It’s a calm Sunday afternoon and you’re wandering by the road lost in thought of what to have for dinner. Suddenly the glaring Sun pops up from behind the clouds breaking your chain of thoughts by its scorching heat. How amazing it would be if you had a pair of sunglasses with controllable shades that you could control as per your wish and avoid the burning Sun! And, apart from coming to the rescue during the day, what if it could also make you party-ready in the night?
What if we told you CAN make such sunglasses, right here, right NOW?Sounds incredible, right? So, what are you waiting for? Time to show the Sun who’s the real boss AND become the centre of attraction of every party you go to!

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Step 1: What Will You Need?

This can be made very easily at home by even a kid or an oldie! We need the following stuff:

Thick cardboard
Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
Straws
Paint (optional)

Electronic equipment required:

evive
A servo motor with its accessories.
Few Male-to-Female Jumper Cables.

Step 2: Taking the Cut Outs

Take the cardboard piece and from it cut out:

2 Pieces of 15 cm x 6 cm - Part A
1 piece of 9 cm x 2 cm - Part B
1 piece of 4 cm x 2 cm - Part C
1 piece of 6 cm x 2 cm - Part D
1 piece of 6 cm x 3 cm - Part E

Also, cut a small piece of straw.

Step 3: The Shaping the Frame of Sunglasses

Take one of Part A and cut it in the shape of sunglasses.

Step 4: Shaping of the Spectacles

Next, cut holes in the second Part A.

Step 5: Adding Details to the Sunglasses

Take Part E and paste it on one of its sides.

Next, take a small piece of straw and paste it on the other side.

Step 6: Attaching Servo's Support

Take the smallest cut out, i.e. Part C and paste it on one of the sides of Part A.

Step 7: Covering the Servo

Take Part B and wrap it around the servo and paste the two ends with glue.

Step 8: Attaching Servo's Horn

Then, take the single sided servo horn and fix it on the servo head using the self-threading screw; the horn and the screw are available with the servo accessories.

Step 9: Attaching the Servo

Take two straws and paste it on both sides on Part A with holes in it.

Take Part E and make a small hole in it.

Then, paste the servo and Part E on the larger piece with holes cut out.

Step 10: Assembling the Sunglasses and Spectacles

Join the two large cutouts by fixing the small straw in the hole and insert the servo horn in the 6 cm x 2 cm piece of the sunglasses.

Fix them using the hot glue.

Step 11: Seeing It in Action!

You can decorate the goggles now.

Connect the three servo wires to servo motor channel S1. Make sure that the brown wire is connected to the leftmost pin.

Switch on your evive and navigate through the controls menu and select Servo 1. Now, turn the potentiometer knob and watch the glasses do their magic!