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GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-07-03T12:07:15Z

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=MYCOSPHERAL =

===INSPIRATION===

[https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_stamets_on_6_ways_mushrooms_can_save_the_world?language=en Paul Stamets' TED Talk]

===FIRST APPROACH===

Try to grow mycelium in fed by cardboard in a plastic container. There are many tutorials in Internet and many DIY videos and posts about how to grow mushrooms. Some useful likes were:

*[http://www.wikihow.com/Grow-Mushrooms How to grow mushrooms?]
*[http://www.mushroom-appreciation.com/mushroom-spawn-cardboard.html#sthash.rzWIpnLr.dpbs Mushroom Spawn Cardboard]

My first attempts were not successful and mycelium did not grow. Shiitake mushrooms were used.

===EXPERIMENT / IDEA===

The goal was to take some data from mycelium through [https://www.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/images/Martin-howse.pdf Martin's Howse circuit] for plants and mushroom amplification.

The idea was to let mycelium grow between the wires and colonize them so then we could get data out of them and translated into signs identified by humans, either sound or light.

===SECOND APPROACH===

Since I wasn't able to grow mycelium with cardboard and mushrooms, I took some of it that was available in the Bauhaus BioLab. It had been fed with wood so two ways of growing mycelium were implemented: Feed it with cardboard and with wood.

Mycelium was successfully grown. The idea worked as expected for Mycelium did grow around the metal cables introduced to it in the cardboard. In some pictures it can be appreciated how the lines of the metal wires are marked by mycelium.

<gallery>
image:Myc01.png
image:Myc02.png
image:My03.png
</gallery>

The next step to do was to build Martin's Howse plant sensing circuit. The circuit was changed a little bit and the AD620 amplifier chip was exchanged for LM386L amplifier chip but they work very similar.

[[File:Lm.png]]
[[File:Ad.png]]

This circuit uses the living organism connected to it as a sensor, when you touch a plant or a mushroom there is some exchange of energy happening between the human being and the organism. It is hard to actually touch mycelium at the stage that it is. As a first step for getting to know this organism I am more interested in getting the pure signals of mycelium with no human interaction to then take it a step further and find an interspecies communication.

===THIRD APPROACH===
The signals that I got from mycelium were constant, no real interaction was created between the human being and the organism. The signals do not change that much. The next step is to find a way of influencing this organism.

Mycelium connects and communicates their whole. Natural information is transferred through mycelium it is a network, a natural internet in the words of Paul Stamets.

As a reference to the "ecosphere" spheres or balls will be the environment where mycelium will start to grow. Since mycelium is not rejecting the metal wires they will be introduced through little holes and they will help us measure the activity of mycelium. This will be an approach to analyze how is mycelium communicating among itself (in a same sphere) and among other mycelium colonies (different spheres).

7 Balls were made with mycelium growing inside of them. Four spheres will be interconnected and 3 of them were made to test the different ways mycelium can or may grow.

[[File:Sphere01.png | 250px | Sphere01, Food: Cardboard, Single Test]]
[[File:Sphere02.png | 250px | Sphere02, Food: Cardboard, Connection Test]]
[[File:Sphere03.png | 250px | Sphere03, Food: Cardboard, Connection Test]]
[[File:Sphere04.png | 250px | Sphere04, Food: Cardboard, Connection Test]]
[[File:Sphere05.png | 250px | Sphere05, Food: Cardboard, Single Test, Metal filaments open]]
[[File:Sphere06.png | 250px | Sphere06, Food: Wood, Single Test, Metal filaments open]]
[[File:Sphere07.png | 250px | Sphere07, Food: Cardboard, Single Test, Light Bulb Sensor]]

File:Sphere07.png

2016-07-03T11:49:43Z

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2016-07-03T11:49:31Z

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2016-07-03T11:49:15Z

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2016-07-03T11:48:57Z

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2016-07-03T11:48:46Z

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2016-07-03T11:48:33Z

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2016-07-03T11:48:21Z

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GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-07-03T11:42:59Z

Azusnz: /* THIRD APPROACH */

GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-07-03T11:31:55Z

Azusnz: /* SOUNDS FROM MYCELLIUM */

GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-07-03T11:31:43Z

Azusnz: /* THIRD APPROACH */

=SOUNDS FROM MYCELLIUM =

===INSPIRATION===

[https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_stamets_on_6_ways_mushrooms_can_save_the_world?language=en Paul Stamets' TED Talk]

===FIRST APPROACH===

Try to grow mycelium in fed by cardboard in a plastic container. There are many tutorials in Internet and many DIY videos and posts about how to grow mushrooms. Some useful likes were:

*[http://www.wikihow.com/Grow-Mushrooms How to grow mushrooms?]
*[http://www.mushroom-appreciation.com/mushroom-spawn-cardboard.html#sthash.rzWIpnLr.dpbs Mushroom Spawn Cardboard]

My first attempts were not successful and mycelium did not grow. Shiitake mushrooms were used.

===EXPERIMENT / IDEA===

The goal was to take some data from mycelium through [https://www.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/images/Martin-howse.pdf Martin's Howse circuit] for plants and mushroom amplification.

The idea was to let mycelium grow between the wires and colonize them so then we could get data out of them and translated into signs identified by humans, either sound or light.

===SECOND APPROACH===

Since I wasn't able to grow mycelium with cardboard and mushrooms, I took some of it that was available in the Bauhaus BioLab. It had been fed with wood so two ways of growing mycelium were implemented: Feed it with cardboard and with wood.

Mycelium was successfully grown. The idea worked as expected for Mycelium did grow around the metal cables introduced to it in the cardboard. In some pictures it can be appreciated how the lines of the metal wires are marked by mycelium.

<gallery>
image:Myc01.png
image:Myc02.png
image:My03.png
</gallery>

The next step to do was to build Martin's Howse plant sensing circuit. The circuit was changed a little bit and the AD620 amplifier chip was exchanged for LM386L amplifier chip but they work very similar.

[[File:Lm.png]]
[[File:Ad.png]]

This circuit uses the living organism connected to it as a sensor, when you touch a plant or a mushroom there is some exchange of energy happening between the human being and the organism. It is hard to actually touch mycelium at the stage that it is. As a first step for getting to know this organism I am more interested in getting the pure signals of mycelium with no human interaction to then take it a step further and find an interspecies communication.

===THIRD APPROACH===
The signals that I got from mycelium were constant, no real interaction was created between the human being and the organism. The signals do not change that much. The next step is to find a way of influencing this organism.

Mycelium connects and communicates their whole. Natural information is transferred through mycelium it is a network, a natural internet in the words of Paul Stamets.

