2023
Aura Bag
DESCRIPTION
Concept
The Aura Bag detects touch through a sensor in the handle and generates a color representing the aura of the person who touched it. It can be used as an esoteric way to detect mood and start conversation or as a torch that doubles as a bag as one traverses through the darkness.
Interaction
Through a touch sensor in the handle the Aura Bag will start to animate and once released it pauses to calculated the aura of the person who just released the handle, before cycling through other generated colors.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Hardware
Grove Touch Sensor
Teensy Microprocesser
Smart Matrix Shield
2 x external power supplies (one on 5V the other on 3.3V)
Cables for power supplies and touch sensor attachment
32 x 32 pixel RBG LED Matrix
Additional Materials
Bubble wrap
Foam wrap (machine sewn)
Aluminum window screening
3D Printed handle
Magnets for handle closure
Zip ties
Washers
CODE
C++ in Arduino IDE
Github Repository Here
Concept
The Aura Bag detects touch through a sensor in the handle and generates a color representing the aura of the person who touched it. It can be used as an esoteric way to detect mood and start conversation or as a torch that doubles as a bag as one traverses through the darkness.
Interaction
Through a touch sensor in the handle the Aura Bag will start to animate and once released it pauses to calculated the aura of the person who just released the handle, before cycling through other generated colors.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Hardware
Grove Touch Sensor
Teensy Microprocesser
Smart Matrix Shield
2 x external power supplies (one on 5V the other on 3.3V)
Cables for power supplies and touch sensor attachment
32 x 32 pixel RBG LED Matrix
Additional Materials
Bubble wrap
Foam wrap (machine sewn)
Aluminum window screening
3D Printed handle
Magnets for handle closure
Zip ties
Washers
CODE
C++ in Arduino IDE
Github Repository Here