Team members:
- Nathan Gimple
- Amit Halevi
- Noah Husek
- Steve Tighe
In short, we are building an LED cube. This is intended to be primarily an artistic piece: a 3-D light sculpture. The cube will be 8 by 8 by 8 nodes (the node spacing will probably be 7 inches). Therefore the cube will have 512 nodes (8 cubed). Each node consists primarily of one (or more) RGB LEDs. By mixing red, green, and blue light, many other colors can be achieved.
Similar cubes have been built. In these cubes, each node is directly addressed and runs programmed patterns. Our cube will do this, but will also add more functionality. We intend to incorporate various sensors (microphones, temperature, ambient light, etc.) which will allow the sculpture to sense and react to its environment. We also intend to implement Conway's Game of Life and various other cellular automata games. Also, the cube will be able to be controlled externally, by a remote control. The user will be able to play games (such as 3-D snake). Effectively, the cube becomes a platform which can be developed for whatever purposes that can be imagined.