Because the light pattern is really important to my project, I experimented with cutting a bunch of different patterns for my look and feel prototypes. After last weeks' iteration, I decided that something linear would be more effective than the circular pattern I originally started with.
I've decided to move forward with a combination of these two: I like the smaller slits, but it's more effective to have the exterior slits be vertical, interacting with the interior diagonal slits.
One of my biggest struggles at the moment is how to get the base of the column to move vertically, so I've been experimenting with different attachments for the servo motor.
I was also playing around with look/feel/use prototypes in Processing, to test different patterns in the space, and the latest version can be played with HERE.
I have a couple videos of the motors working but I can't get them onto my computer, so I can demonstrate in class instead.
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