AmosLightnin

Something about the supercap causes the solar panel to be much more sensitive to the sun. #tinkering

Prototype crank chargeable solar critter, for those not so sunny days. #tinkering

Prototype circuit for solar drawing machines w hand charging.

Today I saw the term "open-ended" used to describe a toy that would better be described as "4-5 functions-ended." To me, open-ended means infinite creative possibilities. #tinkering

Colleagues from the library at the marble machines workshop.

Ryan suggested an exploration of creature movements and made this lovely little thing out of string and notched straw.

Consider that on cloudy days, you could hand crank generate some energy that you bring your drawing machine to, hold it against the contacts for 10 seconds, and then you are good for a few minutes while the cap drains out.

You can attach one to something and see what it does, and then maybe attach another to see what else you can make it do. This puts the tinkering focus on relationship / orientation to the sun, less on particular qualities of materials.

Consider the panel / motor / solar engine as a sealed unit (maybe w a switch to change direction of motor). Its offered as a ”part" for drop in activity, and sample projects demo different ways to attach it to cardboard body and get different behaviors.

Consider that the panel powering the vertical wheel runs when in light, which takes it out of light. Consider how this would work if light suppressed the motor, until light decreased, then let the motor use stored energy to get itself rotated back into sun.

Ryan's modularized machine has a nice sway to it.

A pleasure #tinkering with Ryan Jenkins on the first day of his residency at Dokk1. Cart based workstations make it easier to iterate when Playing with the Sun.

The 60 watt solar drawing machine. Will replace IKEA drill with something with a bit more heft, and see if it will spin a human pilot tomorrow. #tinkering

A digital bookshelf to be projected next to my workspace for passers by to browse. Might use something like https://victordibia.com/handtrack.js/#/ to make it casually browsable. https://www.amosamos.net/bookshelf/ #serendipity

@greenfediverse No, sadly. Panels got reused for a solar drawing machine. But I will try again one day.

@greenfediverse Had mine on solar powered pi for a bit, but the winter in Denmark got too dark for my little battery.

Farther the drive wheel is from center, slower it starts rotating and less torque required. #tinkering

Propulsion testing for solar human piloted drawing machine. #tinkering

Jane's awesome solar drawing machine sample projects. #tinkering

Experiments with Velcro fasteners for tinkerability. I'm not so keen on the way it holds together.

Consider cheap penny whistles (holes tape-able to make different tones), perhaps constrained to 5 tones of pentatonic. Not sure what makes the bladder - perhaps a very large rubber balloon, or one cylinder inset into another like a syringe.Not clear how to make it tinkerable / diverse outcomes, other than the possibilities of the group tuning of the "performance." I like that as the sun changes, the tempo of the music (and perhaps the timing / rhythmic relationships change.)

A beautiful solar powered mobile by Björn Schülke, called Luftraum #1. Has potential to inspire solar #tinkering activities. https://vimeo.com/74537637

Another solar kinetic piece by Björn Schülke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb0Zv5JbD00

A beautiful solar artwork by Björn Schülke called Aerosolar #2. #tinkering https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM9hdwZY6qQ

Managed to make a working solar powered Ikea drill as a step towards a solar powered human piloted drawing machine. #tinkering