Since mycelium is not rejecting the metal wires

GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-07-03T10:12:45Z

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GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-07-03T09:19:26Z

Azusnz: /* SECOND APPROACH */

File:Ad.png

2016-07-03T09:19:00Z

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File:Lm.png

2016-07-03T09:18:51Z

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GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-07-03T09:14:44Z

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GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-07-03T09:12:05Z

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GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-07-03T09:09:10Z

Azusnz: /* EXPERIMENT / IDEA */

GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-07-03T09:08:58Z

Azusnz: /* SOUNDS FROM MYCELLIUM */

GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-07-03T09:08:09Z

Azusnz: /* SOUNDS FROM MYCELLIUM */

=SOUNDS FROM MYCELLIUM =

'''INSPIRATION'''

[https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_stamets_on_6_ways_mushrooms_can_save_the_world?language=en Paul Stamets' TED Talk]

'''FIRST APPROACH'''

Try to grow mycelium in fed by cardboard in a plastic container. There are many tutorials in Internet and many DIY videos and posts about how to grow mushrooms. Some useful likes were:

*[http://www.wikihow.com/Grow-Mushrooms How to grow mushrooms?]
*[http://www.mushroom-appreciation.com/mushroom-spawn-cardboard.html#sthash.rzWIpnLr.dpbs Mushroom Spawn Cardboard]

My first attempts were not successful and mycelium did not grow. Shiitake mushrooms were used.

'''EXPERIMENT / IDEA'''

The goal was to take some data from mycelium through [https://www.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/images/Martin-howse.pdf Martin's Howse circuit] for plants and mushroom amplification.

The idea was to let mycelium grow between the wires and colonize them so then we could get data out of them and translated into signs identified by humans, either sound or light.

'''SECOND APPROACH'''

Since I wasn't able to grow mycelium with cardboard and mushrooms, I took some of it that was available in the Bauhaus BioLab. It had been fed with wood so two ways of growing mycelium were implemented: Feed it with cardboard and with wood.

Mycelium was successfully grown.

<gallery>
image:Myc01.png
image:Myc02.png
image:My03.png
</gallery>

GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-07-03T09:07:52Z

Azusnz: /* SOUNDS FROM MYCELLIUM */

GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-07-03T09:06:46Z

Azusnz: /* SOUNDS FROM MYCELLIUM */

File:My03.png

2016-07-03T09:06:08Z

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File:Myc02.png

2016-07-03T09:05:56Z

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File:Myc01.png

2016-07-03T09:05:43Z

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GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-07-03T09:02:36Z

Azusnz: /* SOUNDS FROM MYCELLIUM */

GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-07-03T08:59:41Z

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GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-07-03T08:58:29Z

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GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-07-03T08:58:07Z

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GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-07-03T08:56:18Z

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GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-07-03T08:52:12Z

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GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-07-03T08:43:47Z

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GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-07-03T00:10:18Z

Azusnz: /* SOUNDS FROM MYCELLIUM / PHYSARRUM */

=SOUNDS FROM MYCELLIUM =

INSPIRATION

[https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_stamets_on_6_ways_mushrooms_can_save_the_world?language=en Paul Stamets' TED Talk]

GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-07-03T00:09:30Z

Azusnz: /* SOUNDS FROM MYCELLIUM / PHYSARRUM */

=SOUNDS FROM MYCELLIUM / PHYSARRUM =

INSPIRATION

[https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_stamets_on_6_ways_mushrooms_can_save_the_world?language=en Paul Stamets]

GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-07-02T21:25:25Z

Azusnz: /* TRANSLATIONS ¿? */

=SOUNDS FROM MYCELLIUM / PHYSARRUM =

Sonification through physarum and mycelium.

For the last months I have been working with physarum and I have become very acquainted with this organism. I want to continue exploring it through the sound and the pulses it produces while moving through its environment and searching for food.

I know this organism very well but I haven't really taken the time to experiment with physarum and electronics all together. I want to start exploring electronics through the natural eye I have developed in the last months.

There have been many experiments about sensing physarum's pulse and creating music. An interspecies communication have been very much explore and even here, the Biolab, worked as an environment for the development of sonifications of physarum.

It is very well known that physarum can give us some kind of rythm, sounds but can we give it back something? Can physarum be influenced by special sounds? Are they audible sounds or do they perceive other frequencies?

At the same time I have been trying to grow mycelium. On my experiment, following the idea of growing mycelium on cardboard, I placed a wired under the pieces of the mushroom to test if mycelium would grow connecting and intertwined with the metallic elements. In order to get some information out of mycelium I plan to use Martin Howse's circuit and then work it better to get more accurate readings, if it is possible.

GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-06-14T12:51:42Z

Azusnz: /* Time Stages */

=TRANSLATIONS ¿?=

===Interesting Readings ===

[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129083762 From Grunting To Gabbing: Why Humans Can Talk]

===Time Stages===
'''1st Stage'''
:Drawings of the anatomy of three/four subjects to be studied

'''2nd Stage'''
:Translation of drawings into geometry. Abstraction of animal's anatomy.

'''3rd Stage'''
:3D Models of abstraction

'''4th Stage'''
:Print 3D models

'''5th Stage '''
:Add electronics and code into 3D print models in order to create the best mechanical movements and simulation of the three animals saying a word.

=SOUNDS FROM MYCELLIUM / PHYSARRUM =

Sonification through physarum and mycelium.

For the last months I have been working with physarum and I have become very acquainted with this organism. I want to continue exploring it through the sound and the pulses it produces while moving through its environment and searching for food.

I know this organism very well but I haven't really taken the time to experiment with physarum and electronics all together. I want to start exploring electronics through the natural eye I have developed in the last months.

There have been many experiments about sensing physarum's pulse and creating music. An interspecies communication have been very much explore and even here, the Biolab, worked as an environment for the development of sonifications of physarum.

It is very well known that physarum can give us some kind of rythm, sounds but can we give it back something? Can physarum be influenced by special sounds? Are they audible sounds or do they perceive other frequencies?

At the same time I have been trying to grow mycelium. On my experiment, following the idea of growing mycelium on cardboard, I placed a wired under the pieces of the mushroom to test if mycelium would grow connecting and intertwined with the metallic elements. In order to get some information out of mycelium I plan to use Martin Howse's circuit and then work it better to get more accurate readings, if it is possible.

GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-06-14T12:51:20Z

Azusnz: /* Time Stages */

=TRANSLATIONS ¿?=

===Interesting Readings ===

[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129083762 From Grunting To Gabbing: Why Humans Can Talk]

===Time Stages===
:'''1st Stage'''
::Drawings of the anatomy of three/four subjects to be studied

:'''2nd Stage'''
::Translation of drawings into geometry. Abstraction of animal's anatomy.

:'''3rd Stage'''
::3D Models of abstraction

:'''4th Stage'''
::Print 3D models

:'''5th Stage '''
::Add electronics and code into 3D print models in order to create the best mechanical movements and simulation of the three animals saying a word.

=SOUNDS FROM MYCELLIUM / PHYSARRUM =

Sonification through physarum and mycelium.

For the last months I have been working with physarum and I have become very acquainted with this organism. I want to continue exploring it through the sound and the pulses it produces while moving through its environment and searching for food.

I know this organism very well but I haven't really taken the time to experiment with physarum and electronics all together. I want to start exploring electronics through the natural eye I have developed in the last months.

