MARYNA RAZAKHATSKAYA

The concept behind the Talking Tree project has been developed to prove the technical and ethical capability to replace traditional outdoor media (i.e. billboards) with environment-friendly green media. The project has an ambition to become a part of sustainable urban development project and persuade advertisers to redirect tremendous spending on advertising towards green urban area development. Talking tree is a prototype of conscious advertising media enabled by augmenting nature with interactive technology. 

• Tree/plant in a pot (medium size with multiple thin scapes and easy-to-shake leaves)

• Arduino Uno board

• Servo motor

• Ultrasonic sensor

• LDR photo resistor (light sensor)

• LED lights

• Copper tape

• Speaker

• Wires

• 2 USB power banks

• Audio files in .wav format

• Adafruit Sound board

• Cardboard, paint, glue, solder

• Interaction design

• Product design

• Arduino programming

• Circuit design

• Proximity sensors

• Light sensors

• Motors