9.1: more project development

These pieces are the frame for the Suncaster: there will be a laser-cut circle to serve as the bottom, and another one on top to conceal the imperfections in the cut job. 

Alongside fabrication, I am working on how electronic switches will trigger time calculations and projections in touch designer.

Something along the lines of this script should work: when a certain serial message is received, it will trigger a request for the sunrise and sunset time from the API, and also the script I have that gets the specific time of day.

I also have the sun's position in the sky as a number from 0 to 1.

The other part of the project I'm working on is what the projections will look like. I want there to be movement, not just a still image. I'm currently at my mom's house for break, and have access to my old bedroom window. I'm taking photographs throughout different times of day, and with enough photos, I can blend them based on an equation to create a unique image for any time of the day. There are lots of beautiful shadows created by the windows, trees, and sun around the house, and those will become the video aspect of the projection.