TR-009 / Light & Motion
Gesture-Controlled DNA Lamp
A wooden double helix controlled by hand gestures and illuminated through rows of tiny glass bottles.
THE INTERFACE / GESTURES
No button. Plenty of bottles.
The double helix is assembled from bent wooden strips around addressable LEDs, with miniature glass bottles acting as diffusers between the two spirals. A PAJ7620U sensor reads hand gestures, and a custom WLED usermod translates them into changes in colour and animation without adding a control panel to the sculpture. The electronics fit inside the circular wooden base, which also has to keep the entire helix upright. It is a lamp shaped like genetic material, controlled by waving at it, and therefore only slightly more complicated than a switch.
- Category
- Light & Motion
- Project ID
- TR-009
- Source files
- Available
- Photographs
- 32
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Build photographs.
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