My story is about a man who, symbolically, turns the world around him and his small problems into minor inconveniences around his home that are preventing him from sleeping. Eventually, they consume him in an anger-driven obsession, and he loses himself in his own rage and fixation.

Anger issues are a genuine form of mental illness that can be commonly overlooked and dismissed by many. My story and final product explore the idea of obsession mixed with anger issues, representative of what it can be like to turn minor inconveniences into life-ending problems that one may constantly seek to solve. Keeping focus and drawing inspiration from my initial abstraction and the stories we read in the beginning of this workshop, I created the visual element of a somewhat personified sink, in a constant loop of turning itself on and off in order to nag the viewer.

My final product utilizes technology like servos and LED strips that are powered and coded through Arduino in order to add another element to tell my story without words. The process is looped and virtually infinite, cycling through an irritatingly repetitive set of actions. This was done to invoke the feeling of annoyance and panic so that the viewer can feel a fraction of what the main character of my story felt.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/136Zhl2NH-ui9SYfL8Vh0XmeDsKIjted3AycjeeSrRdE/edit

Accelerometers are specialized sensors that can measure its own rotation relative to gravity. They output the rotation data in analog form which allows for Arduinos to read it using analog input pins.

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {
  int xVal = analogRead(A0);
  int yVal = analogRead(A1);
  int zVal = analogRead(A2);

  Serial.println(xVal);
  Serial.println(yVal);
  Serial.println(zVal);
  Serial.println();

  delay(300);
}

Creating Your Studio Setup

For this activity, you will be creating a space where you can work on your robot over the next two weeks. There are two parts to this activity:

Part 1: Space 

1. To start off, you will need to find a space where you will be able to work, and to clear it off completely. Perhaps you have a desk or table that you can use, or maybe prefer to work on the floor. 
2. Once you have staked your claim and cleared it off, you may want to clean it as well (either wipe it down, brush it off, etc.)
3. Take a picture of your work surface to share with the studio 

Part 2: Materials

1. In addition to the materials we have sent you, collect any other tools you may have or think that you might need.
2. Organize those materials in your space, for how to organize, you can check out this video on Knolling
3. Photograph the materials you have knolled to share with the studio

Deliverable

Once you complete this activity, be sure to take at least  (2) photos of your work surface and knolled materials. We will go over how to post documentations into the Response tab when we meet as a studio.

If you have used the NuVu Platform before AND you remember your password, then skip to STEP 4 and 5. If this is your first time using the Platform or if you have forgotten your password, then follow all of the steps below. 

STEP 1: In the top-right corner, click the word "login." 

STEP 2: When the black menu appears, click "reset password," and enter your school email address, and then click "Send Password Reset Link."

STEP 3: Check your school email account for an email from NuVu. Be sure to check your junk email folder as well if you don't see the email in your inbox. Follow the instructions in the email to reset your password.

STEP 4: You should now see your name in the top right corner. Success! (your screen will look slightly different than mine). Under "Studios" click on our current studio, "Cyborg Enhancements". You can also find this studio by clicking on your name in the top right corner.

STEP 5: You are now on the landing page for our studio for the rest of the term! To let me know that you have succeeded in making it this far, make a celebratory comment under the post "comment here!" This post will only appear if you have logged in successfully.