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.
- 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
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
Hive13 Infrastructure Project Ideas
Remote Monitoring
- More Webcam(s)
- Motion Detectors