#connected-devices

I was think about building a solar power website since working on the solar project for energy class. I was give up on this idea because I don’t know what kind of content I want to put into the site. I would like back to this idea because I would like have the basic functionality running before graduation. So I can keep working on the digital content part later after my ITP study.

I knew the idea of solar powered website since one of the reading week at Tech&Society club.

I also found https://wp.nyu.edu/solarpoweredmedia/ that semester. I think build a server with Raspberry Pi, and use solar panel to power the server.

What: I want to make a wearable device (solar wing) that other people can control part of it though log in to the website. The wearable will have feedback based on the solar power, and the data received from the viewers. And the viewers will each act as a digital moths/butterflies on their device.

Why: During school times, I spent so much time neither at ITP, or at home. I haven’t experience outside environment that much. I want to use this device let me go outside and enjoy the sun. And since anyone can join the website, this can be a way I talk with strangers.

How: I will use solar panel to power the speaker and the GPS Module Receiver, and send those data to the webhost. And the gps data will be how the moths/butterflies flys in the website, and the viewer can control the moth by ”wasd” or drag their phone. And those drags will sent back to the solar wing, and the speaker will tell me how to move.

I ‘m create two dynamic maps for both the physical and digital devices.

When I think about the topic we cover in this class, I think about network ecosystems, data, information, interface and surveillance. I am always into those topics. And I think make a device to device project about surveillance and interface sounds cool for myself.

I went office hour with Shawn and we think those words are very big, I need to start with things more detailed. And he said think about recommendation system might be a good start.

Later I was looking at some art projects about surveillance.

I think I would like do something about camera, machine learning(computer vision), and network system.

I am familiar with the computer vision part, but not so sure about how network system will be part of this project.

I know it's still a blurry, and it's due in one week. But I will have a prototype by next week and keep working it after midterm.

Here is a video about the HID device to mobile phone that Yontan and I worked on last week. Yes, it's working now!

So for this week, I do have a real world setting for the HID device that I'm trying to made.

I submitted a olde artwork to a show. And the curator want to change the mouse based interaction to all the buttons. She was thinking so that user can push those buttons at the wall.

First, I built all 5 buttons to control the top, down, left, right, and left-click for the mouse.

Based on the Button Mouse Control code on arduino's office website (which Tom wrote 10 years ago)

I had the button based mouse working well.

8. Code reference: Arduino HTTP client & HTTP client Get JSON.

[Not resolved] What is the use case of the SPI library?

Circuit:

When I ran the Arduino code, posted here, this is how the command line worked.

CONNECTING WITH THE HUB

1. I started with this guide. I realized that this is the part that Tom had already demoed in the class including this link.

2. But that’s when I realized that I have to connect to the device first. 

3. Below is the screenshot that shows the success of msg and user key.

It took some formatting to make it work including space and putting the right IP address of the hub but then I reached another bump.