NeoPixels are LEDs that can be programmed to show specific colors. They are connected serially, allowing long chains of them to be easily controlled. You connect the first NeoPixel to a data output from your CircuitPython board, and each additional Read more…
Team Members: Kevin Chu, Swostik Pati, Shreya Goel, Erica Wu Interaction with the Environment Desert terrain is often misunderstood as a dry place without life. However, the desert is still part of nature and has life to it, with flora Read more…
Group: Jiapei, Shiyuan, Rosanna, Lexie Our project wants to discuss how the desert, as a special immersive environment, influences people’s subjective perception and concentration. According to some scientific reports, exposure to a monotonous sensory environment could elicit reports indicating aberrant Read more…
Dhabia, Joseph, Salama, Maitha Purpose of the Project The desert is usually described as a barren place, where abundance seems impossible. There’s scarcity in water, resources and wildlife. What we forget however, is the reliability and consistency that the desert Read more…
Team: Amy, Armaan, Injoo, Pranav About Project Artificial Arthropod is a robot inspired by desert arthropods. Artificial Arthropod recognizes light stimuli and digs a burrow to hide under the sand. After a couple of seconds, the robot comes back to Read more…
Your final project should: Create an interaction or performance between your electronic device and people, the environment, and / or plants/animals. For example: A robot that moves through the dunes A light sculpture A sound installation using multiple CircuitPython boards Read more…
I found a few different LED diffusers for both single LEDs and the NeoPixel Ring, all from thingiverse. Most of the diffusers had interesting shapes, but I didn’t find anything that was similar to, for instance, a light bulb shape. Read more…
I found a couple of different 3D printed potentiometer knob designs, all from thingiverse. I particularly liked the ones that had a customization aspect to it, so you can have the standard design or create something interesting. These first two Read more…
It’s week 3 of the first class of Desert Media Art – and me just made our first group installation! Each of us made a one-pixel “story” that’s programmed on a battery powered CircuitPython board. Each device has it’s own Read more…
