Ryan Glasgow
My interests in art generally involve around design, specifically interface design, such as websites. I'm currently the Creative Director at Extrabux.com and designed the current website, as well as wrote the HTML/CSS. Other websites I've designed can be seen at RyanGlasgow.net/work. The reason I switched my major from Economics, to Media: Computing Emphasis is because I began to become more and more interested in design, and decided to pursue a career as a designer/entrepreneur.
== '''Midterm Project''' ==
My original idea was for a pendulum apparatus that represents a coin that is often flipped to make decisions. The result of a coin flip can be rigged by the human if he or she is skilled, which is the artistic statement of my work. For the coin to be flipped, I needed a single switch relay to memorize the state as the pendulum swung each time, but was only able to figure out the double switch relay as diagrammed in our lab.
Since I wasn't able to use the relay, I switched my idea to a "Life is Good" meter. This was still a pendulum apparatus, but every time the pendulum swung all the way down, it metal foil would connect the contacts and a 5v light bulb would light up at the top. It would illuminate a hand painted sign that said "Life is Good".
Project Details: I built a 2ft tall wooden pendulum using 2 2"x5" pieces of wood. I used the 12v wall plug to power the device, and connected it to the breadboard. On the breadboard, the 12v's was converted to 5v's using the 7805 transistor, and a lengthy wire (about 1.5 feet), ran up and then down the arm of the pendulum. The wire was taped to the aluminum foil contacts on both the pendulum base, and pendulum arm. Between the aluminum foil contacts, I soldered a 5v lightbulb and placed it inside a white sign that was mounted at the top of the pendulum that said "Life is Good".
== Artist Statement: Since I wasn't able to use the original coin flip idea with the relay, I began to think about other meanings the pendulum could have. I looked for a meaning that was unsure and unsteady as the pendulum swung back and forth, but a statement that increasingly became more and more illuminated as the pendulum slowed down. At first I couldn''Midterm Proposal''' ==t think of anything, but having a really busy and stressful week myself with multiple midterms and business meetings for work, I started to realize that the statement "And this too, shall pass", which my father always told me when I was going through a lot of stress. I wanted a more modern statement that my peers could better relate too, and chose to use the popular brand "Life is Good", which is now plastered all over t-shirts, pants, and hats.
My Midterm proposal is a pendulum switch. The switch is a wooden frame, with a wire hanging down the middle that swings a metal soda can. The soda can is manually swung, and if it reaches a certain height in either direction it touches the aluminum foil contact pads. If the circuit is completed on the left side, a lightbulb will illuminate a YES sign. If the circuit is completed on the right side, a NO sign will illuminate. == '''Final Project: FingerHero''' ==
Proposal: My original idea was for final project proposal is to make a pendulum apparatus that represents version of guitar hero. Instead of a coin guitar the project would have 4 buttons that is often flipped to make decisionswould be pressed using your fingers. The result display would be an array of 16 LED's laid out in a coin flip can be rigged by 4x4 format. The lighted LED's would descend, and the person would need to hit the button as the human if he or she is skilled, which LED is in the artistic statement of my worksecond to last row. For On the coin to side, there would be flippeda vertical array of LED's that keep track of your score, I needed a single switch relay to memorize the state as the pendulum swung and would increase each time, but was only you hit a new level. The user would be able to figure out the double switch relay as diagrammed in our labchoose between three different songs.
Since I wasn't able to use FingerHeroby Ryan GlasgowVIS147Aint score = 0; void setup() { Serial.begin(9600); int mySong[20]={1,3,2,3,1,2,3,2,1,2,1,3,1,2,1,3,1,3,2,3}; // initialize the relaydigital pin as an output: for (int pinCount = 0; pinCount < 12; pinCount++) { pinMode(pinCount, OUTPUT); } for (int rowCounter = 0; rowCounter < 20; rowCounter++) { switch (mySong[rowCounter]) { case 1: // 1ST Col digitalWrite(7, HIGH); digitalWrite(6, HIGH); digitalWrite(4, HIGH); delay(500); if(analogRead(0) > 1000) { digitalWrite(5, HIGH); score++; } break; case 2: // 2nd Col digitalWrite(113 nn/, I switched my idea to a "Life is Good" meter. This was still a pendulum apparatusHIGH); digitalWrite(10, HIGH); digitalWrite(9, HIGH); delay(500); if(analogRead(1) > 1000) { digitalWrite(8, HIGH); score++; } break; case 3: // 3rd Col digitalWrite(0, HIGH); digitalWrite(1, HIGH); digitalWrite(2, HIGH); delay(500); if(analogRead(2) > 1000) { digitalWrite(3, HIGH); score++; } break; } delay(500); for (int pinCount = 0; pinCount < 12; pinCount++) { digitalWrite(pinCount, LOW); }}}void loop() { if(score > 0) { digitalWrite(8, HIGH); delay(500); } if(score > 5) {digitalWrite(9, HIGH); delay(500); } if(score > 10) { digitalWrite(10, but every time the pendulum swung all the way downHIGH); delay(500); } if(score > 15) { digitalWrite(11, it metal foil would connect the contacts and a 5v light bulb would light up at the top. It would illuminate a hand painted sign that said "Life is Good". HIGH); delay(500); }}
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