Lo-fi Ai – v2

Here’s a slideshow of additional research I’ve done on the themes I want to explore:

As you can see, I’ve revised my project quite a bit, as I’ve decided to combine studio/lab requirements to fit one finished piece.

exterior

I’ve become really fascinated with the practice of kintsugi, and the idea of deconstructing/breaking something down in order to make it stronger or reinforced. This was partially derived from the idea of the brain being the INPUT, and the heart being the OUTPUT. I plan on incorporating kintsugi’s physical qualities (metallic fill in cracks) into the case by piecing together its pieces with solder, hopefully creating a similar effect:

Here are some more sketches. I’m not sure what material I will use yet, but I think maybe something like clay or ceramic.

I found a model of a human heart online, and plan on manipulating it in Maya to create a more realistic prototype, also with elements of the brain as well.

interior

The inside will consist of a camera, lcd screen, sensors and Raspberry Pi. The reason I want to use a rPi is because I want to use its server capabilities. The camera would take a picture and the sensors would gather data, all of which would be ran through a program in Matlab – ideally this connection would be wireless.

This weekend I attended a workshop on setting up the rPi and connecting it to your ip-address/email. I have the slides the instructor used, so I plan on referring back to it once I test out my own. I’m interested in the idea of working directly from the command line.

The sensors I will include will be pressure, volume and heat – all of which correspond to senses of the brain (INPUT) and will return analog values. I plan on testing these with Arduino by the end of next week. I don’t plan on having too much trouble with these.

As for the LCD screen which I have tested multiple times this past week, it appears to be an issue regarding my file paths. I feel like I’ve tried moving around everything that I could, but I’m not quite ready to give up. I also plan on resolving this by the end of next week.

After these physical elements are in place (mostly interior), I plan on working mostly with Matlab and network connections with the rPi.