design for the 5 senses by makiko saito

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project 4 : inTension with Michael J. Horan

parts pix

top part (upside-down)

bottom from the top

bottom from the bottom

under the base, there is another sheet of wood with bungee cords connected to piezo sensors.

from the top

closer look of the base constraction

from the side

bungee cords with piezos

breadboards with midi connectors

close-to-final prototype

eric fino, who is 6'5" hight, can stand on our project and play it! once eric plucks a bungee code, an attatched piezo senses its vibration and send the value to PIC. PIC sends the value to MAX/MSP to play sound.

how does it actually work? play movie...

things to be done before the show

  • connecting 17 more bungee codes and piezo sensors
  • additional PIC programming
  • changing sounds