Last night was a good geek out night. 3 out of the 4 guys from the UVM senior capstone project team I’m mentoring came out to the house to work on their project. The team is made up of Colin, Bryan, Casey and Chris (couldn’t make it last night) They’re making great progress. he device is going to be an interactive light sculpture that will be displayed at the ECHO Center.. and with luck.. will go with us to Bonnaroo.

The project will combine computer controlled lighting. water and computer controlled bubbles. The team is still experimenting with the mix of all of those elements. I love watching them all think things through. Much of this is new to them. .. but they’re proving to be very resourceful . Bryan had never programmed a microcontroller. now he’s a master of controlling our fancy LED strips.

 

Colin and Casey have never worked with pneumatics, but they’ve managed to work out how to plumb clear pvc and control solenoid valves.. pretty impressive. Here are a few test runs with no liquid

here are some early bubble tests with clear liquid using a small tube (photos don’t do the effect justice.. beleive me)

here are some tests with dispersive medium (ie. we added milk to the water.)

Again.. pictures don’t show how amazing this is in person.. It will be so fun to watch this project evolve… I’ll keep you all posted..

I love working with creative people like this  !

nite all, nite sam

-me