Not Just Arduino Event 18

Not Just Arduino 1st July

Presentations

• Update on Laser tag game project by Paul. A multiplayer game of laser tag, utilising infra red transmitters and receivers (think TV remote control), water pistols (gutted and internals replaced with electronics...and lasers.)
• Cycle Sound by Joao. A very impressive bike full or sensors for producing music while cycling. A few pics here.
• Martin talked about his energy monitoring project with digital thermometers. More details to come.

Events

• Hacked

HACKED is a free-to-attend, intense weekend of learning, building and sharing cool stuff. Whether you are an expert or novice, developer or designer, join us July 20th & 21st at The O2

• OHM July 31st – August 4th 2013. Geestmerambacht, The Netherlands. The next in a series of camps that have been happening every four years since 1989

• This Saturday: 1st London Mini Maker Faire

As you know London’s first Mini Maker Faire will take place at the London College of Communication on the 6th July 2013. a ticket while you can.

NJA Community

• Join us on Github: Not Just Arduino to centralise documentation about all NJA projects. For some reason on GitHub all users can't request to join a group but have to be added by a owner, so please send us your username! Then you'll be able to add your repos and code! Tell us if you need help.
• Lear how to use this wiki! If you need help ask Marc. Documentation is available here.
• Document your project! Here is a good example
• Follow us on twitter
• Join the Flickr group
• And don't forget our mailing list: Not Just Arduino

Interesting projects

Simple or inspiring projects, add yours in the comments section.

• Send an Arduino to the moon for $300

The project is called Pocket Spacecraft, and exactly as its name implies, it allows you to send a small, flat, 8 cm diameter spacecraft to the surface of the moon.

• CodeBlocks Arduino IDE

CodeBlocks Arduino IDE is a customized distribution of the open-source Code::Blocks IDE enhanced for Arduino development.

• Android in a Web of Things: NFC, Barcodes, Arduino and the Cloud (podcast, slides)

• Underwater arduino projects

There are a growing number of arduino projects out there that get underwater - either in lakes or the sea. I'm curious to compile a list of more of them to see if there are some general tipes, techniques, etc.

• Interfacing Leap Motion with Arduino thanks to Node.js

• Raspberry Pi Dog Treat Machine with webcam

A RaspberryPi based machine that uses a DC gearmotor, servo, LCD and webcam to dispense dog treats! In return, When an email is received, the Python script tells the Raspberry Pi to take a picture which Python then emails back as a thank you!

• Mostly Robots

Great blog on electronics tinkering with Arduino, Raspberry Pi, mBed, AVR and various robots

• High Speed Photo with Arduino

Capture the exact moment when a drop splashes on water and to catch a balloon when it has just busted. We rigged up a Light Dependent Resistor, a laser and a microphone to an Arduino and programmed it to pick up variation in light and sound peaks to trigger the photography flashes. Then we went in a dark room, set up the camera in "bulb" mode and let the flashes do the work.

• Leapmotion controlled lamp with arduino and node.js

"Since there is no lib to directly connect the Leapmotion to the Arduino, I used node.js to connect to the websocket server that streams the Leapmotion data and the johnny-five node.js lib to control the Arduino and the servos. You can see the source code here: github.com/xseignard/leapLamp"

• Raffaello D'Andrea: The astounding athletic power of quadcopters

In a robot lab at TEDGlobal, Raffaello D'Andrea demos his flying quadcopters: robots that think like athletes, solving physical problems with algorithms that help them learn.

• How To Recreate The Classic Pong Game Using Arduino
• Citi Bike Helmet

"Improve your visibility with style! Mod up this bike helmet with LED strip, a FLORA GPS, and find your way to the nearest Citi Bike station with ease. We used a Carrera foldable helmet, which has grooves between the protection, perfect for NeoPixel strip."

Conversations on mailing list

• Planning workshop: SMD Stencil reflow
• Part time job (London) making robots with arduino

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Next event

Hope to see you all on Monday 15th July 7PM

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