Ultimately space-time is the universal bond between all humans and non-humans.
Being mindful of our connection to the universe strengthens our connection to each-other.
With diminishing views of the Milky Way as a natural reminder, we must rely on our collective consciousness to retain awareness of our place in space.
This is not easily achieved in modern society where our minds are pre-occupied with so many other things.
Therefore, I created a dedicated communication channel in the form of an enchanted object to embed our universal connection into daily life.
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Connects to the NeoWs API (api.nasa.gov/) by NASA JPL Asteroid team. The screen shows basic information about the number of potentially hazardous (PHA) and non-hazardous asteroids (NHA), with close approach time and name provided for the potentially hazardous.
At the close approach time of every asteroid, a representative animation is displayed across the clock face: red for PHAs and blue for NHAs. Both clock face animations in this video were triggered by the close approach time of asteroids.
A visual clock with coloured circles corresponding to seconds, minutes and hours is displayed underneath the main information.
Built using Arduino Nano and Raspberry Pi with Vanilla Javascript, Node.js, p5.js, C++, CSS and HTML. The screen is from a £10 used Dell computer monitor. Programmed to run on boot, just switch it on and setup occurs automatically.