There have been many experiments about sensing physarum's pulse and creating music. An interspecies communication have been very much explore and even here, the Biolab, worked as an environment for the development of sonifications of physarum.

It is very well known that physarum can give us some kind of rythm, sounds but can we give it back something? Can physarum be influenced by special sounds? Are they audible sounds or do they perceive other frequencies?

At the same time I have been trying to grow mycelium. On my experiment, following the idea of growing mycelium on cardboard, I placed a wired under the pieces of the mushroom to test if mycelium would grow connecting and intertwined with the metallic elements. In order to get some information out of mycelium I plan to use Martin Howse's circuit and then work it better to get more accurate readings, if it is possible.

GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-06-14T12:50:52Z

Azusnz: /* Time Stages */

=TRANSLATIONS ¿?=

===Interesting Readings ===

[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129083762 From Grunting To Gabbing: Why Humans Can Talk]

===Time Stages===
'''1st Stage'''
Drawings of the anatomy of three/four subjects to be studied

'''2nd Stage'''
Translation of drawings into geometry. Abstraction of animal's anatomy.

'''3rd Stage'''
3D Models of abstraction

'''4th Stage'''
Print 3D models

'''5th Stage '''
Add electronics and code into 3D print models in order to create the best mechanical movements and simulation of the three animals saying a word.

=SOUNDS FROM MYCELLIUM / PHYSARRUM =

Sonification through physarum and mycelium.

For the last months I have been working with physarum and I have become very acquainted with this organism. I want to continue exploring it through the sound and the pulses it produces while moving through its environment and searching for food.

I know this organism very well but I haven't really taken the time to experiment with physarum and electronics all together. I want to start exploring electronics through the natural eye I have developed in the last months.

There have been many experiments about sensing physarum's pulse and creating music. An interspecies communication have been very much explore and even here, the Biolab, worked as an environment for the development of sonifications of physarum.

It is very well known that physarum can give us some kind of rythm, sounds but can we give it back something? Can physarum be influenced by special sounds? Are they audible sounds or do they perceive other frequencies?

At the same time I have been trying to grow mycelium. On my experiment, following the idea of growing mycelium on cardboard, I placed a wired under the pieces of the mushroom to test if mycelium would grow connecting and intertwined with the metallic elements. In order to get some information out of mycelium I plan to use Martin Howse's circuit and then work it better to get more accurate readings, if it is possible.

GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-06-14T12:50:34Z

Azusnz: /* Time Stages */

=TRANSLATIONS ¿?=

===Interesting Readings ===

[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129083762 From Grunting To Gabbing: Why Humans Can Talk]

===Time Stages===
1st Stage

Drawings of the anatomy of three/four subjects to be studied

'''2nd Stage'''

Translation of drawings into geometry. Abstraction of animal's anatomy.

'''3rd Stage'''

3D Models of abstraction

'''4th Stage'''

Print 3D models

'''5th Stage '''

Add electronics and code into 3D print models in order to create the best mechanical movements and simulation of the three animals saying a word.

=SOUNDS FROM MYCELLIUM / PHYSARRUM =

Sonification through physarum and mycelium.

For the last months I have been working with physarum and I have become very acquainted with this organism. I want to continue exploring it through the sound and the pulses it produces while moving through its environment and searching for food.

I know this organism very well but I haven't really taken the time to experiment with physarum and electronics all together. I want to start exploring electronics through the natural eye I have developed in the last months.

There have been many experiments about sensing physarum's pulse and creating music. An interspecies communication have been very much explore and even here, the Biolab, worked as an environment for the development of sonifications of physarum.

It is very well known that physarum can give us some kind of rythm, sounds but can we give it back something? Can physarum be influenced by special sounds? Are they audible sounds or do they perceive other frequencies?

At the same time I have been trying to grow mycelium. On my experiment, following the idea of growing mycelium on cardboard, I placed a wired under the pieces of the mushroom to test if mycelium would grow connecting and intertwined with the metallic elements. In order to get some information out of mycelium I plan to use Martin Howse's circuit and then work it better to get more accurate readings, if it is possible.

GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-06-14T12:50:06Z

Azusnz: /* MYCELLIUM / PHYSARRUM IDEA */

=TRANSLATIONS ¿?=

===Interesting Readings ===

[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129083762 From Grunting To Gabbing: Why Humans Can Talk]

===Time Stages===
1st Stage
Drawings of the anatomy of three/four subjects to be studied

2nd Stage
Translation of drawings into geometry. Abstraction of animal's anatomy.

3rd Stage
3D Models of abstraction

4th Stage
Print 3D models

5th Stage
Add electronics and code into 3D print models in order to create the best mechanical movements and simulation of the three animals saying a word.

=SOUNDS FROM MYCELLIUM / PHYSARRUM =

Sonification through physarum and mycelium.

For the last months I have been working with physarum and I have become very acquainted with this organism. I want to continue exploring it through the sound and the pulses it produces while moving through its environment and searching for food.

I know this organism very well but I haven't really taken the time to experiment with physarum and electronics all together. I want to start exploring electronics through the natural eye I have developed in the last months.

There have been many experiments about sensing physarum's pulse and creating music. An interspecies communication have been very much explore and even here, the Biolab, worked as an environment for the development of sonifications of physarum.

It is very well known that physarum can give us some kind of rythm, sounds but can we give it back something? Can physarum be influenced by special sounds? Are they audible sounds or do they perceive other frequencies?

At the same time I have been trying to grow mycelium. On my experiment, following the idea of growing mycelium on cardboard, I placed a wired under the pieces of the mushroom to test if mycelium would grow connecting and intertwined with the metallic elements. In order to get some information out of mycelium I plan to use Martin Howse's circuit and then work it better to get more accurate readings, if it is possible.

GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-06-14T12:49:44Z

Azusnz: /* IDEAS */

=TRANSLATIONS ¿?=

===Interesting Readings ===

[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129083762 From Grunting To Gabbing: Why Humans Can Talk]

===Time Stages===
1st Stage
Drawings of the anatomy of three/four subjects to be studied

2nd Stage
Translation of drawings into geometry. Abstraction of animal's anatomy.

3rd Stage
3D Models of abstraction

4th Stage
Print 3D models

5th Stage
Add electronics and code into 3D print models in order to create the best mechanical movements and simulation of the three animals saying a word.

=MYCELLIUM / PHYSARRUM IDEA=

Sonification through physarum and mycelium.

For the last months I have been working with physarum and I have become very acquainted with this organism. I want to continue exploring it through the sound and the pulses it produces while moving through its environment and searching for food.

I know this organism very well but I haven't really taken the time to experiment with physarum and electronics all together. I want to start exploring electronics through the natural eye I have developed in the last months.

There have been many experiments about sensing physarum's pulse and creating music. An interspecies communication have been very much explore and even here, the Biolab, worked as an environment for the development of sonifications of physarum.

It is very well known that physarum can give us some kind of rythm, sounds but can we give it back something? Can physarum be influenced by special sounds? Are they audible sounds or do they perceive other frequencies?

