Iridescent Tones

Inspiration

At one point, one of our group members had spent some time building props for a theater program. We starting talking about this, and decided that we would try to expand on that experience by building a "magical" sword!

What it does

The sentient being trapped deep within the heart of the sword senses its motion and lights up in joy.

How we built it

We built a sword base from wood and 3D-printed pieces, then attached an LED strip and an accelerometer to an Arduino Uno. When the accelerometer senses motion greater than a certain baseline amount, the LEDs light up.

Challenges we ran into

We had to resolder a lot of wires in order to get the LEDs to light up, and had a lot of trouble getting a motion sensor to work.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are a beginner team, so we are incredibly proud that we managed to put together a complete project over the course of this hackathon. We came into it just hoping to learn a few things about hardware and hacking, but accomplishing as much as we have has been amazing.

What we learned

Pretty much everything we did for this project we had to learn from scratch. We learned how to write basic arduino code, soldering, 3D-printing, basic woodworking, wiring, and using a breadboard and motion sensors.

What's next for Iridescent Tones

We would love to incorporate sound and other inputs in order to enhance the display. We would also like to improve the overall design and make it portable.

Built With

• 3dprinting
• arduino
• led
• sensors
• wood