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[edit] Member main projects

  • psytek - workbench for redroom / Flying_Saucer
  • mareiska - musical composition
  • bitless - refinishing table
  • Rmd6502 - Calculator
  • Sidney - iPod charger array
  • Sam - Twin Mendel 3d printers
  • Matt - GTK desktop alarm clock / calculator
  • Ivan - Teapot / Target in the Dark
  • akellehe - Signal Modulator / Demodulator (modem)
  • kupad - Mousey_the_junkbot
  • kupad - video game emulator OR a media center in the "game room"
  • Nada - Northpaw
  • Purly, Rmd6502, Psytek, akellehe - Interactive_Arduino_Mural
  • Purly - Accelerometer controlled LED necklace, electronic magnetic poetry, EL wire knitted A1 wristbands, solar paneled parasol w/ mighty minty boost and LEDs or EL wire on the parasol handle, arduino PWM musical gloves or circuit-bending gloves, clothing that changes color based on the weather (thermochromatic pigment), garter belt with fans that allow you to have your very own Marilyn Monroe upskirt moment at the press of a button (or possibly a skirt with nitinol stitched in it), a device that detects your heartbeat and then outputs a base beat to a speaker at a tone that is just below human hearing

[edit] Project Pool

  1. (S) IRC Text to Speech for #alphaonelabs
  2. (I) Twitter Text to Speech for @alphaonelabs tweets - http://donteatthefruit.com/2009/03/twittervoice3d-twitter-air-app-creativity-chaos-and-order/
  3. (I) A pizza making machine. Put in dough, cheese and sauce and out comes a perfect pizza ready to put into the oven (or hey, why not include the oven too!). (automaitc pancake machine! http://www.uncrate.com/men/home/kitchen/chefstack-automatic-pancake-machine/ http://www.chefstack.com) http://hackerspaceprojects.com/projects/list/psytek/6/ http://zedomax.com/blog/2009/11/23/noodle-making-robot/ http://hackaday.com/2010/02/03/print-your-own-pizza/
  4. (I) Hackerspace badge system that allows teachers to create badges and when students finish a class they tweet that they did and the badge goes onto their public profile. Ex: "@badger #soldersunday @alphaonelabs" Named Badger
  5. (I) iPhone voice memo to google voice uploader - this way your notes are transcribed through google voice. Similar (not as real-time) http://lifehacker.com/5346791/record-and-transcribe-notes-for-yourself-with-google-voice http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/11/voice_controlled_led_sign.html
  6. (I) Decibel meter / alarm to monitor the noise level. If something is to loud it sends a tweet to twitter.
  7. (I) Project vending machine to sell projects that the hackerspace is doing.
  8. (S) Flying_Saucer
  9. (I) Wireless computer monitor contact lenses http://io9.com/5352415/inventions-that-will-end-work-as-we-know-it http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/8/2009/09/500x_ARcontacts.jpg
  10. (I) Automatic high-speed hand washing and drying machine
  11. (I) Add a fingerprint doorknob to the common area.
  12. (I) Portable hacker space, can roll around to various places and give classes on the spot.
  13. (I) Cordless Bluetooth Webcam - battery powered can be passed around etc...I can donate my old treo 650 for this. Maybe we can rip out the camera and Bluetooth chip and hook it up to an arduino. Or we can just use an iPhone and program it to be a bt webcam. Actually just found this http://forums.makezine.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=463 would like to look into it further. You can do this with qik...http://www.bt-1.com/
  14. (S) A project a day(APAD) - takes a list of projects and assigns one per day to make it easier to focus. If a project ends up running into the next day then we can either postpone the next project, stop working on it and move on to the next or simultaneously work on both. http://github.com/johnbender/apad/tree/master would like to get this on http://heroku.com/
  15. (I) Automatic Tooth Brushing Machine
  16. (I) Emacs Org-Mode velocity input that generates a number based on due date and percent done.
  17. (I) Capacitive inductance keyboard on door / window that will allow users to type in letters and the "doorbell" will say the characters that are typed. (or just a regular keyboard) and also sends to twitter. http://code.google.com/p/tinkerit/wiki/Cantarino http://hackaday.com/2009/09/18/touch-sensitive-keypad/
  18. (I) motion sensor hooked up to a dhtml page that shows you if someone is in the room or not.
