ENTANGLEMENT DRAWING MACHINE

The anthropocene calls for a radical rethinking of humanitys place in the world, to take several steps out and explore our interdependencies with other creatures and systems. How do we go about doing it? awareness begins with noticing: our kinship as animals with other animals, fellowship as things with other things. this machine takes two inputs: the vibration from a colony of fruit flies and eeg delta wave signals from my brain to create heat paintings at an architectural scale, collasping the micro and macro, entangling the human-person and the fly-person.






-BOUGHT A SECOND MINDFLEX OFF AMAZON, WILL HACK AND REDESIGN HOUSING.




-USE MACHINE MAKING WEEK TO BUILD SCULPTING COMPONENT.

-IDEA FOR NOW: USE AIR MUSCLES FOR QUICK RELEASE. ATTACHED IS A BLADE OF AXE WELDED TO SPRING FOR TOOL HEAD TO ACHIEVE INACCURACY AND FREEDOM IN SCULPTING ACTION.

I RECIEVED MY MINDFLEX, THE HACKING IS SO SIMPLE. JUST SOLDER A WIRE TO THE T PIN AND A WIRE TO GROUND AND CONNECT T PIN TO RX PIN ON YOUR BOARD, GROUND TO GROUND. THEN YOU CAN USE ARDUINO'S SERIAL MONITOR TO READ INFO

THE 11 NUMBERS ARE SIGNAL STRENGTH (O=STRONG, 200=NONE), ATTENTION, MEDITATION, DELTA, THTAT, LOW ALPHA, HIGH ALPHA, LOW BETA, HIGH BETA, LOW GAMMA, HIGH GAMMA. NEXT STEP IS TO USE THEM TO CONTROL MY PAIN MACHINE.








DID SOME SURGERY ON MY TOY TO BEGIN REDESIGNING HOUSING. CONNECTING TO FABDUINO I MADE.





DID SOME TESTS ON MATERIALS USING BRAINWAVES. WELDED A Z FRAME TO HOUSE MY DRAWING MACHINE.

I REMOVED THE ORIGINAL CASE OF THE HEADSET TO REDESIGN THE HOUSING, AND I EXTENDED THE WIRE OF ONE OF THE ELECTRODES, NOT REALIZING THAT IT WAS A COAXIAL WIRE. THE SIGNALS WERE OFF AFTER THAT CHANGE, EVENTHOUGH I REATTACHED 5 DIFFERENT COAXIAL WIRES RESULTS WERE STILL THE SAME, SO I THOUGHT I HAD DAMAGED IT PERMANANTLY BECAUSE THE SIGNALS WERE PROBABLY CALIBRATED TO THE LENGTH AND WIDTH OF THE ORIGINAL WIRE. FRUSTRATED BUT SHORT ON TIME, I BOUGHT ANOTHER MINDFLEX.








I CONTACTED TROY LITTLETONS LAB ABOUT COLLECTING DATA FROM FRUIT FLIES, TWO WEEKS WENT BY AND NO RESPONSE. I STARTED TO LOOK FOR OTHER ORGANISMS. I DECIDED TO GROW MY OWN BACTERIA FOR THEIR ROLE IN FORMING MY TASTE FOR SPICY FOOD. (FOR THE PREVIOUS IDEA, HOTSAUCE ENTANGLEMENT) MY PLAN IS TO DRIP CAPSAICIN IN THEIR CULTURE AND MEASURE PH CHAANGE, USE THAT AS INPUT FOR MY DRAWING MACHINE.





CALIBRATED MY PH METER BY SHORTING BNC JACK TO ITSELF WHILE ADJUSTING VOLTAGE.





JK ABOUT THE BACTERIA, I COULDNT GAIN ACCESS TO A BL1 LAB IN SUCH A SHORT TIME FRAME SO I WONT BE USING BACTERIA, BUT IVE BECOME QUITE FOND OF THEM SO HERES A PICTURE OF MY MEDIA LAB BACTERIA COHORT AND MY BOARD.




I STARTED MADE A SIMPLE VIBRATION SENSOR WITH A PIEZOELECTRIC TO DETECT FLIES STROLLING OVER IT, IT WAS QUITE SENSITIVE TO MY SURPRISE, WAS ABLE TO DETECT MY HAIR POKING IT.








