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Final Project Submission

Final Project Laser testing

Final Project Kmart Trip

Final Project Prototyping 3

Final Project Prototyping 2

Final Project Elevator Pitch

Final Project Prototyping 1

Final Studio Planning and Idea Forming

Leading up to submission we have all been working day in and day out doing everything we can to make the project up to our personal standards.

The testing for the laser has been extremely successful so far. Megan and I bought a broken subwoofer and repaired it, it works so well and is really effective for the frequencies. High frequencies don’t show very well with the laser however as they move a tiny amount. 

As a group, and as friends, we decided to take a day out to go to Kmart together and see if we could get some inspiration or even just some good items to use with our project. This was a fun time for all of us and as we had fun together we also became more productive and inspired to try newer things. It was refreshing for us to go out together instead of being in the studio all the time. Heading back to my place we decided to mess around with lights and long exposure images for fun as we were simply dancing with lights in my room. This sparked the idea of using long exposures of a laser aimed at a mirror strapped onto a speaker. This was the ‘Happy accident’ we had been looking for through all our testing. Sherry later that night went home and tested it out and we loved what we saw. This was a new burst of motivation for the entire group.

Moving onto the next installment we are looking at how we can print the frequencies into a physical thing. The use of nail polish on the top of water as they are immiscible, then placing that on top of the speaker using a bowl, we were able to create art pieces. This was great and was really good however it wasn’t accurate to the frequencies as the nail polish was very thick.

The new method we tried was holding cling wrap above the speaker and for a split second turn the volume of the frequency to maximum. This would cause the liquid to fly up based on the frequencies in different shapes accordingly. Then we would place the inky cling wrap on top of the paper leaving a print. We moved on to trying a whole lot of different liquids. From nail polish to paint and ink too. We messed around with the thickness of the liquid. The major downfall for this was it was so messy it was impractical to ever use. It was also so loud it was near painful. This led us to scrap this idea although the creations were great.

The next thing we want to try with our project is the use of a black light and fluorescent fluids to add more wow factor. Main issues with this was the cornstarch to make oobleck removed the glowing effect from the fluid. This also raised the question of how will this fit our concept. Yes it is cool but how is this useful for what we want to achieve.  Another issue with this is also that it need pitch black darkness to properly glow. That is unrealistic in terms of assessment and showcase both. We’ll discuss as a group and see where we want to go from here.

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Signal - Final Project - Sound  

Looking into oobleck and speakers in videos such as the Non Newtonian fluid in slow motion by the slow mo guys.