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Carduino
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Manager: Michael KubaPremise: Use an Arduino, pressure sensor and other parts to create a customizable boost guage.BOM $20Arduino Uno $35Honeywell Pressure sensorSSCDRRN030PDAA5$0.757805 voltage regulator $1Assorted resistors $40.50Adafruit goodies $6JST SM Plug + Receptacle Cable Set x4 $13LCD display $2.5Waterproof Polarized 4-Wire Cable Set $10i2c / SPI character LCD backpack $9Adafruit Perma-Proto Quarter-sized Breadboard PCB$10misc wire $5Tubing connector Codehttp://pastebin.com/Dbtg1Fb5 Total: $112.50 Background information on the Arduino board: http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardUno The…
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Internet Connected Cookie Jar Alarm
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Manager: Gregory HillTeam: Gregory HillPremise: Tweeting cookie jar for help with dieting.Goals and Summary: I’m trying my best to muck through creating a sensor that alerts my girlfriend (and my friends on twitter) when I’m too close to our cookie jar. I’m following Timothy Ferris’ “Four Hour Body”, which means that I need to stick…
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3D Scanning with Kinect
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Manager: George FettersTeam: Derek, Andrew, Travis, Chris, Amberly, Deech, Gene, and many others…Premise: Create a 3D scanning platform, install opensource 3D software for Kinect and take it to the Archon Convention to get some awesome scans.We made use of the openNi platform for Kinect and a piece of free software called ReconstructMe for the software…
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Autonomous Bots – Arduino powered
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Manager: Derek SeiglerTeam: George, and a cast of may others …Premise: Take an old RC car that has outlived its usefulness, add an arduino possibly a motor controller, a sensor or two and build an Atonomous vehicle that can navigate a basic track.Goals and Summary:Atonomous Bots – Born out of the first Arduino classes, autonomous…
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Letterpress v1.2
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Manager: KimTeam: BobPremise: Portable low cost letterpress.Project Goals and Summary: Letterpress v.1.2 project is complete and free for anyone to play with. It has travelled to Maker Faire KC, Prom, and Abby and Nate used it to make their wedding invitations.Project Progress and Details:For those who want to use it there are a few quirks to follow. One…
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Shapeoko CNC Router
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Manager: Andy RTeam: Mike, Travis, Niels, Tim, DeechPremise: Upgrade existing HobbyCNC router to a larger ShapeOko CNC platformProject Goals and Summary:http://www.shapeoko.com/wiki/index.php/Main_PageUsing this design, we are expanding to a 4ft x 3ft cutting area and hope to further expand into a 4ft x 8ft cutting area that will fold up onto the shop wall when not…
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Weather Balloon – Summer 2011
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Manager: DerekTeam: Eric, Joel, Jamie, RyanCPremise: Launch a high altitude weather ballon with video and still photo capabilitiesIntroductionWe are going to launch a weather ballon to achieve three goals:Obtain pictures and video of St. Louis and the earth from high altitudeExecute a well organized project to attract people to Arch ReactorProvide a good knowledge base…
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