Tales of Grim goes 2007 ITP winter show

"The doll house" project was chaned to name of "Tales of Grim" ( not Grimm of Grimm brothers)
And the project showed ITP winter show in last winter.
Here is the project site.
http://itp.nyu.edu/~jsl398/pcom/tales/

new book for doll house

Tales of Grim

Once upon a time
Fairytales were spun
From darker days
And moral plays
From grown-up badness
And real life sadness
By word of mouth
They traveled north and south
Until the brothers Grimm
Got wind of them
And they were tamed
And world famed

Hansel and Gretel

Due to shortages of food during the Middle Ages, children were sometimes left in the forest, giving them scant chance of survival.

Hansel and Gretel was probably inspired by this practice of infanticide.
An early Brothers Grimm version has Hansel and Gretel abandoned in the woods after their mother, not stepmother, persuaded their father to do so.


The Pied Piper

According to legend, in 1284, all the children mysteriously disappeared from the small town of Hamelin, Germany.

The Pied Piper is almost certainly based on this tale.

Theories explaining the mass vanishing vary from the Black Plague to mudslides, pederasts, and the ill-fated Children’s Crusades. The leading theory however, is that a flashy recruiter took the children to help build and settle new towns in a quest to colonize Eastern Europe.


Little Red Riding hood

In 17th century France, prostitutes were known to wear red capes. The color red was also often used to symbolize the blood of the menstrual cycle.

Early versions of this tale have Little Red Riding Hood lying in bed with the wolf disguised as her grandmother. She sees through the ruse and threatens to defecate in the house unless he lets her leave. She manages to escape when he agrees to let her use the outhouse.
Later, the first published version served as a warning for young women. In this grisly version, the wolf kills both women. The Brothers Grimm included the huntsman to add a happy ending.

Sleeping Beauty

In 17th century Europe, stories that preached female patience and passivity were commonly told as warnings for young women.

Early versions of the Sleeping Beauty had a traveling King impregnating her in the woods while she slept. Having found out, his wife tries to have the resulting children cooked as a feast for the King.

A 1697 version turned the story into a fable to teach women to be passive. The Brother’s Grimm story was titled “Briar Rose”.

floor plan for Sun's room

dollhouse prototype with mini-arduino

dollhouse arduino prototype

The first prototype with Arduino



The second prototype with Arduino

Book code
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int storyFirstSensor = 2;   
int storySecondSensor = 3;   
int storyThirdSensor = 4;  
int storyFourthSensor = 5;
int storyFirstVal = 0;
int storySecondVal = 0;  
int storyThridVal = 0;
int storyFourthVal = 0; 
int roomFirstOutput = 6; // First room  
int roomSecondOutput = 7; // Seond room
int roomThridOutput = 8; // Third room
int roomFourthOutput = 12; // Fourth room

void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(9600); // use the serial port to send the values back to the computer 
  pinMode(storyFirstSensor,INPUT);
  pinMode(storySecondSensor,INPUT);
  pinMode(storyThirdSensor,INPUT); 
  pinMode(storyFourthSensor,INPUT);
  pinMode(roomFirstOutput,OUTPUT);
  pinMode(roomSecondOutput,OUTPUT);
  pinMode(roomThridOutput,OUTPUT);
  pinMode(roomFourthOutput,OUTPUT);
}

void loop()
{
  storyFirstVal = digitalRead(storyFirstSensor);
  storySecondVal = digitalRead(storySecondSensor);
  storyThridVal = digitalRead(storyThirdSensor);
  storyFourthVal = digitalRead(storyFourthSensor); 
  
