Rippled Reflections explores the connection between humans and water, seeking to create a deeper bond and inspire a new perspective. The interaction between the user and water becomes art itself, a fleeting moment where the observer is captivated by the spectacular beauty of water’s forms. Dynamic patterns emerge from amplified vibrations, generated by human voices. The project encourages the users to perceive water not just as a mere element, but as a vibrant, living entity that responds to external stimuli.
Team-
Parth Patel
Utpala Jadhav
Ciara Schaefer
Niilopekka Anturaniemi
Valentina Phung
Paola Herrara
The sketches here are exploring how to create a robot that mimics the actions of plants while also emphasizing its own mechanical nature. The robot is designed to replicate the movements of a plant using a series of servo motors to act as joints or as one would say branching of plants. Each joint is controlled by a servo motor, allowing for precise movement. The leaf is replicated through the opening and closing of wings, which are also controlled by the servo motors.
Care is taken to replicate all the axial movements a plant might make when responding to the weather. However, I do recognize the failure of the robot in replicating the fragile nature of plants. Through user experiences and my own observations, its a valid question to ask, was this the best approach to learn about plant behavior?
We wanted to create an experience that is not controlled or modulated in any senses. The user should be experiencing a direct feedback to their own voice as form of a visualizations on a water surface.
The working pipeline consisted of three vibration speakers attached to an amplifier, required to match the frequency needs of the speakers. These vibrations speakers work in a way that they are itself not speakers but can convert anything attached to it in form of a speaker. We as a group liked this idea of using water as a speaker in this case. Further, establishing a medium to our concept of ‘having a conversation with water’
In order for it to work, the user will have to stand in front of the microphone, (which is in front of the water container with the vibration speakers), and speak into it so your voice travels trough the microphone to the speakers and create the ripple effect based on the frequency input