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Box of Wonder

Memoriascope

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An interactive artifact that could be found on a bookshelf or coffee table in a home, where it acts as a decorative piece, and a conduit for nostalgia. Like a scrapbook, Memoriascope is a photo-viewing device to use when missing friends and family, or wanting to reminisce on past times. 

Sofia Ozambela

Cornell University

2023

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Project Overview

Design Challenge
Use a Grove Kit and the Laser Cut box to make an interactive "Box of Wonder"
Process
  1. Concept Development
  2. Prototyping with mechanical components
  3. Programming Arduino components
  4. Personalizing box with laser-cut design
  5. Assembling components in box

Final Demo Video

How it works...

Link to arduino code

Libraries:
Adafruit
Servo.h
ultrasonic.h

When your face is close enough to the view-holes on either side (2 inches or less), the sensors above them trigger a servo motor controlling 3 plastic gears and an LED strip. Looking in each side produces a different light / servo rotation pattern. The box is covered in sparkly, reflective materials to refract the LED lights. The code for the LED patterns is sourced from the Adafruit library.

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