Ghost
Concept
Ghost is a project that deals with using physical contact to illustrate the idea of the movement and exchange of ideas, data, personality, and etcetera between people.
Procedure
1. Using 9 perfboards, 182 LEDs are arranged to form an image of a ghost on the chest of each person.
2. LEDs are wired in parallel so that rows of LEDs will turn on independently from the next. This allows more creative control in the transfer of ghosts from one person to the next.
3. Once the ghost image is arranged, the perfboard is then wired to the Arduino board containing the “brains of the operation.”
4. We will be using batteries to power each person’s ghost.
| 1st Prototype 09.28.2006 Process: We began to build out a scaled down prototype of our original ‘Ghost’ concept. This prototype is two characters with LED lights on their chest to create an image of a ghost. One character has a ghost lit up on their chest and when the hands connect together, the ghost leaves the body of the first character and resides on the second character. This interaction works both ways. material : aruion board + 20 blue LEDs + 20 white LEDs + handmade switch Prototype pictures Prototype movies Prototype code for Arduino |
| 2nd Prototype 10.19.2006 Process: LED matrix design on perf board, soldering LEDs on perf board, Arduino programing for Ghost prototype perf board prototype material : 144 LEDs per one ghost + 2 perf board LEDs Prototype on perf board Programing prototype material : arduino board + 3 LEDs + 2 switchs Prototype movie Programing prototype |
| 3rd Prototype 10.26.2006 Process: bech supply test – 182 LEDs require 1.0~2.0 amps, battery test, soldering LEDs on perf board, Arduino programing for Ghost prototype Programing prototype material : arduino board + 182 LEDs + 2 set of switch with conductive fabric Prototype pictures Prototype movie Programing prototype |
| final Production 10.31.2006 Process: sawing costume, connecting whole pices together, working test, performance on halloween parade in Greenwich Village Final production pictures Final production movie Final code for production |
| Do you want to contact us? Ji Sun Lee, Emery Martin, Robert C. Moon |
