Projects

This is a dump of all projects that people have expressed interest in working on!

5/16/2012 - Front Door Display

• There is a desire to make this more fancy, but this would involve having a higher powered machine.
• Chris Chan has donated an Intel Atom box for this.
• A 24" LCD, VGA cable, and stereo cable with 1/8" audio jack have been installed
• The shift machine currently operates the AHA / Diablo III background. This needs to be dedicated on a separate machine.
• Needs:
  • Someone to connect the dots

5/16/2012 - Shift Machine Replacement

• Purpose: Replace the current 10 y/old shift machine with something more modern
• Needs to run Windows XP or more recent (Smartlaunch)
• Make being on shift more enjoyable, and more productive through better hardware/software (not for gaming atm)
• Chris Chan & English Green have donated parts to make this happen, machine is built, needs Windows loaded.

DogFort ventilation

• Purpose: make for less stinky death in dogfort!
• Requires some HVAC engineering / math stuff.
• Main project page: Dogfort Ventilation

DogFort dust collection

• Purpose: Wall mounted suction for each work station, makes clean up easy and can be hooked up to some tools!
• Requires: pipes / valves / cyclone dust collector.
• Main project page: Dogfort Suction

Rapid protyping room clean up/part use/CNC enclosure

• Purpose: Get the back room in working order, improve safety!
• Requires:

* 1 more Electrical wall strip (Acquired)
* Ceiling storage (Parts there for mount)
* CNC enclosure (Parts there to build). Good diagram here: http://ilab.usc.edu/wiki/index.php/CNC#Dust_Box
* Restore Laptop for 3D printers and build slanted shelf for it.
* Laser cut wooden/plastic spools for 3D printer ink (3MM)
* Organize 3D printer parts
* Build spare extruder
* Produce parts for 1ft x 1ft x 1ft printr bot (parts can be printed and fit with spare extruder

Contact: Tyler W

Quad Copter

Main project page: Quad Copter

The current goal is to create a quad copter platform that is modular enough so that

• people can use it for various types of projects (flying inside / outside, controlled / autonomous, avionics using off-the-shelf or custom code etc).
• It's cheap enough and easy enough to fabricate where if someone wants to make another one (or a swarm!) there is a simple path to follow.

Skills needed:

• Mechanical engineering / CAD (for designing chassis)
• Arduino / electronics (for control hardware, sensors)
• Software development (for interfaces, non-autonomous control etc)
• AI / machine learning (for autonomy)
• Enthusiasm and awesomeness (for learning all of the above!)

Interested Parties

Nate Y. 
Michael Sh. 
Josh W.

Fabric circuits / wearable electronics

Main project page: Fabric Circuit Actigraphy

It seems like there are a lot of folks around who like working with textiles, clothing etc, and a lot of folks around who like playing with electronics. Let's combine the two! Conductive thread / fabrics are available on the intertubes and quite cool. Some possibilities:

• Multi-sensor wearable actigraph. What is actigraphy? The science of measuring human activity levels from non-invasive sensors. Single-sensor consumer devices already exist (e.g. fitbit, wakemate, to some extent nike+) but I wonder how well you could do with a shirt that passively tracks your motion, heart rate, ambient temperature etc and some clever software. Interested parties: Mike Sh., Cory, Kimberly
• Clothing with persistence of vision (POV) displays.
• Tron costume with real glowy bits.

Skills needed :

• Sewing and other fabric / clothing-oriented skills.
• Electronics

Scanmera

Currently in a working state. Excellent for events where we need a reliable project that's interactive and engaging.

Here are some people to poke if you have questions about the Scanmera:

Xander H.
Jenn M.
Josh W.
Nate Y.

Before Memorial Weekend Improvement Plan

• Fix Lighting in DogFort
• Organize Network Cable & Power Madness for Servers

Memorial Weekend Improvement Plan

• Main Room
  • Shopvac Floors
  • Organize Bright Futures Madness Josh
  • Organize Backyard Brains Madness Dotz
  • Organize / Clean up Tool Wall
  • Remove Power Tool / accessories - place in Dogfort
  • Designate Purgatory Shelf/Space

• DogFort
  • Final Paint / Trim Coat
  • Window holes need work, talk to Josh. Sizes of remaining holes: 6 x 3.5, 1 x 3.75, 1 x 4, 4 x 7, 2 x 7.25, 2 x 7.5 (num holes * inches diameter for each hole). Rule of thumb: cut acrylic half an inch smaller. Cut cardstock ring up half an inch for outer and half to 3/4 of an inch inner.
  • Sort through tools, remove shoddy duplicates
  • Remove items that are not:
    • Power Tools
    • Servers
    • Paint / Paint Accessories

• Prototyping Room
  • Build Maker Bot Shelf
  • Secure Existing Shelves
  • Add Additional Shelves for material storage
  • Create better Maker Bot Filament Storage

• Bathrooms
  • Scrub Sinks/Toilets/Counters/Mirrors/Walls
  • Mop Floors!

• Rear Stairwell
  • Paint!
  • Finish trim around bathroom walls / doors

• Misc Awesome
  • Create large / clean / legible signs for different areas
    • Electronics
    • Craft
    • Prototyping
    • DogFort
    • Library
    • Hand Tools
    • Safety
  • Mount Laser Cutter Key to light weight & bright pink fist sized object with reminder "Please Pay!"