Mechanical flower blooms in light


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Pedrobrito shares some footage of his Arduino powered Flor Automata responding to changing light levels. Nice construction! - see more of his structural explorations on Flickr.


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Posted by: Dustbuster7000 on October 21, 2009 at 5:41 PM

Thats pretty cool, the flower shape kinda reminds me of a protea. I wonder if he's planning to add some colour, it looks a little ghostly at the moment.


Posted by: Jack B on October 27, 2009 at 1:18 AM

...

Oh, that's awesome!! It looks like Dr. Octopus hands!!!!


Posted by: Pedro Brito on October 27, 2009 at 2:27 AM

other vídeos


check out other videos (work in progress) of this project

http://pedrobrito.eu/main/pages/sketchcode/mecanismos.php

and some structures to

http://pedrobrito.eu/main/pages/sketchcode/structura/structura--vc8e5os.php


Posted by: joao mariano on October 27, 2009 at 5:53 AM

está qualquer coisa, o sr arduino sempre a dar-lhe cabo da paciência. mas tá realmente uma coisa muito à frente, aliás, como seria de esperar não desiludiu. muitos parabéns ;D forte abraço.


Posted by: Joana Rodrigues on October 27, 2009 at 10:37 AM

Eu já tinha visto isto nas suas aulas :D
O stor tem muito geito para isto, da prixima em vez de fazer com a luz, faça com a fala. :D


Posted by: Bruno Testa on October 27, 2009 at 12:02 PM

Quando vi pela primeira vez, antes de ser ligada, parecia - me uma "coisa" muito esquesita.
Após ser ligada... muito bom, mesmo. Já tinha visto nas aulas*


Posted by: Luís Pedro Carvalho on October 27, 2009 at 2:08 PM

ah ganda stor, parabens pelo trabalho ;)
saúdinha


Posted by: ana on October 28, 2009 at 7:43 AM

Está muito giro stor... Parece mesmo uma flor. Tem de nos mostrar na aula para vermos melhor.


Posted by: Pedro Pintoq on October 28, 2009 at 2:11 PM

Flor

Achei a sua flor muito interessante stor, ta ali muito trabalho, devia continuar a fazer projectos destes.


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