Bedlamp | Interactive light


A lamp that has a embedded Micro-controller for experiments with brain-waves altering with oscillating lights, and maybe some daylight controlled alarm-clock light functions...
 

got my self a nice component box made of aluminum, and a LED lamp that is made for plugging into a laptop´s USB port. Im going to use this to make a lamp that is both all-light and focused for discrete reading light.

I will use the same concept I used in my light-bedtable. Touch activation is often a waste of technology in a ordinary lamp, but in the dark by the bed its brilliant.

The metal casing will control the all-light, and the metal tip of the flex arm is for the focused light.
That leaves me for only two inputs, and will be a challenge to use in a simplicity interface of maybe more than 4 functions..




Test of analog touch circuit


Interesting article on the brain-wave machine
http://www.hackcanada.com/homegrown/wetware/brainwave/





I epoxy mounted two super-strong neodym-magnets inside the casing on top of two drilled holes. This allows me to easy remove the lamp from its bracket on the bedroom for rebuilding etc. Its also nice if I want to place it on a magnetic surface somewhere else

The flex arm is also glued with epoxy, using plastic too keep them electricaly separated.

Posted: Tir. - Desember 6, 2005 at 07:02 PM          

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