Project Overview

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The goal of this project is to recreate the scene from “Alien” where an alien pops out of a human body while taking creative liberty. The inspiration for the project came when the professor mentioned that the theme from the prior year’s class was horror. The plan was to focus on making the alien as detailed as possible with glowing eyes, a swaying body, and having a scream play as it pops out of the human cavity. The Arduino program was required to control motors to accomplish the different movements that the alien will perform. With artistic skills used to make a latex alien skin and programming, the final product is expected to be shocking as the alien suddenly pops out of a human torso with a winch and spring mechanism coupled with glowing eyes and erratic motions.

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Week 8

Plans: Add springs to alien Make the jaw move Make the alien shake back and forth with servo Program the jaw and alien body movement Box/"human body" Springs for alien body Servo to make the alien body sway

Week 7

Plans: assemble alien spine rings to pvc pipe in wooden container paint alien skin set up another speaker to make the alien louder work on ratchet winch system sand down hex shaft for winch system set up red led eyes Winch: how to tie a constrictor knot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2XqvsnWiu8 how to wire the stepper motor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYIL5gxRogM -get an easydriver Audio: Spring mechanism:

Week 9

Plans: Assemble winch system install red LED eyes in alien Add alien skin to the skeleton Add all the code together Work on stopper for alien Fritzing for alien body swaying: Fritzing for alien jaw:

Group 064-03: Recreation of "Alien"

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