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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)
* 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.

Arduino Education Kits

Ceiling Art Installation

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
    • 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!"