Project proposal

Light Sensitive mood lighting objects.

Like the 'Air quality egg" I would like to design something that responds to the immediate environment of the user.

The initial idea is a box that responds to light, or rather a box that dims as it senses light and brightens as the light around it dims. The function of this is to provide an ambient light through out an environment that uses power only when necessaries. The other function it service is being highly mobile so that the light boxes can be place through out a setting and rearranged according to the needs of the user.

The features I would include in the box are:

Arduino
Photo sensor
LED (preferably a colour changing one)
Piezo Element (detects touch/ vibration and will scroll through the colours)
button (on/off switch)
dial (further control the emitted light)
battery pack
box (material TBC)

The product is not large on it's own but if you added many together and arranged them creatively you could create large displays as sculptural pieces within a setting.

Precidence to this Project are:

The light cube:
http://vimeo.com/31061149

http://vimeo.com/31285060

The difference with to the project I wish to attempt is that the box will be more refined and have a few more controls in it.

The items I'll need to investigate are:
- Interface
- Power
- Arduino Board (perhaps a nano or mini may be more appropriate).