LUNAR ACTUATION / WATER
Can a fountain wait for the moon?
A live sketch of the control logic. Move the moon; see when the garden chooses to act.
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NEXT ACTUATION3 NIGHTS · 22:31
FIELD NOTES / BENCH TESTS / UNCOOPERATIVE MACHINES
Things we are trying
to make behave.
This is the open notebook. Everything here is a question, prototype or garden trial, labelled without pretending it is finished.
ACTIVE STUDIES · 04OUTDOOR HOURS · 312FAILED BEAUTIFULLY · 09
Pump, valve, controller, lunar notes. The unromantic parts of a romantic proposition.
SOIL / IRRIGATION
Can irrigation listen before it speaks?
Moisture is not an instruction. The experiment combines soil, weather and recent watering before deciding to do nothing.
SOIL · BED 0341.2%Listening. No water requested.
CHARACTER ROBOTICS
Could a robot have good garden manners?
Routes are easy. Timing, hesitation and the decision to give way are what make a machine feel at home.
YIELDING TO · HUMAN
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