vision (POV) kit, […]
Accomplishments: Both Alex and Kevin completed the code for the outfit during the last week of class. By adding multiple thresholds the lights illuminate when there is no motion, fade in and out at different rates when there is slow motion and flash at different rates when there is […]
Progress: All of my electronics are here! I also corrected the pattern pieces so they are mostly ready to go! Roadblocks: I didn’t find fabric I liked in NYC, so I will still need to buy fabric, I will need to get that as soon as possible so I can […]