Date: Sep. 18th 2023

Group members: Youer, Yiwei, Rain

Intro


Combining feedback and learning about Arduino in class, our group decided to still use graphite as a conductor, perfect the installation, and add Arduino as a light controller.

Experiments with graphite


We want to enhance the way of applying graphite! In this case, we found a video about making the graphite ink! Here is our process:

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Grind the graphite pencil into powder first

graphite paste we made is conductive

graphite paste we made is conductive

 light bulb only had a weak and flickering light

light bulb only had a weak and flickering light