At the same time I have been trying to grow mycelium. On my experiment, following the idea of growing mycelium on cardboard, I placed a wired under the pieces of the mushroom to test if mycelium would grow connecting and intertwined with the metallic elements. In order to get some information out of mycelium I plan to use Martin Howse's circuit and then work it better to get more accurate readings, if it is possible.

GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-06-14T12:49:17Z

Azusnz: /* TRANSLATIONS ¿? */

=TRANSLATIONS ¿?=

===Interesting Readings ===

[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129083762 From Grunting To Gabbing: Why Humans Can Talk]

===Time Stages===
1st Stage
Drawings of the anatomy of three/four subjects to be studied

2nd Stage
Translation of drawings into geometry. Abstraction of animal's anatomy.

3rd Stage
3D Models of abstraction

4th Stage
Print 3D models

5th Stage
Add electronics and code into 3D print models in order to create the best mechanical movements and simulation of the three animals saying a word.

==IDEAS==

Sonification through physarum and mycelium.

For the last months I have been working with physarum and I have become very acquainted with this organism. I want to continue exploring it through the sound and the pulses it produces while moving through its environment and searching for food.

I know this organism very well but I haven't really taken the time to experiment with physarum and electronics all together. I want to start exploring electronics through the natural eye I have developed in the last months.

There have been many experiments about sensing physarum's pulse and creating music. An interspecies communication have been very much explore and even here, the Biolab, worked as an environment for the development of sonifications of physarum.

It is very well known that physarum can give us some kind of rythm, sounds but can we give it back something? Can physarum be influenced by special sounds? Are they audible sounds or do they perceive other frequencies?

At the same time I have been trying to grow mycelium. On my experiment, following the idea of growing mycelium on cardboard, I placed a wired under the pieces of the mushroom to test if mycelium would grow connecting and intertwined with the metallic elements. In order to get some information out of mycelium I plan to use Martin Howse's circuit and then work it better to get more accurate readings, if it is possible.

GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Azucena Sanchez

2016-06-14T12:48:50Z

Azusnz: /* IDEAS */

==TRANSLATIONS ¿?==

Interesting Readings

[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129083762 From Grunting To Gabbing: Why Humans Can Talk]

1st Stage
Drawings of the anatomy of three/four subjects to be studied

2nd Stage
Translation of drawings into geometry. Abstraction of animal's anatomy.

3rd Stage
3D Models of abstraction

4th Stage
Print 3D models

5th Stage
Add electronics and code into 3D print models in order to create the best mechanical movements and simulation of the three animals saying a word.

==IDEAS==

Sonification through physarum and mycelium.

For the last months I have been working with physarum and I have become very acquainted with this organism. I want to continue exploring it through the sound and the pulses it produces while moving through its environment and searching for food.

I know this organism very well but I haven't really taken the time to experiment with physarum and electronics all together. I want to start exploring electronics through the natural eye I have developed in the last months.

There have been many experiments about sensing physarum's pulse and creating music. An interspecies communication have been very much explore and even here, the Biolab, worked as an environment for the development of sonifications of physarum.

It is very well known that physarum can give us some kind of rythm, sounds but can we give it back something? Can physarum be influenced by special sounds? Are they audible sounds or do they perceive other frequencies?

At the same time I have been trying to grow mycelium. On my experiment, following the idea of growing mycelium on cardboard, I placed a wired under the pieces of the mushroom to test if mycelium would grow connecting and intertwined with the metallic elements. In order to get some information out of mycelium I plan to use Martin Howse's circuit and then work it better to get more accurate readings, if it is possible.

GMU:Sensor Hacklab/Azucena Sanchez

2016-06-12T09:47:42Z

Azusnz: /* PROCESS */

=THREADS OF LIGHT (¿?)=

'''fire |ˈfī(ə)r|
noun'''
:1 combustion or burning, in which substances combine chemically with oxygen from the air and typically give out bright light, heat, and smoke: his house was destroyed by fire.
::*a destructive burning of something
::*a collection of fuel, especially wood or coal, burned in a controlled way to provide heat or a means for cooking: our small kettle was kept constantly on the fire.
::*a burning sensation in the body
::*fervent or passionate emotion or enthusiasm
::*literary luminosity; glow
:2 the shooting of projectiles from weapons, especially bullets from guns
verb
:1 stimulate or excite (the imagination or an emotion)

'''passion |ˈpaSHən|
noun'''
:1 strong and barely controllable emotion
::*a state or outburst of strong emotion.
::*intense sexual love
::*an intense desire or enthusiasm for something
::*a thing arousing enthusiasm: modern furniture is a particular passion of Bill's.
:2 (the Passion)the suffering and death of Jesus: meditations on the Passion of Christ.
::*a narrative of the Passion from any of the Gospels.
::*a musical setting of any of the narratives of the Passion: an aria from Bach's St. Matthew Passion.

'''light |līt|
noun'''
:1 the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible
::*a source of illumination, especially an electric lamp
::*[ in sing. ] an expression in someone's eyes indicating a particular emotion or mood
::*the amount or quality of light in a place
:2 understanding of a problem or mystery; enlightenment
::*spiritual illumination by divine truth.
:3 an area of something that is brighter or paler than its surroundings
:4 a device that makes something start burning, as a match, lighter, or flame
:5 a person notable or eminent in a particular sphere of activity or place

===MATERIALS===

*Fire (candle)
*Motors
*Speaker
*Resistors
*Light Bulb with no glass

===SCHEMA===

Six motors with thread in the shaft of a motor will be on top of the installation hidden behind speakers that will be making sound according to the temperature sensors or bulb base with tungsten cables. On the lower part of the installation burning candles will lay on the floor. The thread will be hanging and when it reaches the candle it will start burning. The fire will then go all the way up until it reaches the light base sensor. When its temperature changes, the sound will also change and the motor will release more thread so the process be repeated again.

[[File:Schema2.png | 300px]]

===PROCESS===

'''BULB SENSOR'''

Finding the right bulb sensor.

The tungsten cables that are used to light up a bulb are good sensors for temperature. With the right debugged arduino code they can become in very sensitive heat sensors, they work amazing with fire.

[[File:Bulb_break.png | 300px]]
[[File:First_bulb_test.png | 540px]]

A research was made to find out how the light bulbs work and how to break its glass. Tungsten can be used in many electrical systems, specially involving fire. People have developed experiments such as flame speakers to listen sound through its exposure to fire.

Light bulbs are very aesthetic materials to work on. They do not need to be all the time giving light but many of their parts can be used. Most light bulbs nowadays are made with LED lights or halogen gases, to make them last longer. Finding the correct lightbulbs was a little bit hard.

[[File:3_base_con.png | 540px]]

Three bulbs base were connected to arduino to test different temperatures given by different types of tungsten assembled cables, some were giving numbers from 200 to 400 and others from 500 to 800. This was displayed in the code as the frequency of sound within the speakers. By debugging the code and using the "map" function, the analysis of temperature can be clearer and more precise to a thermometer measurement.

