Making the structure of the lantern I have been thinking a lot the structure of the lantern and some ways to hang lantern from the top or a stand to hold the lantern. But they all post some mechanical constrains to the rotation of the lant...
Art is often made to appeal to a specific set of viewers. This is the 7th 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
The MDK in Practice
An Example of MDK use: Streaming the Pi Camera
The Eye Light: I Have the Problem but Also the Solution
Hardware
Software
Arming 7 of 9
Hardware
Software
Installing the Updates
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I have explored many examples of Open CV in Processing. This video focus is my daughter Katie who just graduated from the Alberta School of Design in web design. The Face Detection is a bit creepy and only captures the guy standing behind...
Welcome to my 4th Blog of the POV Globe. The subject of this update isn't what I has planned on, it was to be about hooking up the motor and get the globe turning. Unfortunately the motor I have isn't powerful enough to get up to the speed I ...
Well my first design for the window frame was a complete failure. Rather than looking like a window it looked awful. Rather than being able to use re-purposed plastic product I am going to have to use wood to get the natural look I want. On the...
I started testing my own images and thought the results were cool. I'm next going to experiment with the camera and try Face Recognition (I will be using my daughter) , Object Tracking (probably the crows outside) and other examples. Compute...
I have been derelict in blogging about this project for a host of reasons, but hopefully I am now squared away enough to focus more on this project. I have been researching and planning and ordering parts and all that boring stuff, so there isn't any...
Introduction
7 of 9 Beta
The Mannequin Development Kit (MDK)
Step 1 - Raspbian
Step 2 - VNC Server and Remote Access to the PI
Step 3 - PiFace Digital 2
Step 4 - Programming Arduino
Step 5 - Preparing to Move
7 of 9 Beta Features
Th...
Art is often made to appeal to a specific set of viewers. This is the 6th 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
Fitting the Brain in Place
Designing the Rail Support
Assembling the Brain
What is the White Band Glued to the Neck?
The New Eye Implant
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IntroductionThe last assembly effort was finding a w...
Once I was happy with all necessary the details in my project design, I started 3d-printing all the parts required to begin testing the assembly which overall is looking really good!. 3-D Print settingsBelow the settings used:Printer: Creality C...
Introduction
Populating the Body Bottom
The Fire Light Lamp
The Third Power supply and High Voltage Wiring
Finishing the Back Spine Implant (External Wiring)
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IntroductionEverything is easy when the test b...
Introduction
Creating the Eye Implant
The Incompatibility Between the NeoPixel Library and the Stepper Library
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IntroductionAs the project evolves, issues arise. It is worth to point the attention on the most ...
Introduction I'm following along with this Design Challenge as an independent participant, not as one of the challengers (that's because I don't agreewith the T&Cs); so I'm ruling myself out of winning any of the prizes, even the finisher pr...
Meet the Stars - Part 1
1. Introduction
2. BRACCIO
The Kit
The Library
3. GUI
Arduino
C#
Playing around with BRACCIO
4. Disassembly
Time to take it apart
5. 3D model
Parts
6. Plans
7. Conclusion
1. Introduction&...
Installing: I did a variation on the instructions to get the board working. I had to write a older version of the Operating system from 2016 to a SD card. Using the current image , I could not find the PIFace software to install from...
Art is often made to appeal to a specific set of viewers. This is the 5th 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...
Processing is a open source graphical library. Simply download the image that has processing installed. This includes examples and libraries. If you are new to Raspberry Pi you can Get Started using the Raspberry Pi foundation guides. &nbs...
Hi everyone, This weeks update is a bit more then I figured. I got quite a bit completed on the building of the globe. As you will see I created the base for the globe, top part to support the north end of the globe and have the LED's attach...
For my unofficial contribution to the Picasso Design Challenge the holonomic mobile robot will support or carry a colour graphic display showing the magnified image of the artwork that is underneath. The four corner direction and drive motor units wi...
Art is often made to appeal to a specific set of viewers. This is the 4th 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...
After the selection as a sponsored design challenger I started planning about the build and articulating about the tools and software required for the same. In the mean time I received the kit for the same. Below is the brief unboxing and the compone...
