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i’ve gone back to my original idea in regard to creating a bio-reactor. i learned a lot in the workshop over the week and created a basic prototype of what i’d like to create.
my project will be an interactive sculpture, which functions as both a curtain as well as an air purifier. algae (like any plant) converts co2 into oxygen. it also thrives off sunlight (algae specifically needs direct and even distribution of sunlight for an entire colony to survive). my idea is to push the symbiotic relationship between plants and animals (i’m referring specifically of co2 conversion) and create an installation/object that would benefit other needs. humans have a need for privacy as well as a need for transparency– to see out when they’d like without other’s seeing in all the time. at the same time many people enjoy household plants, plants which need to be hung or placed by windows– this however blocks light for the rest of the room and obstructs the view. my idea is to use a series of vertical plexi-glass tubes, which pump algae, as an interactive curtain. a proximity (possible touch) sensor rigged to a pump will adjust the speed at which the algae flows. the user can then decede when they’d like to look out of the window and when they’d prefer privacy. the other benefit of this system is that while algae is opaque, it naturally glows green, this means that even though natural light and vision will be blocked, a substantial amount of light will still enter the room from the window.
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