The code was giving some troubles because each one of the speakers connected to the sensor had to have a "tone();" and "noTone();" so each sound would respect the other. Multiple speakers were then connected and working, each one of them reacting to their own sensor.

'''MOTOR'''

For the yarn to be going down a motor was the best option. A slower DC motor with a switch was developed to get to know how it works.

[[File:motor_connection.png | 540px]]

It works fine right now but it needs extra elements or a different type of yarn so it goes down by itself. Some hacks need to be done. But some burning tests on the yarn need to be also done to get the fire controlled.

Another code was develop, one that included the reaction of the motor once the sensor changes its temperature. Some debugging needs to be still done.

This is how the final setup with no fire is looking right now.

[[File:Final_circuit.png | 540px]]

'''THREAD'''
An investigation about how different threads and yarns burn will be made. In the meantime and as a quick search through internet a very interesting [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb4tCcnA6jo video]was found where a girl shows an analysis of how different materials burn.

Two threads were tested a wool one and another one unknown but that seems to be cotton and acrylic or something similar. The wool thread burned faster than the other one and it left nice ashes. The research will continue.

[[File:Hilo.png | 540px]]

===OTHER EXPERIMENTS, APPROACHES AND INSPIRATION===

'''FLAME SPEAKER'''

Experiment from 1968. Some people have recreated this experiment but the hazards of building them are great. The equipment required is also very specific and it deals with high voltages and dangerous gases.

More information [http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/PopularElectronics/May1968/Flame_Amplification.htm here]

'''PLASMA SPEAKER'''

The flame of a candle is a plasma effect, with the right gases and the right voltages (also dangerous) a speaker can be built out of it. There is a good [http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-A-Plasma-Speaker/ instructable] about it which shows how to build it.

Information about [http://www.plasma-universe.com/Fire_(flame) Fire and plasma]

'''IONIZED FLAME'''

The whole struggle to separate the ions of a candle's flame are really amazing and not many people can do it. High voltages are needed to create an electric field and with ionized plates the flame creates amazing figures until it dies. There is something quite poetically in separating the elements which composed the flame and then letting it die, it all happens so fast and beautiful.

This is a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7_8Gc_Llr8 video] demonstrating its behavior and the death of it.

File:Hilo.png

2016-06-12T09:47:22Z

Azusnz:

== Summary ==

== Copyright status: ==

== Source: ==

GMU:Sensor Hacklab/Azucena Sanchez

2016-06-12T09:29:39Z

Azusnz: /* PROCESS */

=THREADS OF LIGHT (¿?)=

'''fire |ˈfī(ə)r|
noun'''
:1 combustion or burning, in which substances combine chemically with oxygen from the air and typically give out bright light, heat, and smoke: his house was destroyed by fire.
::*a destructive burning of something
::*a collection of fuel, especially wood or coal, burned in a controlled way to provide heat or a means for cooking: our small kettle was kept constantly on the fire.
::*a burning sensation in the body
::*fervent or passionate emotion or enthusiasm
::*literary luminosity; glow
:2 the shooting of projectiles from weapons, especially bullets from guns
verb
:1 stimulate or excite (the imagination or an emotion)

'''passion |ˈpaSHən|
noun'''
:1 strong and barely controllable emotion
::*a state or outburst of strong emotion.
::*intense sexual love
::*an intense desire or enthusiasm for something
::*a thing arousing enthusiasm: modern furniture is a particular passion of Bill's.
:2 (the Passion)the suffering and death of Jesus: meditations on the Passion of Christ.
::*a narrative of the Passion from any of the Gospels.
::*a musical setting of any of the narratives of the Passion: an aria from Bach's St. Matthew Passion.

'''light |līt|
noun'''
:1 the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible
::*a source of illumination, especially an electric lamp
::*[ in sing. ] an expression in someone's eyes indicating a particular emotion or mood
::*the amount or quality of light in a place
:2 understanding of a problem or mystery; enlightenment
::*spiritual illumination by divine truth.
:3 an area of something that is brighter or paler than its surroundings
:4 a device that makes something start burning, as a match, lighter, or flame
:5 a person notable or eminent in a particular sphere of activity or place

===MATERIALS===

*Fire (candle)
*Motors
*Speaker
*Resistors
*Light Bulb with no glass

===SCHEMA===

Six motors with thread in the shaft of a motor will be on top of the installation hidden behind speakers that will be making sound according to the temperature sensors or bulb base with tungsten cables. On the lower part of the installation burning candles will lay on the floor. The thread will be hanging and when it reaches the candle it will start burning. The fire will then go all the way up until it reaches the light base sensor. When its temperature changes, the sound will also change and the motor will release more thread so the process be repeated again.

[[File:Schema2.png | 300px]]

===PROCESS===

'''BULB SENSOR'''

Finding the right bulb sensor.

The tungsten cables that are used to light up a bulb are good sensors for temperature. With the right debugged arduino code they can become in very sensitive heat sensors, they work amazing with fire.

[[File:Bulb_break.png | 300px]]
[[File:First_bulb_test.png | 540px]]

A research was made to find out how the light bulbs work and how to break its glass. Tungsten can be used in many electrical systems, specially involving fire. People have developed experiments such as flame speakers to listen sound through its exposure to fire.

Light bulbs are very aesthetic materials to work on. They do not need to be all the time giving light but many of their parts can be used. Most light bulbs nowadays are made with LED lights or halogen gases, to make them last longer. Finding the correct lightbulbs was a little bit hard.

[[File:3_base_con.png | 540px]]

Three bulbs base were connected to arduino to test different temperatures given by different types of tungsten assembled cables, some were giving numbers from 200 to 400 and others from 500 to 800. This was displayed in the code as the frequency of sound within the speakers. By debugging the code and using the "map" function, the analysis of temperature can be clearer and more precise to a thermometer measurement.

The code was giving some troubles because each one of the speakers connected to the sensor had to have a "tone();" and "noTone();" so each sound would respect the other. Multiple speakers were then connected and working, each one of them reacting to their own sensor.

'''MOTOR'''

For the yarn to be going down a motor was the best option. A slower DC motor with a switch was developed to get to know how it works.

[[File:motor_connection.png | 540px]]

It works fine right now but it needs extra elements or a different type of yarn so it goes down by itself. Some hacks need to be done. But some burning tests on the yarn need to be also done to get the fire controlled.

Another code was develop, one that included the reaction of the motor once the sensor changes its temperature. Some debugging needs to be still done.

This is how the final setup with no fire is looking right now.

[[File:Final_circuit.png | 540px]]

'''THREAD'''
An investigation about how different threads and yarns burn will be made. In the meantime and as a quick search through internet a very interesting [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb4tCcnA6jo video]was found where a girl shows an analysis of how different materials burn.

Some

===OTHER EXPERIMENTS, APPROACHES AND INSPIRATION===

'''FLAME SPEAKER'''

Experiment from 1968. Some people have recreated this experiment but the hazards of building them are great. The equipment required is also very specific and it deals with high voltages and dangerous gases.

