GMU:Bioelectronics, aesthetics and other interesting things/Di Yang

Hear the whisper of flowers

As we all know, there are lots of languages of flower that we human write for them. For example, Daisy: Innocence and Tulips: Love, Fame,etc. So, these words and sentences are created by man and why not let the flowers speak for themselves ?

So, my idea is to use the circuit of plant sensing, which involves arduino, to set up a installment consisting of different types of flowers. So when they are touched by people, they can speak for their own. I am curious to see, if they are speaking the same language or not. And I also want to see how the languages change from the bud to wilting. And the data I get from the arduino will be sent to processing to create corresponding fractals.

Time-Lapse: Watch Flowers Bloom Before Your Eyes [1]

Circuit

I use another circuit different from the ones we have seen in the course to amplify the signals, but the basic principle is the same. I also put a passive speaker on the breadboard, so this installment has no need to rely on the external speaker.

Components: - 1*Arduino board - 1*Breadboard - 1*USB cable - Jumper wires - 1*Passive buzzer - 1*Resistor(10KΩ) - 1* NPN Transistor S8050 - Plants