illuminating wind-responsive mechanism
This project began with a simple firefly definition which was able to send signals from two bend sensors to a set of LED lights. When the sensors were bent (or blown), they would light up corresponding LEDs on the breadboard. Following this exploration, the firefly definition was used to generate a more robust grasshopper definition and a visualization of the changing process in Rhino. When the sensors are blown upon, the virtual field of grass is affected. The more forceful the wind, the greater the bend in the grass and the wider the swath of affected blades. The affected areas are also illuminated by the wind forces. Imagine angry fireflies caught in gusts of wind, if you’d like…
The definition is available here. I’ve also included a link to Pachube in the definition. Pachube is an online community where people share data. The feed I’ve chosen is data about wind speeds in Gallipoli, Italy. The feed updates data every 15 minutes. These windspeed values could be used in the stead of the sensors to turn on and off the lights on the breadboard and to run the grasshopper field visualization.
