Sweat detector continued

The experiment with the moisture detectors will be elaborated as well. I will again comment on a personal experience of mine where sweat is a signal to a ballet teacher saying that the pupil is pushing him/herself hard enough. Or in other words: “if you don’t see you sweating you can leave class!”.

I will try to build a system that does not allow you to push yourself hard, to overwork, to stress your body. It will force the dancer to take it easy, and be zen. At the break of a sweat a system will be put in operation that very, very gradually slows down the music bit by bit and gradually turns on fans in the room in order to bring your body back to normal temperature. When less sweat is detected, as your body goes back to a ‘neutral’ state, the music will slowly speed up again, and the fans are turned off: attempting to maintain the dancer’s body in some sort of equilibrium.

Strategies

I will use the sweat detectors again, connected to an Arduino with a Bluetooth module that can remotely control the speed of the music and the fans.

Problems I’ve encountered last time was with the Arduino power supply that fluctuated so heavily that no stable bluetooth connection could be maintained. I will have to build another power supply so I can configure the Bluetooth mate and build the rest of this system. I’ve purchased three remote controlled electrical sockets that might be useful in controlling the fans.