First of all, sorry for the long time since I have post some. I was ill! Today I will give you some information what I did for the Webserver and Database and sensor data input. For the Webserver I use Apache2, the Database is MariaDB with P...
So each step seems to have its pros and cons today I prepared a video for you on the carving process So the program I am using for carving is https://www.vectric.com/products/vcarve-pro And the CNC I will be using is my MPCNC v...
I will say this right from the start here. I had an Idea in my head and ran with it what happens well you will see and so will I as I have never attempted a project of this size or nature so lets get started! First thing first. What I...
Hi, After some troubles, finally I got the Image Stylization / Style Transfer presented in the Blog #2 running on the Raspberry Pi. The first challenge was to install Torch and TorchVision on the Raspberry Pi. Looks like the binaries are no...
Art is often made to appeal to a specific set of viewers. This is the 9th blog in a series exploring the idea of using AI to recognize a viewer and adapt art to their age or interest. The intent is to encourage early art appreciation whil...
Hello everyone, got hung up with some commitments and thus the project has been running very slowly lately. I prepared the workflow but never got time to update the same of the forum. I will be posting three consecutive blogs to tell about the workfl...
In my unofficial attempt at the Picasso Design Challenge I have made some progress and I now have two motor units fixed to the display screen. I did have some problems in drilling the acrylic sheet used to make the holder for the display as it is ver...
The last PiCassoTizer blog showed how the touch screen was going to work using image processing on Raspberry Pi's to monitor finger position.This blog shows the other end, where a Raspberry Pi is used to edit screen graphics using external position i...
For the 7th update (Part 1 of 2) I have come up with a motor that should work. I bought an old sewing machine and removed the motor. I took apart the foot control and mounted it to my project so now it is hand controled. Below are pictures and a shor...
Work on my unofficial entry into the Picasso challenge has been continuing, even if a little slowly. After a great deal of messing around and redesigning I have finally managed to design and 3D print the two plastic holders for the stepper motors tha...
This project has gotten off to a very slow, very rocky start, but it is still alive - barely. There are still some key parts on order, but I have been able to get some image processing sorted out.Here is a little description of how the bi...
Getting the NeoPixel to work with Raspberry Pi I am using a NeoPixel Ring as the lighting element of the lantern. The changing of colors and rotation of lights will be a nice fit to make a rotating lantern. Last week, I was just to g...
Introduction
A Window to the Outer World
Making the Magic Mirror
The Base Design
Sensing the Visitors
Dressing the Sensor in Style
Finishing the Assembly
The Ultrasonic Sensor: Circuit and Software
Driving the Ultrasonic Sensor
Mag...
Art is often made to appeal to a specific set of viewers. This is the 8th blog in a series exploring the idea of using AI to recognize a viewer and adapt art to their age or interest. The intent is to encourage early art appreciation whil...
Introduction All art movements used to have manifestos, at least the more radical ones at the start of the twentieth century did, so I thought I'd do one for electronic art where the manifesto was, itself, an artwork. The main art influence ...
Initial setupI’ve connected RPi to TV to perform initial configuration as it doesn’t have ssh service enabled by default anymore.OS installationI’ve selected Raspbian Stretch With Desktop as my OS for RPi. It seems the most popular OS for RPi and I h...
This update is the wiring of the power to the globe. The below photos and explanations of each, describe exactly what I did. I also include a video at the end. First photo is of the Positive wires that power the Raspberry Pi and the LED's: ...
Blog 5 update is the drive system for the globe to spin. I am using a pully system with a rotary tool as the motor. After lots of testing over the past week I found that the motor can't handle the tension and started to burn up. This is a little ...
Introduction
Audio Out
The Hardware Choice
A Voice for Seven Of Nine
The Phrases Creation Engine
Connecting Seven Of Nine to the Community
Register a Twitter Account as Developer
Creating the Twitter Libraries
The Sending Twitter Pyth...
Painting the backgroundMy most recent work involved painting the watercolor background. I have chosen Ampersand Aquabord for this in a 22x30" size, as it is firm and will allow me to drill holes for the fiber optics, as well as for m...
Hi, Today, I got progress on the software part of the project. I started searching for stylization / style transfer implementations and I found one that may be suitable for the Raspberry Pi. Image stylization / style transfer is a process t...
Getting the right colors for the project I did a google on "color therapy". There are tons of articles about the topic. I read some of the articles trying to find out what colors and combinations of colors for my project. I have...
