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= Respiring Reflections = | === Respiring Reflections === | ||
This project is called "'''Respiring Reflections'''", a bubble machine which is connected with Pothos plants in an enclosed environment. Read below to follow the process and story behind the making of this project. | |||
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=== First Experiments === | === First Experiments === | ||
In the beginning of our semester, we were given some seeds to be grown at home. This was our first experiments for this class. I was growing Chia seeds (and also apple seeds that didn't really grow into anything) on a piece of cotton and inside a plastic bag. I have not done this since school time, so it was interesting and fun. During our first experiments in growing seeds, we documented our plants' progress. I documented it in form of pictures and diary entries. | In the beginning of our semester, we were given some seeds to be grown at home. This was our first experiments for this class. I was growing Chia seeds (and also apple seeds that didn't really grow into anything) on a piece of cotton and inside a plastic bag. I have not done this since school time, so it was interesting and fun. During our first experiments in growing seeds, we documented our plants' progress. I documented it in form of pictures and diary entries. | ||
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=== Motivation === | === Motivation === | ||
After attending a few sessions of this class, I started brainstorming what could my topic of interest be. Honestly it was a bit confusing and challenging to try combining/connecting plants and electronics somehow. Before this bubble machine idea came up, I had some more ideas and sketched them in my notebook. In the end, I was interested in the respiration process of my plants and decided to make a bubble machine which can visualize the respiration process/cycle of my plants. | After attending a few sessions of this class, I started brainstorming what could my topic of interest be. Honestly it was a bit confusing and challenging to try combining/connecting plants and electronics somehow. Before this bubble machine idea came up, I had some more ideas and sketched them in my notebook. In the end, I was interested in the respiration process of my plants and decided to make a bubble machine which can visualize the respiration process/cycle of my plants. I think bubbles are fun and matches the concept of respiration, since they are somewhat transparent/translucent, and we cannot really observe the plants' respiration. With the bubbles, I was trying to simulate or reflect the respiration, hence the project name "'''Respiring Reflections'''". | ||
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Before the bubble machine idea, I already decided to grow Pothos plants from cuttlings and documented their growth. During the process, that was where I started to think: "Are my plants breathing? They seem fine, their leaves are green... but are they really okay?" The idea was that the soap bubbles quantity would be according to the CO<sub>2</sub> level of the plants' enclosed environment, divided into three categories: Low, Medium and High CO<small>2</small> level. When the CO<small>2</small> level in the plants' environment rises, then there will be more soap bubbles. In order to do so, I watched videos and read blogs/forums related to the DIY bubble maker machine, until I had a plan on the materials needed and how to make it. | |||
You can find my initial project mood board here: https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVLBm7F8w=/?share_link_id=117991010729 | |||
=== Materials === | === Materials === | ||
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* 10kΩ resistor | * 10kΩ resistor | ||
* Power supply 12 volts | * Power supply 12 volts | ||
* Buck converter 12 volts to 5 volts | * Buck converter 12 volts to 5 volts | ||
* Acrylic sheets | * Acrylic sheets | ||
* Bubble sticks | |||
* Soap bubble liquid | |||
* Lots of cables... | * Lots of cables... | ||
=== First Prototype === | === Respiring Reflections - First Prototype === | ||
=== Final Prototype (Winterwerkschau) === | === Respiring Reflections - Final Prototype (Winterwerkschau) === | ||
final prototype | final prototype | ||
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=== Code === | === Code === | ||
After some learning, it was decided that to make more soap bubbles, the stepper motor needs to rotate faster. | |||
=== Self-reflection === | === Self-reflection === | ||
self-reflection | |||
=== Future Work === | === Future Work === | ||
future work | |||
=== Gallery === | === Gallery === | ||