More information [http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/PopularElectronics/May1968/Flame_Amplification.htm here]

'''PLASMA SPEAKER'''

The flame of a candle is a plasma effect, with the right gases and the right voltages (also dangerous) a speaker can be built out of it. There is a good [http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-A-Plasma-Speaker/ instructable] about it which shows how to build it.

Information about [http://www.plasma-universe.com/Fire_(flame) Fire and plasma]

'''IONIZED FLAME'''

The whole struggle to separate the ions of a candle's flame are really amazing and not many people can do it. High voltages are needed to create an electric field and with ionized plates the flame creates amazing figures until it dies. There is something quite poetically in separating the elements which composed the flame and then letting it die, it all happens so fast and beautiful.

This is a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7_8Gc_Llr8 video] demonstrating its behavior and the death of it.

GMU:Sensor Hacklab/Azucena Sanchez

2016-06-12T09:26:31Z

Azusnz: /* PROCESS */

=THREADS OF LIGHT (¿?)=

'''fire |ˈfī(ə)r|
noun'''
:1 combustion or burning, in which substances combine chemically with oxygen from the air and typically give out bright light, heat, and smoke: his house was destroyed by fire.
::*a destructive burning of something
::*a collection of fuel, especially wood or coal, burned in a controlled way to provide heat or a means for cooking: our small kettle was kept constantly on the fire.
::*a burning sensation in the body
::*fervent or passionate emotion or enthusiasm
::*literary luminosity; glow
:2 the shooting of projectiles from weapons, especially bullets from guns
verb
:1 stimulate or excite (the imagination or an emotion)

'''passion |ˈpaSHən|
noun'''
:1 strong and barely controllable emotion
::*a state or outburst of strong emotion.
::*intense sexual love
::*an intense desire or enthusiasm for something
::*a thing arousing enthusiasm: modern furniture is a particular passion of Bill's.
:2 (the Passion)the suffering and death of Jesus: meditations on the Passion of Christ.
::*a narrative of the Passion from any of the Gospels.
::*a musical setting of any of the narratives of the Passion: an aria from Bach's St. Matthew Passion.

'''light |līt|
noun'''
:1 the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible
::*a source of illumination, especially an electric lamp
::*[ in sing. ] an expression in someone's eyes indicating a particular emotion or mood
::*the amount or quality of light in a place
:2 understanding of a problem or mystery; enlightenment
::*spiritual illumination by divine truth.
:3 an area of something that is brighter or paler than its surroundings
:4 a device that makes something start burning, as a match, lighter, or flame
:5 a person notable or eminent in a particular sphere of activity or place

===MATERIALS===

*Fire (candle)
*Motors
*Speaker
*Resistors
*Light Bulb with no glass

===SCHEMA===

Six motors with thread in the shaft of a motor will be on top of the installation hidden behind speakers that will be making sound according to the temperature sensors or bulb base with tungsten cables. On the lower part of the installation burning candles will lay on the floor. The thread will be hanging and when it reaches the candle it will start burning. The fire will then go all the way up until it reaches the light base sensor. When its temperature changes, the sound will also change and the motor will release more thread so the process be repeated again.

[[File:Schema2.png | 300px]]

===PROCESS===

'''BULB SENSOR'''

Finding the right bulb sensor.

The tungsten cables that are used to light up a bulb are good sensors for temperature. With the right debugged arduino code they can become in very sensitive heat sensors, they work amazing with fire.

[[File:Bulb_break.png | 300px]]
[[File:First_bulb_test.png | 540px]]

A research was made to find out how the light bulbs work and how to break its glass. Tungsten can be used in many electrical systems, specially involving fire. People have developed experiments such as flame speakers to listen sound through its exposure to fire.

Light bulbs are very aesthetic materials to work on. They do not need to be all the time giving light but many of their parts can be used. Most light bulbs nowadays are made with LED lights or halogen gases, to make them last longer. Finding the correct lightbulbs was a little bit hard.

[[File:3_base_con.png | 540px]]

Three bulbs base were connected to arduino to test different temperatures given by different types of tungsten assembled cables, some were giving numbers from 200 to 400 and others from 500 to 800. This was displayed in the code as the frequency of sound within the speakers. By debugging the code and using the "map" function, the analysis of temperature can be clearer and more precise to a thermometer measurement.

The code was giving some troubles because each one of the speakers connected to the sensor had to have a "tone();" and "noTone();" so each sound would respect the other. Multiple speakers were then connected and working, each one of them reacting to their own sensor.

'''MOTOR'''

For the yarn to be going down a motor was the best option. A slower DC motor with a switch was developed to get to know how it works.

[[File:motor_connection.png | 540px]]

It works fine right now but it needs extra elements or a different type of yarn so it goes down by itself. Some hacks need to be done. But some burning tests on the yarn need to be also done to get the fire controlled.

Another code was develop, one that included the reaction of the motor once the sensor changes its temperature. Some debugging needs to be still done.

This is how the final setup with no fire is looking right now.

[[File:Final_circuit.png | 540px]]

===OTHER EXPERIMENTS, APPROACHES AND INSPIRATION===

'''FLAME SPEAKER'''

Experiment from 1968. Some people have recreated this experiment but the hazards of building them are great. The equipment required is also very specific and it deals with high voltages and dangerous gases.

More information [http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/PopularElectronics/May1968/Flame_Amplification.htm here]

'''PLASMA SPEAKER'''

The flame of a candle is a plasma effect, with the right gases and the right voltages (also dangerous) a speaker can be built out of it. There is a good [http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-A-Plasma-Speaker/ instructable] about it which shows how to build it.

Information about [http://www.plasma-universe.com/Fire_(flame) Fire and plasma]

'''IONIZED FLAME'''

The whole struggle to separate the ions of a candle's flame are really amazing and not many people can do it. High voltages are needed to create an electric field and with ionized plates the flame creates amazing figures until it dies. There is something quite poetically in separating the elements which composed the flame and then letting it die, it all happens so fast and beautiful.

This is a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7_8Gc_Llr8 video] demonstrating its behavior and the death of it.

GMU:Sensor Hacklab/Azucena Sanchez

2016-06-12T09:24:00Z

Azusnz: /* PROCESS */

=THREADS OF LIGHT (¿?)=

'''fire |ˈfī(ə)r|
noun'''
:1 combustion or burning, in which substances combine chemically with oxygen from the air and typically give out bright light, heat, and smoke: his house was destroyed by fire.
::*a destructive burning of something
::*a collection of fuel, especially wood or coal, burned in a controlled way to provide heat or a means for cooking: our small kettle was kept constantly on the fire.
::*a burning sensation in the body
::*fervent or passionate emotion or enthusiasm
::*literary luminosity; glow
:2 the shooting of projectiles from weapons, especially bullets from guns
verb
:1 stimulate or excite (the imagination or an emotion)

'''passion |ˈpaSHən|
noun'''
:1 strong and barely controllable emotion
::*a state or outburst of strong emotion.
::*intense sexual love
::*an intense desire or enthusiasm for something
::*a thing arousing enthusiasm: modern furniture is a particular passion of Bill's.
:2 (the Passion)the suffering and death of Jesus: meditations on the Passion of Christ.
::*a narrative of the Passion from any of the Gospels.
::*a musical setting of any of the narratives of the Passion: an aria from Bach's St. Matthew Passion.

