5.2: research directions for project development

I have begun to think about the electronics that will be required to make the different functional aspects of my midterm sculpture happen.

My basic idea is to have a lightbulb that can be taken outside, triggered, capture data about the lighting in the surrounding environment, and then be screwed into a lamp. When installed in the lamp, the bulbs presence will cause a one-time, short projection made of aspects about the outdoor light such as time of day, weather, and how it interacts with materials on the land.

I'll need GPS data that can then be used to gather data from weather sites, Google Earth, and other similar sites. I will also need to capture the time of day. I would like for the sculpture to only function outside, so I want to experiment with ways of detecting differences in sunlight and indoor light. One way might be to detect the 60 Hz frequency of indoor light as a condition that would stop the device from working.

I am planning to work with this GPS module: https://www.makerfocus.com/products/gt-u7-gps-module-compatible-with-51-microcontroller-stm32-arduino-uno-r3-and-ipex-antenna?srsltid=AfmBOopqxaREoRw_Pc7hdSxEhVwrF1oE2nS-ZlAkWYBiUAIUZ1aDpHSc

    I could use this module with an arduino, an ESP32 microcontroller (with wifi, which might make communication to the projector in the lamp possible), or this microcontroller option: https://www.amazon.com/Seeed-Studio-XIAO-ESP32C3-Microcontroller/dp/B0B94JZ2YF?th=1

In addition to the technology inside the bulb, I will be experimenting with how to cast a 360-degree projection on the lampshade from within the lamp. A combination of digital projection and potentially mirrors, prisms, or lenses will be my starting point. I may also have to consider projection mapping from a location outside of the lamp.