protocoLED

This is the moonflower prototype as it stands (Presently!). This slide show below documents it in action. Have a look and comment with any comments and critique. Thanks!

The slide show below this documents the final prototype and details of the build.

After taking into consideration in class discussions, we revamped our old design model and thought of a new design for the moonflower. This one takes into consideration certain restrictions that the old one did not. For example, the 180 LED's required for the old lamp schematic just could not have been powered by the arduino's with the present technology and knowledge base we have.

Some of the questions posed in class and our answers to them;

What kind of light do you want to use? (What is its purpose and where does it live?)
The moonflower is meant to be both evocative and poetic. It is essentially nocturnal - lifeless during the day, it starts glowing as the light fades and is at its brightest in the dark.

As seen in the render, the moon flower is actually a random number of flowers pointing in seemingly random directions. Each flower uses one pair of white LEDs which when dark, glow softly creating an anbience that is poetic, romantic and soothing - it is a mood light focused on a more aesthetic strata.

What materials do you plan to use? How can the light change expressions?
We planned to use origami flowers made from Gateway or Tracing Paper to diffuse and shape the light generated from each 'flower'. This as shown in the render provides something evocative and aesthetic in our opinion

What are your inspirations?
Well quite obviously one of our inspirations came from the sunflower. They turn towards light, in this case the sun. The moonflower in turn lights up the darkness.