'''light |līt|
noun'''
:1 the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible
::*a source of illumination, especially an electric lamp
::*[ in sing. ] an expression in someone's eyes indicating a particular emotion or mood
::*the amount or quality of light in a place
:2 understanding of a problem or mystery; enlightenment
::*spiritual illumination by divine truth.
:3 an area of something that is brighter or paler than its surroundings
:4 a device that makes something start burning, as a match, lighter, or flame
:5 a person notable or eminent in a particular sphere of activity or place

===MATERIALS===

*Fire (candle)
*Motors
*Speaker
*Resistors
*Light Bulb with no glass

===SCHEMA===

Six motors with thread in the shaft of a motor will be on top of the installation hidden behind speakers that will be making sound according to the temperature sensors or bulb base with tungsten cables. On the lower part of the installation burning candles will lay on the floor. The thread will be hanging and when it reaches the candle it will start burning. The fire will then go all the way up until it reaches the light base sensor. When its temperature changes, the sound will also change and the motor will release more thread so the process be repeated again.

[[File:Schema2.png | 300px]]

===PROCESS===

'''BULB SENSOR'''

Finding the right bulb sensor.

The tungsten cables that are used to light up a bulb are good sensors for temperature. With the right debugged arduino code they can become in very sensitive heat sensors, they work amazing with fire.

[[File:Bulb_break.png | 300px]]
[[File:First_bulb_test.png | 540px]]

A research was made to find out how the light bulbs work and how to break its glass. Tungsten can be used in many electrical systems, specially involving fire. People have developed experiments such as flame speakers to listen sound through its exposure to fire.

Light bulbs are very aesthetic materials to work on. They do not need to be all the time giving light but many of their parts can be used. Most light bulbs nowadays are made with LED lights or halogen gases, to make them last longer. Finding the correct lightbulbs was a little bit hard.

[[File:3_base_con.png | 540px]]

Three bulbs base were connected to arduino to test different temperatures given by different types of tungsten assembled cables, some were giving numbers from 200 to 400 and others from 500 to 800. This was displayed in the code as the frequency of sound within the speakers.

The code was giving some troubles because each one of the speakers connected to the sensor had to have a "tone();" and "noTone();" so each sound would respect the other. Multiple speakers were then connected and working, each one of them reacting to their own sensor.

'''MOTOR'''

For the yarn to be going down a motor was the best option. A slower DC motor with a switch was developed to get to know how it works.

[[File:motor_connection.png | 540px]]

It works fine right now but it needs extra elements or a different type of yarn so it goes down by itself. Some hacks need to be done. But some burning tests on the yarn need to be also done to get the fire controlled.

Another code was develop, one that included the reaction of the motor once the sensor changes its temperature. Some debugging needs to be still done.

This is how the final setup with no fire is looking right now.

[[File:Final_circuit.png | 540px]]

===OTHER EXPERIMENTS, APPROACHES AND INSPIRATION===

'''FLAME SPEAKER'''

Experiment from 1968. Some people have recreated this experiment but the hazards of building them are great. The equipment required is also very specific and it deals with high voltages and dangerous gases.

More information [http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/PopularElectronics/May1968/Flame_Amplification.htm here]

'''PLASMA SPEAKER'''

The flame of a candle is a plasma effect, with the right gases and the right voltages (also dangerous) a speaker can be built out of it. There is a good [http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-A-Plasma-Speaker/ instructable] about it which shows how to build it.

Information about [http://www.plasma-universe.com/Fire_(flame) Fire and plasma]

'''IONIZED FLAME'''

The whole struggle to separate the ions of a candle's flame are really amazing and not many people can do it. High voltages are needed to create an electric field and with ionized plates the flame creates amazing figures until it dies. There is something quite poetically in separating the elements which composed the flame and then letting it die, it all happens so fast and beautiful.

This is a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7_8Gc_Llr8 video] demonstrating its behavior and the death of it.

GMU:Sensor Hacklab/Azucena Sanchez

2016-06-12T09:21:04Z

Azusnz: /* SCHEMA */

=THREADS OF LIGHT (¿?)=

'''fire |ˈfī(ə)r|
noun'''
:1 combustion or burning, in which substances combine chemically with oxygen from the air and typically give out bright light, heat, and smoke: his house was destroyed by fire.
::*a destructive burning of something
::*a collection of fuel, especially wood or coal, burned in a controlled way to provide heat or a means for cooking: our small kettle was kept constantly on the fire.
::*a burning sensation in the body
::*fervent or passionate emotion or enthusiasm
::*literary luminosity; glow
:2 the shooting of projectiles from weapons, especially bullets from guns
verb
:1 stimulate or excite (the imagination or an emotion)

'''passion |ˈpaSHən|
noun'''
:1 strong and barely controllable emotion
::*a state or outburst of strong emotion.
::*intense sexual love
::*an intense desire or enthusiasm for something
::*a thing arousing enthusiasm: modern furniture is a particular passion of Bill's.
:2 (the Passion)the suffering and death of Jesus: meditations on the Passion of Christ.
::*a narrative of the Passion from any of the Gospels.
::*a musical setting of any of the narratives of the Passion: an aria from Bach's St. Matthew Passion.

'''light |līt|
noun'''
:1 the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible
::*a source of illumination, especially an electric lamp
::*[ in sing. ] an expression in someone's eyes indicating a particular emotion or mood
::*the amount or quality of light in a place
:2 understanding of a problem or mystery; enlightenment
::*spiritual illumination by divine truth.
:3 an area of something that is brighter or paler than its surroundings
:4 a device that makes something start burning, as a match, lighter, or flame
:5 a person notable or eminent in a particular sphere of activity or place

===MATERIALS===

*Fire (candle)
*Motors
*Speaker
*Resistors
*Light Bulb with no glass

===SCHEMA===

Six motors with thread in the shaft of a motor will be on top of the installation hidden behind speakers that will be making sound according to the temperature sensors or bulb base with tungsten cables. On the lower part of the installation burning candles will lay on the floor. The thread will be hanging and when it reaches the candle it will start burning. The fire will then go all the way up until it reaches the light base sensor. When its temperature changes, the sound will also change and the motor will release more thread so the process be repeated again.

[[File:Schema2.png | 300px]]

===PROCESS===

'''BULB SENSOR'''

Finding the right bulb sensor.

The tungsten cables that are used to light up a bulb are good sensors for temperature. With the right debugged arduino code they can become in very sensitive heat sensors, they work amazing with fire.

[[File:Bulb_break.png | 300px]]
[[File:First_bulb_test.png | 540px]]

A research was made to find out how the light bulbs work and how to break glass.

Light bulbs are very aesthetic materials to work on. They do not need to be all the time giving light but many of their parts can be used. Most light bulbs nowadays are made with LED lights or halogen gases, to make them last longer.