  19. (S) 2 point PCV pipe infrared trip wire tube / radar. (rmd6502)We certainly have enough infrared phototransistors - it shouldn't be to hard to find an infrared led, even at Rat Shack. http://www.instructables.com/id/Arduino_Laser_Tripwire/
  20. (I) Altimeter kite
  21. (I) Create an arduino teachers manual. / syllabus / definitive way to do it
  22. (I) Portable white board plotter.
  23. (I) Capacitive sensing doorbell, great Arduino project. It can even PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) out the classic Westminster tone! http://hackaday.com/2009/09/17/software-pulse-width-modulation/
  24. (S) Alphanumeric LED display with FT2232 usb port http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/FT2232C.htm
  25. (I) Movie night, watch full metal jacket and ___ of war and eat http://www.mredepot.com/servlet/the-270/MRE-Military-USGI-Meal/Detail
  26. (S) RFID reader lock
  27. (I) Panning / tilting spotlight that follows a laser
  28. (I) E-paper wall display of wiki pages / information controlled by an Xcore86
  29. (I) laser array particlization instant prototyper - paricalizes plastic in a cloud then 2 lasers meet at a point in the cloud and make the plastic solid
  30. (I) iPhone watch
  31. (I) gsm repeaters - http://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Extenders-YX500-Cel-Booster-Coverage/dp/B000E14G7S
  32. (I) cantenna
  33. (I) thumb watch - small thumbnail sided display that shows time or info .. Later revs similar to ip watch.
  34. (I) laser controlled volume and mute buttons
  35. (I) Workbench for the redroom http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFpeNVO80kY
  36. (I) Animated business card http://zedomax.com/blog/2009/12/31/diy-animated-optical-illusions-magic/
  37. (I) phone camera based resistor color code reader
  38. (I) voice controlled label maker
  39. (I) Window cleaning suction robot (similar to RC cars)
  40. (I) RFID tells you when you forgot something
  41. (I) super bright led router activity lights - light up whole room
  42. (I) Finger Mouse - A device like a ring that allows the user to just scroll their finger along a surface and acts like a mouse. Has a bluetooth interface and laser pickup.
  43. (I) Sleep Time Watch - Monitors how long you sleep and uploads it to the computer whenever you are near. Keeps track of your sleeping patterns.
  44. (I) Camo Paint - paints the color underneith it, paint can senses color and mixes appropriately.
  45. (I) Food Watcher - Watches how much you eat and keeps track of it.
  46. (I) Portable Incinerator - A small incenerator where you can burn your papers.
  47. (I) Swag locator - a website where you can see which booth has what type of swag
  48. (I) Data Storage Balls - All metal, place them in a reciver and use as a hard drive. image available
  49. (I) Rapid Installation System - install programs rapidly.
  50. (I) Sky Scraper In A box - put box down, it does the rest.
  51. (I) The Idea Company - company to help people realise their ideas.
  52. (I) Pen Keyboard - A pen that has a keyboard on it
  53. (I) Robot Protocol - so robots can find one another and register
  54. (I) Telephone Holigram Projector - put telephone on table and it projects hologram
  55. (I) Infra Red Contact Lenses - allow you to see in infrared or night vision
  56. (I) Button Ring - ring that has a button on it to connect with a device like the iphone to track your location at the press of a button.
  57. (I) Trick Or Treat Best Route - halloween best route finder / Ihave Candy - ihavecandy halloween house locator where people enter what candy they have
  58. (I) Automatic Food Supply System - nourshies body perfectly based on chemical / caloric properties of the body
  59. (I) Flashlight Ring - a ring with a flashlight on it
  60. (I) Smell O Meter - A device that can tell what kind of smell is present. Toxic chemicals, perfume (what kind), bugs, etc..
  61. (I) Code Beads - Each bead contains a function and can be popped together with other beads to form a program
  62. (I) Ring Screen - a ring that you can look into and see a screen
  63. (I) Multi Eye Perspective Camera - has tons of lenses or can have one and move it around rapidly
  64. (I) Direction Looker - camera that detects looking angles in crowded places to see what everyone looks at
  65. (I) Bed Side Water Cooler - has alarm, light, SD slot for music
  66. (I) Fridge Cam - fridge bot / camera - lets you look around without opening door
  67. (I) Precise Focus RF Beams data transfer balls - put together and they snap like static electricity and transfer large amounts of data instantly. image available
