To develop our project for the gallery, Thomas finalised the visuals, Julia finalised the brain model and I worked with sound. We then began setting up our brain.The set up itself took a couple of days to do as Julia was finalising the brain whilst I helped Thomas and Lauren set up the Mac Mini to open up the quartz composer file. After this was done, we set up the brain on the plinth (Julia had to build a stand to put the brain on). This was applied successfully and Julia started setting up the wiring inside the plinth.
The lights were kindly donated by Thomas (as you can see they're a lot stronger than the original!). The sound was originally set up with two speakers in front of the brain, however after some advice from Richard we decided to move them behind the brain, which gave for an interesting result.
After everything was set up we decided to test the brain to make sure everything worked. A couple of the sensors weren't working, so Julia had to lift up the plinth and re-wire it. Fortunately it worked fine after this.
Overall I'm really happy with how the project turned out and I feel the set up for the gallery has progressed hugely since we showed our work before Christmas.
I attended Rob's 24 hour our live stream originally in the evening when Rob first started. I then came along with Julia for the 2-4am shift to make sure everything was okay (Congrats to Rob for raising money for a great cause and doing the whole 24 hours without falling asleep!)
Rob in a beautiful maid outfit at 2am
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