Project Brainstorming

Just post whatever ideas you have for projects here. Preferably with a link to a page with additional detail/resources.

General Project Ideas

Simple Ideas

• Digital Picture Frame
• Virus Aquarium
• Knitting
• Blimp
• Public Access Voicemail and Conference system
• Cupcake Projects (Artillery)
• Collect surplus TVs and make something cool with them.
  • MAKE Article
• Thermal Receipt Printer hooked up to Ethernet Shield/Arduino - Hooked up to RSS Feed (or other Internet-enabled notifiers)
• 8x8 RGB LED Matrix project (with rainbowduino?)
• Rolling Ball Sculpture
• Hive13 Podcast

Laser Cutter

• http://wiki.nycresistor.com/wiki/Laser
• https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Lasercutter
• http://www.instructables.com/id/Laser-cutter-start-slicing-stuff-for-under-50-dol/

DIY CNC Router

Begin moving to DIY CNC Router

Basic idea: make something similar to MakerBot but leaning more toward the 2D / routing / cutting aspect.

Starting a collection of links to get brainstorming:

• http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/08/valkyrie_100_diy_cnc_machine_aka.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890
• http://www.linuxcnc.org/
• http://buildyourcnc.com/default.aspx
• http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-to-Build-Desk-Top-3-Axis-CNC-Milling-Machine/
• http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/05/how_to_make_a_3_axis_cnc.html
• http://www.cartertools.com/3Dpath.html
• http://jwstolk.xs4all.nl/millp.htm
• http://www.100kgarages.com/
• http://joetcochran.googlepages.com/sketchduino
• http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/08/arduino_etch_a_sketch_printer.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890
• http://www.lightobject.com/CNC-CO2-Laser-C11.aspx

• Step Motors: I have four (4) AMCI SMD23 motors (the 240 model) and am very interested in working on something like this --TP.

Hive13 Infrastructure Project Ideas

Remote Monitoring

• More Webcam(s)
• Motion Detectors

VoIP Phones

• http://wiki.hacdc.org/index.php?title=Project_Red_Phone