Reflection

• This project is in my opinion not completely successful. I had to abandon the idea of a doorbell being “pressed by weather,” and people still had to initiate the interaction. Part of the reason is the failure to implement a servo motor, but one other reason is that the animistic behavior could be more nuanced and convincing. One opportunity I should explore more is programming more lifelike behavior in the LED strip. For example, following some feedback in class, I realized I could program a “thinking/deciding” behavior by blinking the two LED pixels that resemble eyes. In addition, sound with different emotional qualities is another area I could explore. Prediction of weather conditions such as sunny, cloudy, rainy, etc. would also be clearer and more interesting than “colder” and “warmer,” and since I already have illustrations on the box, I could illuminate the different illustrations to signal the prediction.