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inspiration and references

The following projects have been a great source of inspiration for coming up with my final project idea:


Make a wish by EspadaySantacruz
Reactive installation in which a soft blow is transformed into a light wave. I love the transformation of a very physical and human interaction into something beautifully made that only coul be done trhough technology.




Natural Fuse by Usman Haque
Natural Fuse creates a city-wide network of electronically-assisted plants that act both as energy providers and as circuit breakers to prevent carbon footprint overload.




Literally speaking by Martin Luge
Literally Speaking was developed to be shown in public exhibitions or places so that everybody could access Twitter just by searching the public messages accordingly to their own keywords. Every found tweet is then instantly translated into birdsounds and send out directly to an instance in an array of birds.


design references

The following projects have been a great source of inspiration for coming up with my final project idea:

Melina lamp
Natural Fuse creates a city-wide network of electronically-assisted plants that act both as energy providers and as circuit breakers to prevent carbon footprint overload.

Also, I really like this ones:


best leds to feed plants?


The plant is going to be fed through two main sources: water and light.
The light will be supplied through LEDS located inside the dome above the plant. My concern is if conventional LEDS will give the the nutrients that the plant needs to be nourished.

After some research I found this article which explains it clearly and of course here. Basically, indoor grown plants respond well to LED lighthing, specially to red lighting with a little blue as well. Every plant may need different amonts of each spectrum and should be adjusted, but as a rule of thumb, red and blue LEDS should be benefitial for most plants.
I searched online and I think I'll buy this nice led ring to be able to light the plant: