Portolio of David Elkan-Gonzalez
The laser harp includes 8 lasers mounted lasers and a camera. When the user blocks a laser the camera is used to determine which note to play.
Our original design called for a fog machine for interesting lighting effects, but this was not used in the end.
Laser Harp
Team Size: 4
Project Duration: 3 weeks
Year Completed: Freshman
Key Skills, Mechanical Design, Woodworking, Circuitry
Sporting a full scale of eight lasers, this laser harp was fully playable by simply blocking a beam with the hand. A camera mounted on the frame tracks the dots that appear on the palyers hand and determines which beam was blocked and at what distances. These results are used to determine which note to play at which tone. This project was programmed using a graphical programming language called vvv.