Practice Project(The Mood Room)

By Amy Watkins

Initial Concept and Idea

My first project was a traffic light system to indicate mood based on a reading from a temperature sensor.

The concept behind this project seemed solid, although through practice it became clear that the results were both unreliable and hazy.

Temperature Sensor

Reflections of My Initial Project

• Expanded my knowledge of arduino vastly

• Allowed me to discover more reliable ways of collating data and findings

• Extenuated how important aesthetics are, and that my next concept should be more visually pleasing

• The data given by the temperature sensor was very inaccurate, therefore this allowed me to experiment with other sensors.

Secondary and Final Ideas

• Using what I have learned from my first project, I am going to be more focused on aesthetics as well as the technical process.

• I am also going to be using different sensors for detection as the results from the temperature sensor were to varied.

• The ‘mood detection’ basis will still remain.

My Concept

• The ‘Mood Room’

• A similar concept as the traffic light system, indicating lights through a sensor, this time the lights will be a mix of colour depending on the variable given.

• The sensor I will be using (and making) will be a heart rate monitor as I believe the simple structure will provide more accurate data.

Mood Room Inspiration

Colours and Moods

Although there is no distinct measure of colour and mood, I believe this chart had a fair indication. However, I will have to take this information and create my own chart based on colours and heart rate. Rather than using standard colours (much like my traffic light system) I want to use a mix and array of coloursto show many variables, not just three.

My Design

My original drawing, although incomplete, shows the mood room basis idea. To have a chair in which the heart rate monitor is situated in the arm, so that it can be read through the fingertip. Around the chair the flowers will be gathered in a tree formation. The flowers will be made from Perspex in a simple handmade origami style, capturing the highlights from the LEDs organically. The room will be completely dark so that the lights and the mood room overall are more aesthetic and effective.

Flower Shapes

Just some examples of the flowers and shapes I will be experimenting with.

Arduino Component Plans

My plan is to use a similar setup as shown. Using an Infrared emitter to transmit a signal through the fingertip and then bounce back to the photodiode to give a rhythm of data through arduino, this can then narrowed into spectrums to which I can write code for certain coloursetc to be given out by the flowers.

Thank You For Listening