THE SELFIE PLANT | A plant that socialises with humans | Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design 2015 Team: Shruti KNR,Haoyu L,Manu D
The Selfie Plant has been featured in Business Insider, Arduino Blogs and will be displayed at Maker Faire Rome. Follow at https://www.facebook.com/TheSelfiePlantStory
CONTEXT
In recent times, the selfie culture has risen in popularity, but it has also raised a few questions.What if nature gets addicted to this selfie culture and expresses itself. If it could record moments like blooming of a flower or a new leaf, and then share these moments on the social network.
THE FUTURE
What if this expression of a plant could draw people’s attention and invite participation? How would people react if a normal plant starts to interact with their social lives? Possibly in the future scenario, the plant can become autonomous and not be owned by an individual, but shared within a community.
Undoubtedly, the plant posts these photos on social network via it’s Facebook profile.It mimics human behaviour, by giving it’s best pose and adjusting the camera angle to take the perfect selfie.
CONCEPT
The Selfie Plant is an attempt to provoke some thoughts in the genre of expression. The Selfie Plant expresses itself in the form of a nice-looking selfies, which it clicks according to its mood, weather or occasion.
The initial brainstorming surrounding objects in home.
BUILDING the concept...
To ensure smooth movement for capturing the perfect bloom we built using bearings. To retain the organic feel of the product, the case was given a faceted appeal.
WORKING
A python script communicates with Facebook’s graph API to post the captured photos on plant’s Facebook profile.Below is a diagrammatic wiring of the circuit.
The concept mimics the human behaviour by rotating the plant base, moving the camera and then turning the flash on .The plant is powered by Arduino Yun, which controls the servo motors and adjust the positions of the plant and the camera stick.
A diagrammatic view of the wiring.
CIID EXHIBIT
The plant became a public figure and the humans were the backdrop, contrasting to the scenario today and questioning the next set of behavioural patterns
The Selfie Plant invited public participation and followers on it's Facebook profile. This provoked thoughts as an inanimate object with human behaviour( in this case created) causes attention.
TRAILER PARK EXHIBIT
The Selfie Plant was displayed at the Trailer Park i/O Exhibit.
MAKER FAIRE EXHIBIT - OCT 2015
The Selfie Plant selected to be displayed at Maker Faire Rome
