i'll be bringing them with me today so everyone can have a look at them. i only have two of those... i thought i had more... but it may just be that they are in the bottom of this parts box i have... who knows maybe i really only have two of them. other than that i still have all the parts from last week and will have all of that if anyone needs anything out of there. other than that i am really liking the RF- id idea as well as usb sniffer/spoofer thing that Dan Vogel was talking about. and i am always up for a rube goldberg machine. and like lion said there really isn't a reason why we can support more than one project at a time. so if someone wants to start working on one of those say today or next week then go for it. there will be other projects going on as well but don't let that discourage you.
-Ryan On May 5, 10:36 pm, Crusoe <[email protected]> wrote: > Ryan Reggio has these awesome little microwave based security sensors. > They're mostly off/on though I think, but they beg for some arduino > action. > > -Daniel > > On May 5, 10:02 am, Dan Vogel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The "intelligent" (semi-intelligent, mostly braindead) part is... sensors. > > I imagine experimenting with various light sensor proxies to be adjust > > light output (such as possible based on the choice/cost of LED). > > > For example, on a gloomy but bright day like today, I would imagine > > more power would be nice. On a sunny day, less so. With a lot of > > interior lighting on, maybe brighter (if it is on), whereas in a dark > > environment it need not shine so bright. > > > Additionally, a sense of time and/or a sense of presence. > > > A sense of time could be an alarm, or on a schedule. It could also > > help promote a sense of time, like a turn-off timer of a hot tub > > ("I am going to have left this table before it turns off...") > > > A sense of presence could be touch/weight sensors, if we're in the > > form of a table (turn on, or dim, if I am at the table). Or it could be > > tied > > with RFID/bluetooth, for both activation and power saving (if a lightbox > > shines in an empty room, is anyone affected?) > > Essentially, something more intelligent than a lightbulb, but only > > just - there are some pretty smart lightbulbs these days. > > > I am actually less interested in RGB -- it is shiny, and extensible, but I > > feel like it has been done and the limitations known. nbbj (the architects) > > have > > their headquarters next door, and they have a lovely two story light column > > that > > cycles through colors. Please remind me to point it out next week. I have > > good > > friends who have commercialized RGB LED applications -- orbs that > > change colors based on sensor data. It is cool... but not really what I am > > envisioning. I would prefer to focus on a good frequency of light, for > > which LEDs > > are well suited, rather than compromise for a spectrum. > > > Or maybe not, I have not done my homework sufficiently. > > > Best, > > Dan > > > On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Lion Kimbro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > When we get new space, experimenting with lighting is definitely > > > something I want to do; And I hear you regarding how lighting affects > > > our mood. Also: Light tables went to great effect at Bucketworks, as > > > well, and you can use them in every single situation, regardless of what > > > you're doing. > > > > I have one question: > > > What's the intelligent component of the light box that you are > > > envisioning? > > > > (We were working on a wall of light last year, so we have some experience > > > with diffusing plastics, multi-color LEDs, Arduino control of them; Jon > > > Dugan > > > made a box (a 4x4 array of RGB LEDs) that worked very well, roughly a > > > foot > > > by a foot in dimension.) > > > > On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Dan Vogel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I like Rogan's idea, although I too am not prepared to take on running > > > yet > > > > another project. > > > > But if I were, here are some of the other ideas (to inspire others): > > > > * USB sniffer/spoofer -- from a failed startup in the past, I own one > > > or > > > > two (having left the > > > > second in Pittsburgh) Net2280 evaluation boards. These are PCI USB2.0 > > > host > > > > chip cards, > > > > intended for use in mocking up USB embedded devices -- they are pretty > > > > flexible. For the > > > > purpose of this project, the idea would be to build a man-in-the-middle > > > box > > > > for analysizing > > > > (log, replay, synthesize) USB sessions between arbitrary devices. While > > > I'm > > > > sure all of > > > > the functionality could be replicated in software running on the host, > > > that > > > > could involve > > > > messy driver situations. With this, Saturday House could easily provide > > > > session capture > > > > data for any device in need of a less proprietary driver or better > > > > documentation. > > > > > My interest level: Happy to contribute the board(s) to the cause, an > > > > adequate bookshelf PC > > > > (from the same failed project), and provide devices for session capture. > > > > Not much interest > > > > in returning to the software side of this space (twas a painful > > > > failure). > > > > * Semi-intelligent light box wall -- through high school (when the > > > > data > > > > was high res > > > > enough), you could determine the seasons by the ebb and flow of my > > > grades. > > > > After moving > > > > to Seattle, I recognized that I really should get around to using a > > > > light > > > > box for SAD. > > > > Almost a year and a half later, I have not been able to pull the trigger > > > -- > > > > the prebuilt boxes > > > > are too small/too expensive for technology that, in previous lives, I > > > built > > > > for novelty (like a > > > > blue LED dog collar for my (previously) all-black dog. And yet I also > > > have > > > > not gotten > > > > around to building one. Ideally, I am interested in a big and bright > > > source > > > > of light: a big > > > > surface area (like the reactable, a sheet with regularly spaced leds) or > > > > filling out a picture > > > > frame. It would also be nice to be adjustable, sensor aware, and > > > > addressable -- I have a > > > > teensy board for this purpose. > > > > > My interest level: If anyone else were interested in building one, it > > > would > > > > probably inspire me > > > > to actually refresh my memory on the circuit design to spec out and > > > > build > > > > mine. I have to > > > > replace the glass surface of table in the next couple of days, and that > > > > might be the right > > > > starting place for my purposes. > > > > > Dan. > > > > > On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Rogan Creswick <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > >> I've always wanted an RF-id reader hooked up to a programmable alarm > > > >> and mounted to my front door. It needs to go off if, for example, my > > > >> wallet ever leaves the house w/out my keys, but in general. (This is > > > >> meant to keep me from forgetting important things, not to prevent > > > >> theft.) > > > > >> It looks like the readers have dropped substantially in prices since I > > > >> last looked (http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/science/907a/) > > > >> although, my concept of "expensive" is much different from when I was > > > >> in college, living on top ramen and iceberg lettuce... > > > > >> I don't have time to run a project like this through Sat.House right > > > >> now, but thought I'd throw it out there for the sake of discussion :) > > > > >> --Rogan > > > > >> On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Ryan Reggio <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> > ok so right now as all of you may or may not know. Daniel, lion, > > > >> > Rehana, Phil, and myself are working on the reactable which you can > > > >> > learn more about on Saturday house's ether pad (http://etherpad.com/ > > > >> > saturdayhouse). however at some point we will finish the reactable > > > >> > and > > > >> > will be in need of something else to do. > > > > >> > so, here's the idea, any idea, inkling, project, experiment, etc. > > > >> > you can think of, put here. no idea is too crazy (ok i think we can > > > >> > all rule out political assassination) to mention. we may not get to > > > >> > them right away however we need ideas for what we are going to do > > > >> > ahead of time that way people can see what the current group of > > > >> > active > > > >> > members is interested in. this, hopefully will attract more people > > > >> > interested in these topics to come out and join us. > > > > >> > so Daniel and myself are interested in making a 3d Printer much like > > > >> > the CandyFab 4000 > > > >> > (seen here:http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/candyfab). > > > >> > this is something that we are very interested in and would like to > > > >> > make. however there are quite a few parts that would be needed. i > > > >> > suspect Daniel and me will be talking more about it and finalize what > > > >> > we want to do with it, before we submit it as an idea. however its > > > >> > things like this that we need. > > > > >> > i was talking to a friend and he is very interested in building a > > > >> > 3d gaming projector. i am not sure i fully understand the concept but > > > >> > he was saying something about using a HD projector to project through > > > >> > a piece of polarized glass to get the effect he was looking for. I'll > > > >> > post more about this once i start to better understand how he wants > > > >> > to > > > >> > accomplish this. but its and idea to think about. > > > > >> > so get to it people i want to hear your ideas! > > > > >> > -Ryan > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Website: http://saturdayhouse.org/ Post: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