IVE BEEN WORKING ON MY FABDUINO FOR A WHILE, AND ACCUMULATED A TON OF FAILURES BECAUSE OF SEVERAL ISSUES: THE ORIGINAL TRACES WERE UNEVEN OR TOO THIN AT CERTAIN AREAS, HAD TO MANUALLY CLEAN THEM OUT, DOCUMENTATION ON IT WAS OLD AND SEVERAL LINKS WERE LOST OR HAD COMPATIBILITY PROBLEMS, THE CUT DEPTH WAS TOO DEEP OR SHALLOW ETC ETC..FAIL




I FOUND A BETTER KIT THAT EVOLVED FROM FABDUINO: SATSHAKIT, HAD BETTER SUCCESS MILLING IT.




THERE WERE STILL COMPATIBILITY ISSUES WITH BURNING THE BOOTLOADER BUT THIS GUY FOUND A WAY AROUND IT AND IT WORKS!





NOW TO THE MACHINE, GETTING 3 ROLLS OF PAPER TO MOVE TOGETHER SMOOTHLY WAS A HARDER TASK THAN I ENVISIONED, ENDED UP PRINTING MULTIPLE PIECES TO FIT THE MOTOR SHAFT WITH THE ROLL, GLUE THE ROLLS AND SECURE THE MOTOR. AT LAST IT WORKS:


AFTER WELDING THE Z FRAME I REALIZED I NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST THE DISTANCE BETWEEN DIFFERENT ELEMENTS: THE 3 MOTORS, THE LENGHT OF THE WIRES, THE PLACEMENT OF THE HEAT GUN IN REGARDS TO THE PAPER..AND THERE IS PROBABLY A CLEANER WAY TO GO ABOUT THIS, BUT I JUST USED SMALL C CLAMPS TO CLAMP THE MOTORS SO I COULD ADJUST THEM EASILY.




THIS IS THE CODE




AND A PHOTO OF A PERFORMANCE I DID WITH IT.










TIME TO ANSWER Qs





What does it do?
IT IS A MACHINE THAT TAKES INPUT FROM FRUIT FLY VIBRATIONS AND HUMAN EEG DELTA WAVES, AND DRAWS WITH A HEAT GUN ON THERMAL SENSITIVE PAPER.


Who's done what beforehand?
SOOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE MADE DRAWING MACHINES, THEIR DOCUMENTATION MADE THE WHOLE PROCESS QUITE EASY. I FOUND ONE TO BE PARTICULARLY RELEVANT, WHERE THEY ALSO PRINTED ON HEAT SENSITIVE PAPER, ADJUSTING PIXEL DARKNESS WITH THE DURATION OF TIME THE HEAT IRON TOUCHES PAPER, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS BRILLANT. COULDNT FIND THE PAGE JUST YET, WILL UPDATE WHEN I FIND IT.


What did you design?
THE FRAME, THE BOX FOR THE FLIES, BOARD (BUT BURNED), HOUSING FOR EEG SENSOR, FLY SENSOR, 3D PRINTED PARTS TO HOLD HEAT GUN AND PAPER ROLL AND HOUSE BOARD.


What materials and components were used?
STEEL, STEPPER NEMA 17 X3, THERMAL PAPER ROLLS, HEAT GUN, WIRE, WOOD, CLAMPS, MINDFLEX HEADSET, PIEZOELECTRIC, ACRYLIC, FLY MEDIUM.


Where did they come from?
STEEL-SHOP, STEPPER-CLASS, THERMAL PAPER ROLLS-AMAZON, HEAT GUN-SHOP, WIRE-SHOP, WOOD-SHOP, CLAMPS-SHOP, MINDFLEX HEADSET-SECONDHAND AMAZON, PIEZOELECTRIC-SHOP, ACRYLIC-SHOP, FLY MEDIUM-AMAZON.


How much did they cost?
THE HEAD SET WAS AROUND 30-50, I BROKE ONE SO SPENT 80 TOTAL ON MINDFLEX. FLY MEDIUM WAS 17, THE REST WAS SCAVENGED.


What parts and systems were made?
THE MACHINE, THE SENSORS.


What processes were used?
3D PRINTING, CUTTING STEEL, WELDING.


What questions were answered?
MANY TINY LITTLE QUESTIONS WERE SOLVED ALONG THE WAY, CANT RECALL. I DO HAVE A LOOMING UNANSWERED QUESTION THOUGH, HOW DO WE ENGAGE WITH THE SUBJECTIVITY OF THE NON HUMAN SUBJECT IN THEIR OWN TERMS, CAN WE EVER?


How was it evaluated?
I PRESENTED IT DURING MY STUDIO FINALS AND FROM THE FEEDBACK I GOT IT SEEMED WELL RECIEVED, I THINK.


What are the implications?
I CAN NOW DRAW WITH DIFFERENT NON HUMAN ENTITIES!