Forbidden Fruit Machine
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The Forbidden Fruit Machine is an interactive installation, which reinterprets 'The Fall of Man' oil painting in the form of a mechatronic video game. -- CC BY / Kati Hyyppä & Niklas Roy

The original 'The Fall of Man' painting by Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem (1592). -- Public Domain / Image provided by the Rijksmuseum

After some photoshopping, the image of the painting was printed on transparent acrylic. The arms of Eve and Adam and the forbidden apple were printed as separate elements so that they could be moved with motors. -- CC BY / Kati Hyyppä & Niklas Roy

Cutting the apple and the arms out of the hard acrylic sheet required quite some patience and precision. -- CC BY / Kati Hyyppä & Niklas Roy

Planning the connections for the electronics, making use of every available Arduino pin. -- CC BY / Kati Hyyppä & Niklas Roy

After lots and lots of soldering all the wires were labelled in order not to get lost in a wire mess. -- CC BY / Kati Hyyppä & Niklas Roy

Glueing the speakers to the wooden backboard. Two 4 Ohm speakers were used together with the Arduino Uno and the Adafruit Music Maker Shield for playing the sound effects. -- CC BY / Kati Hyyppä & Niklas Roy

The D-Sub connector for the Competition Pro Joystick being glued to the back board. -- CC BY / Kati Hyyppä & Niklas Roy

The power switch was attached with epoxy next to the power supply. -- CC BY / Kati Hyyppä & Niklas Roy

The XY gantry mechanisms which moved the apple was made using 3D printed plastic parts, aluminum rods, timing belts, gears and two stepper motors with end switches. -- CC BY / Kati Hyyppä & Niklas Roy

Adjusting the XY gantry mechanisms. Two stepper motors controlled by the Arduino Uno and the Adafruit Motor Shield V2.3 were used for the X and Y directions. -- CC BY / Kati Hyyppä & Niklas Roy

The arms of Eve and Adam were animated using small RC hobby servos connected also to the Arduino Uno and the motor shield. -- CC BY / Kati Hyyppä & Niklas Roy

Shoulder surgery with a drill. Making holes for the servo arms. -- CC BY / Kati Hyyppä & Niklas Roy

Eve and Adam almost complete, waiting for their cyborg arms to be attached. -- CC BY / Kati Hyyppä & Niklas Roy

The locations where the special effects occurred were indicated by LEDs which glimmered through the painting. Here the LEDs are being attached to the back board. -- CC BY / Kati Hyyppä & Niklas Roy

Testing that all the lights work as expected. -- CC BY / Kati Hyyppä & Niklas Roy

The back board in its complete state. Everything is in order. No confusing wires and wobbly parts. -- CC BY / Kati Hyyppä & Niklas Roy

The schematic for the electronics. There were quite a few connections but somehow they all worked. -- CC BY / Kati Hyyppä & Niklas Roy

Programming the detailed behaviors of the apple with the Arduino IDE. -- CC BY / Kati Hyyppä & Niklas Roy

Ready to run the apple! Here the Forbidden Fruit Machine is visiting the Coding da Vinci open culture hackathon in Berlin. -- CC BY / Kati Hyyppä & Niklas Roy