Niklas Roy’s “My little piece of Privacy” window installation:
My workshop is located in an old storefront with a big window facing towards the street. In an attempt to create more privacy inside, I’ve decided to install a small but smart curtain in that window. The curtain is smaller than the window, but an additional surveillance camera and an old laptop provide it with intelligence: The computer sees the pedestrians and locates them. With a motor attached, it positions the curtain exactly where the pedestrians are.
The whole setup works really well. But in the end, it doesn’t protect my privacy at all. It seems that the existence of my little curtain is leading itself ad absurdum, simply by doing its job very well. My moving curtain attracts the looks of people which usually would never care about my window. It is even the star of the street, now! My curtain is just engaged. And because of that, it fails.
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I’ve thought about automating my blinds so that they try to maintain a constant ambient light level throughout the day. Seems like it wouldn’t be too hard if you could connect a stepper motor to the control rail of the blinds.
I’ve thought about automating my blinds so that they try to maintain a constant ambient light level throughout the day. Seems like it wouldn’t be too hard if you could connect a stepper motor to the control rail of the blinds.