Laser Not working

My Laser beam will not work, the distance between the emitter and receiver is too short inside my bin, so it’s always going off, I’m going to go to plan B and just create a button which activates my sound. Not impressed at all, as I spent a long time on soldering and trying to get my laser working and was sort of enjoying too.

Bins

Went to warehouse and bought the bottom pictured pedal bin and took it apart, was planning to drill a hole in top, but then thought how could I make it more aesthetically pleasing so went and got the round black cylinder which I’m going to apply a ciggarete butt texture to

Possible Loactions

Trying to figer out where would be he best place to put my instillation, I’m scared of the constant rain is going to ruin it, but I can put it inside, I think the best place will be under the Victoria Sign Outside, thats where people like to smoke and Its visible to everyone

Finished I/R Sensor

Finally finished soldiering my infrared sensor, was tedious at first but after awhile got use it and it went a lot quicker. Going to test out the I/R bam soon, hopefully it works

Project 2 Idea

I have decide to go with the smoking idea for project 2, Basically I want to set up an installation out side the front doors where everyone smokes, And with my installation I want to convince them to properly dispose of their cigarette buts, instead of just throwing them on the road

Smoking Stats

I found a really comprehensive PDF on smoking stats which has some really interesting facts

Smoking Stats

Also an intersting fact to note

It is estimated that in 1999 5567 tonnes of cigarettes were smoked

http://www.fao.org/docrep/006/y4956e/y4956e0h.htm

Project 2

Got my Arduino Board a few days ago, Still Having trouble coming up with ideas, Im just not sure how complected to make it, because I dont know yet what I can and Cant do with the Arduino board.

I was thinking of doing something to do with smoking or cigarettes buts outside uni

How Smoking Causes Land and Water Pollution?

Pollution caused due to smoking is not confined only to the air or body but to some extent it is also responsible in polluting the land and the water. Every day millions of cigarette butts are left on the ground. Maximum of the cigarette butts finally end up in lakes and rivers. By mistake fishes and other water animals eat these butts resulting in death of these water bodies. The remaining butts left on the ground will approximately take 25-26 years to decompose. The various additives and chemicals are leached into the soil, polluting the soil as well as plants. During dry seasons cigarette butts can even cause major fire, which is even harmful for the environment.

How Cigarette Production Affects Environment?

Major impact on the environment is due the production of the cigarettes. The land, which is used for the cultivation of tobacco plants, could be better used for producing food for the third world countries. Moreover as the tobacco plant is highly susceptible to pests and disease so to maintain their proper growth and health various chemicals and pesticides are being sprayed. For the production and packaging of the cigarette requires a lot of trees.

In an hour cigarette-manufacturing unit requires almost 4 miles of paper for rolling and packaging of the cigarettes. Just to produce 300 cigarettes one tree is being wasted. Energy and water is also being wasted for the production of the cigarettes as well as the chemical wastes from the manufacturing unit is also dumped into the soil. Hence it is clear the cigarettes are in total adding huge strain on the body and environment.

With the use of more advance technology tobacco industry can help in decreasing the strain from the environment. But just to save billions of dollar profit/year the industry is not willing to go for the advanced technology. The best and the easiest way to control this environmental destruction, is to stop buying this harmful product. It is tough to quit smoking but directly (your health) and indirectly (environment) it will be beneficial for you only.

http://smoking.ygoy.com/smoking-and-the-environment/