[[File:3_base_con.png | 540px]]

Three bulbs base were connected to arduino to test different temperatures given by different types of tungsten assembled cables, some were giving numbers from 200 to 400 and others from 500 to 800. This was displayed in the code as the frequency of sound within the speakers.

The code was giving some troubles because each one of the speakers connected to the sensor had to have a "tone();" and "noTone();" so each sound would respect the other. Multiple speakers were then connected and working, each one of them reacting to their own sensor.

'''MOTOR'''

For the yarn to be going down a motor was the best option. A slower DC motor with a switch was developed to get to know how it works.

[[File:motor_connection.png | 540px]]

It works fine right now but it needs extra elements or a different type of yarn so it goes down by itself. Some hacks need to be done. But some burning tests on the yarn need to be also done to get the fire controlled.

Another code was develop, one that included the reaction of the motor once the sensor changes its temperature. Some debugging needs to be still done.

This is how the final setup with no fire is looking right now.

[[File:Final_circuit.png | 540px]]

===OTHER EXPERIMENTS, APPROACHES AND INSPIRATION===

'''FLAME SPEAKER'''

Experiment from 1968. Some people have recreated this experiment but the hazards of building them are great. The equipment required is also very specific and it deals with high voltages and dangerous gases.

More information [http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/PopularElectronics/May1968/Flame_Amplification.htm here]

'''PLASMA SPEAKER'''

The flame of a candle is a plasma effect, with the right gases and the right voltages (also dangerous) a speaker can be built out of it. There is a good [http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-A-Plasma-Speaker/ instructable] about it which shows how to build it.

Information about [http://www.plasma-universe.com/Fire_(flame) Fire and plasma]

'''IONIZED FLAME'''

The whole struggle to separate the ions of a candle's flame are really amazing and not many people can do it. High voltages are needed to create an electric field and with ionized plates the flame creates amazing figures until it dies. There is something quite poetically in separating the elements which composed the flame and then letting it die, it all happens so fast and beautiful.

This is a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7_8Gc_Llr8 video] demonstrating its behavior and the death of it.

GMU:Sensor Hacklab/Azucena Sanchez

2016-06-12T09:17:50Z

Azusnz: /* SCHEMA */

=THREADS OF LIGHT (¿?)=

'''fire |ˈfī(ə)r|
noun'''
:1 combustion or burning, in which substances combine chemically with oxygen from the air and typically give out bright light, heat, and smoke: his house was destroyed by fire.
::*a destructive burning of something
::*a collection of fuel, especially wood or coal, burned in a controlled way to provide heat or a means for cooking: our small kettle was kept constantly on the fire.
::*a burning sensation in the body
::*fervent or passionate emotion or enthusiasm
::*literary luminosity; glow
:2 the shooting of projectiles from weapons, especially bullets from guns
verb
:1 stimulate or excite (the imagination or an emotion)

'''passion |ˈpaSHən|
noun'''
:1 strong and barely controllable emotion
::*a state or outburst of strong emotion.
::*intense sexual love
::*an intense desire or enthusiasm for something
::*a thing arousing enthusiasm: modern furniture is a particular passion of Bill's.
:2 (the Passion)the suffering and death of Jesus: meditations on the Passion of Christ.
::*a narrative of the Passion from any of the Gospels.
::*a musical setting of any of the narratives of the Passion: an aria from Bach's St. Matthew Passion.

'''light |līt|
noun'''
:1 the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible
::*a source of illumination, especially an electric lamp
::*[ in sing. ] an expression in someone's eyes indicating a particular emotion or mood
::*the amount or quality of light in a place
:2 understanding of a problem or mystery; enlightenment
::*spiritual illumination by divine truth.
:3 an area of something that is brighter or paler than its surroundings
:4 a device that makes something start burning, as a match, lighter, or flame
:5 a person notable or eminent in a particular sphere of activity or place

===MATERIALS===

*Fire (candle)
*Motors
*Speaker
*Resistors
*Light Bulb with no glass

===SCHEMA===

Six motors with thread in the shaft of a motor will be on top of the installation hidden behind speakers that will be making sound according to the temperature sensors or bulb base with tungsten cables. On the lower part of the installation burning candles will lay on the floor. The thread will be hanging and when it reaches the candle it will start burning. The fire will then go all the way up until it reaches the light base sensor. When its temperature changes, the sound will also change and the motor will release more yarn so the process be repeated again.

[[File:Schema2.png | 300px]]

===PROCESS===

'''BULB SENSOR'''

Finding the right bulb sensor.

The tungsten cables that are used to light up a bulb are good sensors for temperature. With the right debugged arduino code they can become in very sensitive heat sensors, they work amazing with fire.

[[File:Bulb_break.png | 300px]]
[[File:First_bulb_test.png | 540px]]

A research was made to find out how the light bulbs work and how to break glass.

Light bulbs are very aesthetic materials to work on. They do not need to be all the time giving light but many of their parts can be used. Most light bulbs nowadays are made with LED lights or halogen gases, to make them last longer.

[[File:3_base_con.png | 540px]]

Three bulbs base were connected to arduino to test different temperatures given by different types of tungsten assembled cables, some were giving numbers from 200 to 400 and others from 500 to 800. This was displayed in the code as the frequency of sound within the speakers.

The code was giving some troubles because each one of the speakers connected to the sensor had to have a "tone();" and "noTone();" so each sound would respect the other. Multiple speakers were then connected and working, each one of them reacting to their own sensor.

'''MOTOR'''

For the yarn to be going down a motor was the best option. A slower DC motor with a switch was developed to get to know how it works.

[[File:motor_connection.png | 540px]]

It works fine right now but it needs extra elements or a different type of yarn so it goes down by itself. Some hacks need to be done. But some burning tests on the yarn need to be also done to get the fire controlled.

Another code was develop, one that included the reaction of the motor once the sensor changes its temperature. Some debugging needs to be still done.

This is how the final setup with no fire is looking right now.

[[File:Final_circuit.png | 540px]]

===OTHER EXPERIMENTS, APPROACHES AND INSPIRATION===

'''FLAME SPEAKER'''

Experiment from 1968. Some people have recreated this experiment but the hazards of building them are great. The equipment required is also very specific and it deals with high voltages and dangerous gases.

More information [http://www.swtpc.com/mholley/PopularElectronics/May1968/Flame_Amplification.htm here]

'''PLASMA SPEAKER'''

The flame of a candle is a plasma effect, with the right gases and the right voltages (also dangerous) a speaker can be built out of it. There is a good [http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-A-Plasma-Speaker/ instructable] about it which shows how to build it.

Information about [http://www.plasma-universe.com/Fire_(flame) Fire and plasma]

'''IONIZED FLAME'''

The whole struggle to separate the ions of a candle's flame are really amazing and not many people can do it. High voltages are needed to create an electric field and with ionized plates the flame creates amazing figures until it dies. There is something quite poetically in separating the elements which composed the flame and then letting it die, it all happens so fast and beautiful.

This is a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7_8Gc_Llr8 video] demonstrating its behavior and the death of it.