Think I've got the wrong end of the arduino!! (aka the stick).

But by the end of Fridays session its all clear...

The movement of the flower opening will be via a motion sensor.

Its up to me how complex this is and what emotion I want to capture. .

The colour change is via paint on paper.

In the meantime some  more research.

Dutch artist Lonneke Gordijn of Drift .
These light s are made out of real dandelion seeds!
thats a big WOW from me.

can't remember what this shot was all about,
but to me it highlights how off track you can
get when searching the WWW.

these are my flowers at home...its my one indulgence. 

metal flower beside the River Mersey in England.

London architects Tonkin Liu have completed a wind-powered 

If I had the time I would change my mind and do something along these lines. Might be easier. Its a wind sensitive electronic dress.
http://www.fashioningtech.com/profiles/blog/list?user=306sf06eygkoc

Theres too much stuff out there, its great but I'm confusing myself. 

So I'm going to stay with what I've got , and will keep these refs for future explorations.

Sooooo....

Some adjustments to my idea and a lotta of snipping later and this is where I am so far.

I am still looking at the outer leaf formation though, its not quite right yet, but this is what I want to happen.