  if (storyFirstVal == LOW) {
    digitalWrite(roomFirstOutput, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(roomSecondOutput, LOW);
    digitalWrite(roomThridOutput, LOW);
    digitalWrite(roomFourthOutput, LOW);
    Serial.println ("Turning on light in the First Room");
  } 
  else if (storySecondVal == LOW) {
    digitalWrite(roomFirstOutput, LOW);
    digitalWrite(roomSecondOutput, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(roomThridOutput, LOW); 
    digitalWrite(roomFourthOutput, LOW);
    Serial.println("Turning on light in the Second Room");
  } 
  else if (storyThridVal == LOW) {
    digitalWrite(roomFirstOutput, LOW); 
    digitalWrite(roomSecondOutput, LOW);
    digitalWrite(roomThridOutput, HIGH);
    digitalWrite(roomFourthOutput, LOW);
    Serial.println("Turning on light in the Third Room");
  } 
  else if (storyFourthVal == LOW) {
    digitalWrite(roomFirstOutput, LOW);
    digitalWrite(roomSecondOutput, LOW);
    digitalWrite(roomThridOutput, LOW);
    digitalWrite(roomFourthOutput, HIGH);
    Serial.println("Turning on light in the Fourth Room");
  } 
  else  {
    digitalWrite(roomFirstOutput, LOW);
    digitalWrite(roomSecondOutput, LOW);
    digitalWrite(roomThridOutput, LOW);
    digitalWrite(roomFourthOutput, LOW);
    Serial.println("Turning off & on light in all Rooms");
  }

}

Sun's Room code
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//the H bridge takes two inputs from the Arduino to control the motor.
int motorPin0 = 2; 
int motorPin1 = 3; 
int enPin = 7; // enable pin
// there is one switch 
int switchPin = 5;
int ledPin=6;
//declare the state variable
int state = 0;

void setup() {
//the motor control wires are outputs
pinMode(motorPin0, OUTPUT);
pinMode(motorPin1, OUTPUT);
pinMode(enPin, OUTPUT);
pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
//the switch is an input
pinMode(switchPin, INPUT);
}

void loop() {
//read the switch
state = digitalRead(switchPin);
//based on the state of the switch alternate the control pins to change he direction of the motor.
switch (state){
case 0:
digitalWrite(enPin, LOW);
digitalWrite(motorPin0, LOW);
digitalWrite(motorPin1, LOW);
digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW);
break;
case 1:
digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH);
digitalWrite(enPin, HIGH);
digitalWrite(motorPin0, LOW);
digitalWrite(motorPin1, HIGH);
delay(300);
digitalWrite(enPin, LOW);
delay(1000);
digitalWrite(enPin, HIGH);
digitalWrite(motorPin0, HIGH);
digitalWrite(motorPin1, LOW);
delay(300);
break;
}
}

contents for book

Title : House of Tales

The Juniper Tree
My mother, she killed me.My father, he ate me.My sister, Marlene, she made sure to seemy bones were all gathered together,bound nicely in silk, as neat as can be,and laid beneath the juniper tree.Tweet, tweet! What a lovely bird I am!


Hansel and Gretel
Oh sweetie girl,It is time to cook a big stew.Girl you prepare it and boy I will eat you.What a delicious stew!
Hyw Witch! I will push and bake you when the oven was so hot and red.What a delicious witch cookie!


Where The Wild Things Are
Bad boy, fled my town, hungry.A minor king in another land,By slight of hand.Rumpsed with the wild things,In my bed, In my head,Home to really sleep for food mom brings. Now to rumpus with the monsters in my hed,I do not travel far day and night.Because the kindest one sleeps in my bed,He's mostly tame, and we're well fed.


The Little Prince
Does my drawing scare you?
Why be scared of a hat?
My drawing is not a picture of a hat.It is a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant.Grownups always need explanations.

the second prototype

Idea sketch and the first paper dollhouse mockup

final production - performance in Halloween parade in Greenwitch Village

Ghost - Prototype v 2.0

Bench Supply Test(measuring Amps - result was 1.0 ~ 2.0 Amps)



We will make our own Arduino board like below picture.


There was a switch issue to connect common ground. switch = common ground + power(from other person) + ground


Arduino code for 3rd Prototyping
http://itp.nyu.edu/~jsl398/pcom/ghost_WORKING_moving04/ghost_WORKING_moving04.pde

Ghost - Prototype

2nd Prototyping Code :
http://itp.nyu.edu/~jsl398/pcom/ghost_WORKING/ghost_WORKING.pde



We finally got working prototype code!( but, still there are some error...)
We also finished one and half set of ghost sodering.

be happy - muti inputs with processing

Arduino code ;
http://itp.nyu.edu/~jsl398/pcom/_2toprocessing/_2toprocessing.pde

Processing code:
http://itp.nyu.edu/~jsl398/icm/be_happy/applet/be_happy.pde






If you cover the angry face by your hand, you will get the happy image and sound on the screen!

Materials to build "Be Happy" :
Analogue inputs are two photocell sensors and digital output is Processing & sound library