Hi everybody,
some info about me.
I live in Firenze, I'm an architect and I work with videos.
Don't know much about electronics.
Some info about me and what I do:
Lately I had the chance to direct two workshops in Prato called Low Tech Clips, about making videos with accessible technologies:
http://www.driftingmedia.org/low_tech_clips
This is a website with some projects I developed together with the driftingmedia collective, based in Firenze:
http://www.driftingmedia.org
I also like to repair bicycles :)
http://www1.autistici.org/brugolarossa/
[Brugola Rossa is an independent bicycle repair workshop in Firenze].
contacts:
email:
michele [at] driftingmedia.org
flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ibcbulk/
day 2
I wrote many things about me but not much about Arduino :)
This is a link to a short video shot during the second day of the workshop:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv8sKOC4RWg.
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After many efforts, and with the help of Massimo, Gianluca and Neill I managed to do this (I know, the circuit is a shame :) but it worked):
A potentiometer, the black one on the left, controls the brithness of a green LED. Then a LDR (Light Dependent Resistor), according to the brightness of the LED controls the velocity of a motor (the one on the rigt).
day 3
The last day.
Giacomo, Emanuele and me formed a group. Our aim was to build a machine able to move towards the light.
We called it 'Turbolight', or, as Neill suggested, 'Turbolight 7000' (thanks Neill).
Despite of its fancy 80's-like name, 'Turbolight' prototype, once finished, was not able to move. It was too heavy.
:(
Some pictures:
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