Its been a while…
Hello – just to let you know what I am working on…
I am trying out a few things and they include
Lidar – Neato’s Lidar sensor connected to..
Raspberry Pi…
Final Show – notes pw: physical comp tutor
End of Year Project
Introduction
I have looked into these areas so far;
- Autonomous robot with lidar sensor – no actual purpose, perhaps avoidance of objects in a room, mapping area etc.
Further extension of idea – automaton riding on the mobile vehicle, interactive with onlookers
Pros:
I will learn a lot and it may result in an impressive installation
I ordered the parts anyway, I was curious and will continue with it in my own time anyway
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Prototyping for Term2 project
Testing the mechanism and stepper driver with an EasyDriver. I have used a LN298N H bridge board but I found the latter method less bulky and convenient. I am going to introduce a second stepper to incorporate movement about the y axis to move my object.… More...
The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal
I liked watching this film. It discusses how, as humans, we feel compelled to create art – the film shows us graffiti removal teams in Portland Oregon unconconsciously creating art as part of their work to remove graffiti tags inn an industrial area of the city.… More...
Protected: Privacy Links -Incompetent Control
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There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.Supershapes formula
Inspired by Johan Gielis, Paul Bourke’s website deals with, among other geometry, supershapes.
THE FORMULA
see also https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282433972_Examples_of_Supershapes
Extended to 3d the formula extends as:
Daniel Schiffman excellent youTube on this, here is the code for Processing sketch taken from his gitHub:
Also see Reza Ali’s Website – more supershapes.… More...
The walkthrough method
We are asked to think on the following:
– What is the walkthrough method?
– What is the methodology of the walkthrough method?
– How would you carry out the walkthrough method?
We were introduced to the paper The walkthrough method: An approach to the study of apps by Ben Light, Jean Burgess and Stefanie Duguay [1].… More...
24th Nov, Reflections after our discussion “The Non Human Turn”
#royals_as_robots
Walking home after seeing the last surviving (playing) member of Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, 50 years after I bought ‘Safe as Milk’ – I pick up an Evening Standard and wait for my take away chips. I feel older still.… More...