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Revision as of 15:24, 2 October 2019

Google Muscle

This setup allows the user to make a google image search which is triggered by the signals coming from the muscles. The idea behind is to show the connection between our boddies and technology. Every device we have act as a limb for us now. Life without internet and instant communication is not possible. There is a strong bound which is getting stronger as we continue our lives with these technologies.

It is possible to cycle through different search options such as "God", "Human" and "Computer". Each of these options requires a different level of signal. For example in order to trigger the "God" option, connected muscle should produce the input level of 300. This level increases to reach the "Computer" option.

How To Set Things Up

Components

1. Arduino 2. 9v Batteries x2 3. EMG Muscle Sensor with the electrode cable 4. Battery Sockets (Optional) x3 5. 2 Jumper Cables 6. Breadboard


The first thing we need in order to make this setup work is the EMG muscle sensor which can be found online. Then we need to place the sensor on the breadboard. Then two cables should be connected to pins that says SIG and GND. SIG cable goes to any anolog input on our Arduino, in this case it's A0. GND cable goes to any GND input on our Arduino.

Second part is connecting the batteries.


File:Muscle Google 2.maxpat

File:sketch_sep20a.ino

Concept

We are getting involved with technology each day as if the tools of technology almost became our limbs. We also have great knowledge and skill to use this tools, maybe even more skillfully than our actually limbs and muscles. Although,this seems like a dark and dystopian world, our bodies have been evolving in a way that our fingers have more importance than the other limbs.

So I decided to take it to another level by connecting the signals from our muscles to Google Image Search.


The electricity which flows through our muscles will be detected by an Ardunio and It will be turned into numbers. Depending of the range of the numbers, Max will be produce a combination of maximum 5 or 6 letters and search these on Google Images. The idea is to show the first image of the search result. This way a language between the computer and our body can be defined and a performance can be demonsrated.

Process

First thing to figure out was to how to get data from google in order to display the images of the search results. I came up with this simple patch. It's altering the image search link by adding another word at the end with append object.

Max google.PNG