  68. (I) Online Robotic Arena - A place to build and play with robots all interactivly online. membership is paid and people get to see the arena and build robots. will help improve robotics. people can order supplies. would be in a warehouse size place.
  69. (I) Daily Work Book Page for kids website - A website where each day is a different workbook page that kids can print out and work on.
  70. (I) Automated Curtains - alarm clock curtains that open and close at set times
  71. (I) Ill Give You Blank To - website - i'll give you $____ to ______ (task) - similar to www.fiverr.com
  72. (I) Mars Data Center - mars data backup center.... even if the world blows up, your data will be safe :) (powered by solar)
  73. (I) DNA Watch ID - a watch that has your dna on it to serve as an id.
  74. (I) IP Relay For Smartphones - like att relay only for the smartphone
  75. (I) Efficient Fridge - clear fridge drawers that plug into the special fridge outlet to provide cold to indivitual boxes
  76. (I) Transparent Solar Cells - Can be put on windows etc...
  77. (I) Sand Blasted Tooth Fillings - nstead of drilling, use a minimally invasive sand blast to clean out the cavity. (Recent innovations have been made in this field using plasma)
  78. (I) Plasma Induction - Not sure what I intended for this one :)
  79. (I) Rapid Bark Stripper - to remove the bark from a tree and have a smooth surface for carving.
  80. (I) BT Color Laser Printer - A color laser printer that is connected via bluetooth
  81. (I) Handheld Copy And Print Device - Wave it over a page and it picks it up then set it on another page and it prints it.
  82. (I) Online Hospital - "For people or websites" - Les is a partner
  83. (I) Phone To Phone - Voip App that lets you talk for free
  84. (I) Cell Pov App - Application that doest the POV thing when you swing your phone.
  85. (I) Blue Tooth Post-it Printer - Prints on post its instead of regular paper.
  86. (I) Incense purifier - Washes anything that is not pure out of the incense.
  87. (I) Hydroponic Fridge - grows veggies in the fridge with a seperate compartment for each plant. light and water are automatic.
    • Zone-Based
    • Temprature/Light regulated
    • Multiple Components
    • Sime size factor of fridge
    • Computer Interface
  88. (I) Color Chaing Diaper - Changes color if it is wet or soiled
  89. (I) World Rescue Service - huge database of contact info of people in case they get lost. possibly networked and stuff.
  90. (I) The Pod - Product of the day website like woot - IDLIKEONEPLEASE.COM is available!
  91. (I) Nursery Rhyme In Your Voice - record a nursery rhyme in your own voice and then download a whole cd of the different ones.
  92. (I) Central Archiving Agency - A place that aggressivly collects all medical records and is hippa approved. centralmedicalarchiving.com
  93. (I) Toy Catcher - under table food and toy catching and throwing back robot
  94. (I) bugbites.com - (take pictues of your bugbites, social network)
  95. (I) Dollar Social Video Tutorials - Users put up tutorials about things and you only pay a dollar to see them.
  96. (I) Ajax Fone Finder - like fon finder but works as you type
  97. (I) Mining on Mars - Mine for materials on Mars.
  98. (I) <Konsgn> Idea: have an led sign underneath the camera displaying how many viewers.
  99. (I) Rapid Injection Molding system - computer controlled mold can make different parts very quickly similar to this:

http://www.dudecraft.com/2010/07/pixel-casting-machine.htm

  1. (I) High speed robotic arm garbage and recycle collection truck add-on



[edit] To Fix

  1. (I) Fix the wireless usb that was donated

[edit] Off the radar ideas

  1. (I) fold out benches against wall (we ended up getting desks. This is / was to have more room to sit. Idea is off the radar for now)

[edit] Project Showcase

  1. Alpha One Labs craft stick car
  2. Bluetooth Goggles
  3. HackerspaceProjects.com
  4. laser controlled lights
  5. robot pumpkins
  6. pumpkin carving for hackyhalloween
  7. plug and switch
  8. Carbonated fruit from http://lifehacker.com/5315768/make-your-taste-buds-tingle-with-homemade-carbonated-fruit
  9. Hackerspaces FAQ Wave
  10. A hackerspace projection wall where all hacker space video feeds are displayed. http://hackathon.tetalab.org/ The feeds can be tuned into by shining a laser at either screen (this feature is still in research). nykodemus and I both had this idea :)

Status key: I=incubation / idea, S=started C=complete

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