FOR SIMONE! - The Box That Desires Attention.
I made a box that wants you to stroke it. It is covered in fake fur to make it sort of "cute" and animalistic. The box also has an egg and a spinning [weight on stick to smash the egg]. If you do not stroke the box within its count to 500 the smasher spins and breaks the egg.
This is sort of a one time only piece, ideally set up with a huge timer and flashing lights to warn you that the egg will soon be smashed. Sort of like in lost...
Once the egg is smashed the piece is ended. Over. Done.
I made this using a Basic Stamp 2 and a photoresistor, as well as the motor-with-smasher. The basic stamp counts up to 500 and if it gets there, pin 5 controlling the motor goes high and the motor spins (oh no! the egg is broken!). HOWEVER. If someone strokes the box the photoresistor tells the stamp that it is being covered up and so the count to 500 resets to ZERO (the egg shall live to see another day).
posted by Elia @ 10:08 PM
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2 Comments:
an interesting thing is if you pet this object enough, the egg will rot. so what is the ideal time to let the egg die?
how long does it take to satiate your will to care for the egg?
does the desire to protect the egg grow the more you pet it?
and if so, is it emotionally painful for the egg to finally be smashed.
Will you wish never to have pet the object in order to not to have lost the egg to its smashing end?
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