Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Automated Exchange of Art...Great but how?!

The idea that my group decided on is pretty much an automated exchange of art.

We are all really excited about this, especially because it is really merging technology with a form of social change...via an exchange of art.  You dont have to visit a gallery to see or obtain art....instead we will facilitate it!

Group Defined Constraints:
-Must be portable
-Must use Arduino
-Must effectively facilitate exchange of art
-Scale must be relatively small...what we figured would fit in an oversized backpack
-Form- simple....that way it wont take away from the art itself or the beauty of the idea overall

Since one of our group members already had an oversized (camping) backpack, the scale of the project was largely catered to this constraint in terms of size.  When we went looking for components to make the mechanical system of the device, we ran across an old printer.  This could then be modified and then added to  make up the mechanical drivers! Very exciting!

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