#mpauley

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Interactive Proximity Sensing Table. The concept behind this table is similar to the motion proximity that we are trying to achieve with our light.

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Prototype Fabrication Issue

We are trying to get our pieces ready for fabrication. We are having issues with making the tabs to join the edges. This is the only way to unroll, without overlapping edges. We are trying to find an efficient and clean solution. Any ideas?

--- Alvaro: The idea of prototyping sometimes is to find  that our geometry doesnt actually work. This is why we can go back and forth between the laser and the software. .. or even just catching mistakes within the software- This is the real advantage of digital fabrication. 

I can not really tell from the photo what the problem is. But if you are having only issues with the Paneling Tools Tabs command and your geometry is working fine then manually offset the border in Rhino with command: offset. 

I really encourage you to cut one strip ASAP so you can change your design accordingly on time. LEDs wiring is not going to be an easy step either. 

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Proximity Sensor Arduino. This is the effect we are trying to achieve with our light fixture.

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FINAL PROTOTYPE

For our final prototype, we are making a parametric hanging lampshade using Grasshopper, Rhino and Arduino. We want the light to be used in a workspace, with LED's activated by proximity. The multiple angles allow for different light intensity. The blue forms provide direct light, the orange forms are a more semi-direct light, and the pink forms are ambient. Using grasshopper we were able to manipulate the height, angle and amount of projections. We are searching for arduino codes that allow us to work with a proximity sensor and 20+ LED lights.

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Our final prototype proposal is to create a parametric lamp shade to hang over a work space. The fixture will be connected to a pressure censor, which would in turn control the brightness of the light. The fixture will have components to direct the light over the work space, with larger openings directed towards the work space, and smaller openings directed away. We are also interested in the idea of our fixture responding to motion, where the light would get brighter as one moves closer, or dim as one moves further away.