Final Project Documentation In this post, I will report on the final state of my project for the class, as well as provide all the technical details and data necessary to recreate the model. Project Result I was able to accomplish my initial goal, and I think my result is even better than my original…
Author: Vincent Miller
Polish and Present: Vincent Miller
Finishing the Sphere After a busy final week, my project has very quickly taken form. I left off last week with the bottom half functionally complete, but aesthetically lacking due to a missing top half. This week, I had to get the top half printed, glue in all the LEDs, solder all the additional wiring…
Week 5: Vincent Miller
At the start of this week, there was one main hurdle left to overcome before having a working version of my project. Earlier versions used very simple code that would just cycle through LEDs to show that the wiring works. This week, it was time to write the code for actually simulating the neurons, in…
Successes and Failures: Vincent Miller
This week I set out to tackle the two parts of my project that I believed would be the most challenging: 3D printing a frame for my light art project, and wiring up multiple LEDs with a shift register. Before I start, huge thanks to Will Schwartz for printing the two models for me! I…
Maquette: Vincent Miller
My maquette consists of three elements. I’m still going with the concept of visualizing neurons using LEDs, and I’ve decided that using El Wire to show the connections electronically would be too much wiring for this project. Therefore, I’ve decided to continue with my initial plan to use one LED for each neuron. However, based…
Project Proposals: Vincent Miller
I’ve had a couple ideas about what to do for my final project. I’ve put more thought into the first one, and I’m leaning towards that. However, I wanted to put both here and see what other people think. Idea 1: A Representation of Neurons The idea here is to create a dynamic piece of…
Light Artist Presentation: Jim Campbell
Introduction Jim Campbell is a contemporary light artist who has been working with various forms of light art for thirty years. His most recent works feature lots of ultra-low-resolution imagery, such as what we saw in class on the FadeCandy board. On these screens, the details of images are impossible to discern, and we are forced…
Introduction: Vincent Miller
I’m Vincent Miller, and I’m a senior at WPI. I’m majoring in IMGD tech, and although I’m primarily a programmer, my interest in games has led me to pick up some art skills as well. Since I’m in this class you already know that I’m doing art as my humanities depth. The art classes I…