event
Synthux Hackathon 2024

Muttering

The conversation between mushrooms
Arduino
Touch sensor
Arduino Uno
prompt

Coaches & collaborators

Sheng-Fen Chien, HsuanCheng Lin, Wei-Chi Chien
institute
National Cheng Kung University, Tainan Taiwan
Mushrooms have been quietly growing in every corner of this earth since ancient times. Despite their seemingly still nature, they communicate by transmitting signals to inform each other about environmental conditions. The project, Muttering, aims to create an installation. As viewers step on the mushroom's growth area, the mushrooms will "communicate" through sound and flashing lights. Not only highlights the whimsical interaction among mushrooms, but also amplifies the viewer's role as a human intruder, conveying a message about environmental conservation.
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the tech

How does it work?

When producing Muttering, we use Arduino IDE to configure two Touch Board boards as unique vocalizers with conversational capabilities. The Touch Board utilizes MPR121 capacitive touch sensors to detect touches and foot steps on the electrodes of the touchpad, thus identifying user interaction. Muttering interprets these signals from the capacitive touch sensors, converts them into MIDI signals, outputs them to an audio amplifier to drive corresponding sounds from the speaker unit, while also controlling device lighting to generate variations. Additionally, another Touch Board board receives signals to provide corresponding responses, achieving a performance where the device and the user collectively present a combination of bodily movements with visual and auditory elements.
Open source code
Click here to grab this project's code
Arduino
Development board
Touch sensor
A touch capacitance sensor can detect anything that is conductive
Arduino Uno
Development board
About the instrument
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