GLOAT
Team: Obasi, Jack
Project Description: Transparent bubble coat with colorful lights embedded in the lining that reacts to sound
Video:
The video is a live demonstration of Obasi wearing it to perform during the fashion show. The vest lights up according to the music in the background.
Final Poster:
Describe what your project does and how it works
Gloat is a light up vest that is made out of transparent material and neopixel light strips. When there is no music in the background, the vest glows in a rainbow pattern. When there is loud music in the background, the vest glows accordingly to the music.
Describe your overall feelings on your project
We are very happy that we got the vest to work and are surprised to find out that it looks even better than we imagined. The only frustrating part for me is soldering the light strips with wires. Due to the movement of the vest, the connection sometimes gets very unstable, but we were eventually able to fix it by using hot glue to secure the solder.
Describe how well did your project meet your original project description and goals
This project meets the exact original project description since it lights according to music. We designed the vest intended for live concerts setting, and it worked perfectly during Obasi’s live performance. We did not have the original goal of it having a rainbow animation when there is no music, but it is an extra feature that we added later
Describe the largest hurdles you encountered. How did you overcome these challenges
The largest difficult was soldering the wires. The vest consists of two major wires throughout the entire body. Interestingly, one of the wires never gets loose while the other one constantly gets unstable. We have to solder the wires over and over to make sure the connection is stable. Eventually, we stablize it with hot glue and connection becomes stable.
Describe what would you do next if you had more time
If we have more time next time, we might put on more wires and program more light variations so that it could have a customized light for each loudness, which could lead to more diversity in colors. We also might have it react to other inputs such as jumping motion.
Final Material used
Clear Marine Vinyl
Polyfill
Black ribbing
Black zipper
Silver Reflective Tape
NeoPixel Light Strip
Circuit Playground Express
External Battery
Wires