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== Project Concept == | == Project Concept == | ||
'''The Integration of Plants and Electronic Sensors — Exploring Interactions Between Plant Systems and the Concept of Cybernetics.''' | |||
The Air Between Us is a new media exploration through a cybernetic approach, integrating electronic sensors with biological systems. By creating two isolated plant systems and analyzing their environmental data, the work attempts to simulate and observe potential interaction and "communication" between the living organisms through the shared mechanism. | The Air Between Us is a new media exploration through a cybernetic approach, integrating electronic sensors with biological systems. By creating two isolated plant systems and analyzing their environmental data, the work attempts to simulate and observe potential interaction and "communication" between the living organisms through the shared mechanism. | ||
A Helleborus in a sealed autoclave bag containing MS Media and several Sundew plants in a glass jar with the same cultivation medium | A Helleborus in a sealed autoclave bag containing MS Media and several Sundew plants in a glass jar with the same cultivation medium served as the two independent systems. Due to the constraints of placing sensors directly inside the sealed environments, I decided to create a shared mechanism that using custom-made transparent plastic boxes. Inside each box, an MQ-2 gas sensor and a DHT22 temperature and humidity sensor were installed to measure emitted gases and environmental conditions, which were channeled through plastic tubes extended from the sealed plants environment. A third sensor box acts as a bridge between the two plant systems, capturing any atmospheric interactions that may arise when they are connected. | ||
ESP32 microcontroller collected sensor data, sending real-time readings via Wi-Fi to the IoT platform Thingspeak, where the information was visualized through dynamic graphs on a vertical screen. Additionally, the data from the third group of MQ-2 sensor was processed through a programmed transformation: its analog read values were converted into ASCII characters, forming a continuous, scrolling string displayed on an LCD screen. This text-based representation used as an artistic metaphor for the hidden dialogue between plants, transforming their biochemical emissions into an abstract yet perceivable language. | |||
=== Brainstorming === | === Brainstorming === | ||