For this week, we were required to have a working module of our final project to present to various professors and a visiting artist from Berlin. The module is an array of electromagnets and photoresistors , which allowed the electromagnets to turn on in response to changes in light. The electromagnets were constructed out of lag bolts and enameled wire that Keegan took from transformers.
We received positive feedback from most of the professors and visitors. They seemed to like our idea of the predator and prey relationships of garden eels we were trying to mimic ( the garden eels would be the electromagnets, while the people interacting with the module would be the predators).
During our presentation, we mentioned trying out different shaped magnets and seeing how the ferrofluid reacts with then. Max suggested using just the enameled wire in the ferrofluid and seeing what sorts of reactions we get. Right now we are using a lot of energy to power just a small module.
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