Tumbleweed (rethinking title)
Idea
Tumbleweed[1][2] lives in the north of the world. It grows from a seed. In autumn, its roots will dry up, and the whole plant will be easily moved by the wind. When they are moved by the wind, their seeds will also fall to the ground while they are tumbling. It is an alien species to the United States, and the United States is threatened by it every year[3]. They will block the roads, will block people's doors and cause some disturbance to people's lives. I thought about what would happen if I made a similar object like this and put it in a southern city's street in China? This city has a humid climate and is very different from the environment tumbleweed lived before.
Interactive way
When human touch it, it will tumble to opposite direction
The way of movement
See more if you are interest in various ways of ball rolling
Previous ideas
Technical solution
- Movement
According to the survey, find the easiest way to drive the ball - put a car powered by a motor inside the ball.
- Sensing solution
Currently intends to rely on the camera to track the human body to convey the information of human approach.
Experiments
Physical Part
Motor car in a transparent ball
Programming Control
Others
References
Student work
- Soundscape installation from Felix Geith [4]