Le proposale de final

So after a lot of thinking, I think I have something in mind to do. I guess.. I do.. might.. maybe..
What I have in mind is kind of a mood-buddy. The physical structure goes like this:
A four-sided pyramid. The triangular sides refer to different moods/personalities and the square base is where the structure opens out to life.

The Narrative:
Why prism?
If light is to mood-buddy, spectral colors are to different moods... what?!!
Mood-buddy is a full character, but when it is placed on different sides, the character changes mood depending on that.
The main idea is this; sometimes it's quite hard to get along with life and sometimes all we need is comfort from someone/anyone. The mood-buddy is there just to share feelings.


The Technicality:
Four sides = four buttons. The toy will have a weight inside that will be heavy enough to press the button on whatever side it is.
As output I'm not sure what to use: LED and sound is my plan for now. The square base is where the output is going to come from.


What's up next:
First I have to decide on which kind moods I need and how to represent them. Later on I will start working on the patch and board. Hopefully..

Curtis Bain

Wow.. It's so interesting to see someone from the beginning of Max/Msp and physical computing. I can't even think about the days where there were no chips to upload and work directly from the computer.
Even though I'm not interested in the musical aspect of this program, I loved how Curtis Bain created something new without interacting with the computer. Especially putting up a dance show with the instruments in hand sounds interesting, but something feels wrong there. If the dancer has the control to do the music, where does the musician stand? I'm a little stuck at this question, but still I'm in love with the idea.
Nice meeting with you Curtis Bain! Come again!

da patch

I guess this is the final patch I have for the midterm.. I bet I'm gonna have a lot of problems running it tomorrow!
Good luck people..

still progress..

As I go on working in this project, it looks a lot more boring day by day. I was hoping to add some visuals but I guess it's too late?
So here is the latest patch. I'm planning to add another sound and that's it. Physical computing-wise, The buttons are connected to the arduino, but the box is not ready yet.
It's on the way.. on the way..

progress!!

Well, finally the project got on some solid ground. Right now the patch is reading the digital inputs and play the sound it's assigned.
Now all it's left is to bring the all the sound together in that patch and hook up some more buttons.
now I need a drink.

hmm, how?

I've been thinking how to connect physical computing with Max/MSP. Well, I stopped thinking and looked for it, here's a link for how to connect a joystick to max/msp and so..

http://www.cycling74.com/story/2007/3/12/113645/135

Brainstorming.. still..

Well, I was thinking about some ways to manage my midterm idea. The red seatings at the lab were my target at the beginning. So when someone sits on them, lights will turn on towards them to give a feeling that they are on stage. When sitting there, you can see almost every part of the lab, but with this idea this time the seated person will be on stage, turn into a spectacle and so on..
As I went on thinking, I planned to put these traps all over the lab, but figured that it's going to take a lot of time and knowledge.
So I shifted to another idea. Still focusing on a physical project, I decided to have a kind of instrument:
Here we have a grid of 12 boxes with buttons/sensors in it. They are covered with some kind of paper or maybe soft fabric to give a feeling of a drum. When hit/waved/pressed, the box with make a sound. As every box has its' own sound, but the problem is I'm not sure what kind of sound they should have.
Oh and also every row will have a certain beat going on. Let's say we have a "hey!" sound on the first row; when interacted once the sound will go "hey! hey! hey! hey!".
So I'm thinking about a beatbox now.. but my mind is changing all the time. ARGH!!