Eggbot

Overview

Summary

This project is to design and implement a machine which will automatically paint or draw on eggs.

Project Manager

Jim

Contributors

• Vendy
• Paul
• Dave
• This project needs more contributors!

Project Status

Jim is organizing people to help with the project.

Project Needs

• This project will need eggs! Lots of eggs! ...eventually.

Project Updates

We will be holding a brainstorming session before the meeting next Tuesday (August 25, 2009). If you want to participate, show up no later than 7:00 pm.

Links

[http://www.taomc.com/the_process/studio_machines/egg_plotter.html Bruce Shapiro's Egg Plotter]

[http://www.aeb.org/LearnMore/EggFacts.htm From the American Egg Board, “the incredible eatable egg” public relations folks]

[http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELDEV3004376 The official US Department of Agriculture standard in 14 pages, not for the squeamish]

[http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Factsheets/Focus_On_Shell_Eggs/index.asp More USDA egg facts]

[http://www.learnpysanky.com/ So you think you want to make a Ukranian Pysanky egg?]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pysanka The wikipedia history of Pysanka, another example of a pagan tradition co-opted by the Christian religion]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg The wikipedia on the Easter egg, lots of various examples, check out the photo of the delicate perforated egg, “Sleeping Beauty”]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faberg%C3%A9_egg The very fancy Faberge eggs]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg_(media) Easter eggs have a special meaning for software geeks]

[http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/08/28/googles-ascii-easter-egg/ Example GOOGLE and YAHOO Easter eggs]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartography Cartography, or global mapping is related to projecting a design onto an egg]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projection The Mercator and other map projections]

[http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/AncientWebPages/AncientL.html Timeline of ancient maps]

[http://www.instructables.com/id/3D-Anamorphic-Street-Art/ Another example of mappings, 3-D anamorphic street art]

[http://makerfaire.com/pub/e/2503 Bruce Shapiro’s eggbot at Maker Faire 2009]

[http://egg-bot.com/ Bruce Shapiro and son Ben are marketing egg-bot kits on the web]

[http://www.imagesco.com/eggbot.html Another simple but complete eggbot kit within an interesting web site]