Jelly/Creature LED Workshops

Saturday August 2 2024 As part of the 2024 Festival, we'd like to build out our fleet of LED-strip "jellyfish" creatures. The existing fleet lives as 3 strands of 6 individuals each that live in the enchanted forest installation on the third floor.  The goal is to build 3-4 more…

12:1 Scale Working "Polar"oid Camera

V1.0 - Feb 2024 - for BriteWinter 2024, V2.0 Coming Fall 2024 12:1 Scale model replica of the first plastic Polaroid (R) cameras from the early seventies. The camera is functional, powered by a Canon DSLR and Mac Mini computer, external flash, a button, "view-finders" and other…

Meshed Jellies

V 1.0 - September 2023 Music Is Art - Buffalo, NY - 9/9/23 Ingenuity Festival - Cleveland, OH - 9/22-24/23 Uses ESP32/Arduino, FastLED, PainlessMesh. Approx. 18 devices were hung above the audience, communicating within a mesh network. Occasionally an individual will randomly choose to…

Lighthouse LEDs

V1.0 - Feb 2023, V2.0 May 2023 Large-scale implementation using 2000+ individual SK6812 LEDS + ESP32 Ethernet Dev Kit. Uses FastLED, I2SClocklessLEDDriver. Can be controlled externally via ethernet. Specs & Parameters * LEDs used: SK6812 (coating: 67) * Density: 30/meter * total strips: 10+ * cut-and-solder: NO, used factory connectors (ends free) * mounting:…

Sound Reactive Infinite Knots

V1.0 Music is Art - Buffalo, NY - 9/10/22 Ingenuity Festival - Cleveland, OH - 9/23-25/22 Specs & Parameters * LEDs used: SK6812 (coating: 67) * Density: 30/meter * total strips: 10+ * cut-and-solder: yes, extensively * mounting: in grid form, see pics, mounted on tarps * power: 2X 5V20A * data:…

DIY-style Sound Diffusion

V1.0/Proof of Concept Ingenuity Festival 2023 - Cleveland, OH - 9/22-24/23 Answered the question, "What's the easiest/fastest/cheapest way to make a piece with 8 channels?" [Soon: Answer the question, "how many speakers can this thing support?"] Material: 8 "junk-picked" speakers or small speaker components…

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