The Climate Urge

Created September 22, 2022

SymBioWare V1 (BioData Sonification)

A wearable system to augment human perception in relation to other living beings via bio-data sonification.

Work in progress32

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino Nano R3

Speaker: 0.25W, 8 ohms

RGB LCD Shield Kit, 16x2 Character Display

LED (generic)

Rotary potentiometer (generic)

9V to Barrel Jack Connector

9V battery (generic)

Resistor 10k ohm

C&K Switches PTS 645 Series Switch

Audio / Video Cable Assembly, 3.5mm 4 Pole Jack Plug

Story

SymBioWare in action

Imagine a world in which our technological devices offer us the opportunity to connect not only with our human peers, but also with the other-than-human world that surrounds (and literally makes) us! Imagine what that could mean for how we engage with our environment and our fellow neighbors.

What that could mean for our perception of reality.

This is what The SymBIoWare is about.

SBW prototyping

Inspired by the work of researchers and artists seeking to decipher the bioelectrical activities of plant and fungi, we have been experimenting with different DIY devices in order to read and transform such biodata into multimedia experiences. All of this with the purpose of illustrating the sentience and conscience of these beings, while enhancing ours own.

After public demonstrations, it has become clear that this kind of experience has the great potential to fundamentally change people's perception around the aliveness of fungi and plant. By listening to the sounds produced by their electrical activities, as well as jamming/interacting with them live, people have expressed such awe that we are convinced that this is a fruitful approach towards promoting environmental understanding and lasting connection, thus preservation.

The Climate Urge

The ReConnection Tech experiences give us the power to open-up windows of public dialogue around the urgency of the climate crisis pretty much everywhere. When people are sensory-confronted with the animated lives of plants - and tree in particular - we have the opportunity to bring into surface the threat our model of civilization imposes to these other life forms, and actively discuss how we - as citizens - can engage with climate solutions policies and projects. This has been happening in the location where the ReConnection Tech is incubated. The community of Rio Sagrado, in Morretes-PR (Brazil) is under the threat of a destructive railroad project that aims to cut through (and pollute) more than 100 water springs and their surrounding vegetation. ReConnection Tech has been an ally of a bottom-up community mobilization against such a project, giving "voice" to the local flora and funga to "speak" for themselves against such devastation.

Code

SBW_V.2.0_nano

//LCD
#include <LiquidCrystal_I2C.h>
LiquidCrystal_I2C lcd(0x27, 16, 4);

//Pinagem

int pinoBuzzer = 3;
int pinoBotao1 = 2;
int pinoRLED = 10;
int pinoGLED = 11;
int pinoBLED = 12;
int pinAicu = A7;
int pinAAjuste = A0;

void setup() {
  pinMode (pinoBuzzer, OUTPUT); // buzzer
  pinMode (pinoBotao1, INPUT_PULLUP); // buzzer button
  pinMode (pinAicu, INPUT); // signal analog interface
  pinMode (pinAAjuste, INPUT); // Potentiometer
  lcd.init();
  lcd.backlight();
  lcd.setCursor(1, 0);
  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop ()
{

  // Sinais
  int sinalpuro = analogRead(pinAicu);
  int sinalamplificado = analogRead(pinAicu)*analogRead(pinAAjuste);
  int sinalLED = map(sinalamplificado, -33000, 33000, 0, 255);

  //LCD
  lcd.clear();
  lcd.setCursor(0,0);
  lcd.print("S:");
  lcd.print(sinalpuro, 1);
  lcd.print("|A:");
  lcd.print(sinalamplificado);
  lcd.setCursor(0,1);
  lcd.print("|L:");
  lcd.print(sinalLED, 1);

  //Debug
//Serial.println(sinalamplificado);
//Serial.println(sinalLED);
//analogWrite(pinoGLED, random (0, sinalLED));
//analogWrite(pinoRLED, random (0, sinalLED));
//analogWrite(pinoBLED, random (0, sinalLED));

  // Buttons
  if (digitalRead(pinoBotao1) == LOW) {
    tone(pinoBuzzer, sinalLED);
    analogWrite(pinoGLED, random (0, sinalLED));
    analogWrite(pinoRLED, random (0, sinalLED));
    analogWrite(pinoBLED, random (0, sinalLED));
  }
  else {
    noTone(pinoBuzzer);
    analogWrite(pinoGLED, 0);
    analogWrite(pinoRLED, 0);
    analogWrite(pinoBLED, 0);
  }
  delay(1000);
}

Credits

danolivaz

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Curious about ways through which we an enhance our perception of the imperceptible surrounding us.

SymBioWare V1 (BioData Sonification)

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Story

The Climate Urge

Schematics

SBW_V.2.0_nano

Code

SBW_V.2.0_nano

Credits

danolivaz

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SymBioWare V1 (BioData Sonification)

SymBioWare V1 (BioData Sonification)

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Story

The Climate Urge

Schematics

SBW_V.2.0_nano

Code

SBW_V.2.0_nano

Credits

danolivaz

Comments