Homework for Thursday

This is awesome.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2014/12/17/meet-derby-the-dog-who-runs-on-3-d-printed-legs/?tid=hpModule_9d3add6c-8a79-11e2-98d9-3012c1cd8d1e&hpid=z11

cool.

https://makezine.com/2014/12/03/3d-scanning-and-printing-the-president/

Projects

Here is what I see happening right now (more or less):

- electric cello (Nina)
Up and running.  Neck soon to be ordered.

- multi-Theremin (Abram)
Parts to be ordered soon?

- Go-cart and/or moped rebuild, etc.
Scour Craigslist for good rehab candidates.

- Space launch
Research/read what other people have done.  What equipment is needed?  GPS?  Etc.?

- 3D print yourself
Find the appropriate app/program.  Read and prep.

- Solar panel
Read/research.  What do we need to buy/order?

- Solar charger
This?
http://www.instructables.com/id/portable-20w-solar-charger/

- Bike/blender
I haven't seen this up close before.  It seems as though the hardest element will be connecting the back sprocket to the blender and converting the vertical sprocket motion to a horizontal one for the blender.  This isn't exactly trivial, particularly since the horizontal sprocket will need to be connected well to the blender.  See what others have done.

- Hovercraft/Drone
There are lots of Make-type articles on this.  Shouldn't be impossible to follow.

- AI Chess engine (Ben?)
Very much out of my expertise.

- Rockets
Lots of ideas here:  using large (E, F) engines, using on-board camera and other instruments, using/making a wind tunnel (see plans online), using wind tunnel apps (there's a great one for the iPad), and so forth.  Look into Apogee Rockets (http://www.apogeerockets.com/) for other ideas like high-powered rocketry.

- Guitar (Danielle)
Decide on body shape and wood.  Will you start with a "body blank" that has already been routed?  Once the body is ready and routed, the electronics and neck are relatively straight-forward installs.  If you're making pickups, that just takes a little time.

Other ideas?

Laser build
Wind turbine
Cost analysis on how to convert the campus to wind/solar/etc.
Electronics project and/or Arduino
Raspberry Pi
Weather station (an idea from sophomore Aaron E.)

Here are some cool things worth a look - either for projects or just fun:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Interactive-LED-Programmable-Canvas/

http://www.instructables.com/id/Recycled-Hard-Drive-Clock-FuneLab/

http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-Build-Burning-Laser-For-Less-Than-20/

Theremin related:

http://makezine.com/video/play-that-funky-tune-with-weekend-projects/

Code etc.

Here is a download link for code for several Arduino projects in the Sik guide:

sparkfun.com/sikcode

And the guide is here:

http://dlnmh9ip6v2uc.cloudfront.net/datasheets/Kits/SFE03-0012-SIK.Guide-300dpi-01.pdf

Tuesday

Gang:

I'll be in a bit late this morning - around 11:20 or so.  Please get to work on some Arduino and/or electronics stuff.  Around noon, Hannah Block will visit to chat about her project.

You can use the handout I gave last time - maybe start playing around with push buttons on a separate boards, to control the LED.

If you haven't yet seen it, this (the Sik manual) may be useful:

http://dlnmh9ip6v2uc.cloudfront.net/datasheets/Kits/SFE03-0012-SIK.Guide-300dpi-01.pdf

File under: Pretty Cool

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