Category Archives: thing

Teaching a TV-B-Gone soldering class soon.

Posted on April 14, 2011 by poe

I’m helping teach another soldering class next week.  We are building TV-B-Gone kits.  Should be fab. I have been also working on a (possibly DMX based) protocol for brolly flock communication and co-ordination. I’m also working on a life-tracking app … Continue reading →

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First few data structures for a go AI finished

Posted on March 25, 2011 by poe

I have finished the first few data structures for the go AI I’m building.  Saving and loading are next, then I start to tackle the hard stuff.  This is all a way to reinvigorate my set theory knowledge while also … Continue reading →

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Fishbug robotics unit tested, tools procured.

Posted on March 15, 2011 by poe

Don, Tad and I have completed the fishbug robotics unit and done a systems test.  Don is getting everything inside nice and neat and I’ll be doing a complete test of the code tonight. This thing was much harder than … Continue reading →

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Fishbug robotics unit

Posted on March 7, 2011 by poe

Tad, Don and I are in the process of creating the fishbug robotics unit.  We are using an arduino as the brains of the operation.  We are driving a stepper motor, solenoid valves and a dimming unit.  We also set … Continue reading →

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Mutopia boxes, Fishbug Manifolds

Posted on March 2, 2011 by poe

I have been busy with the FLG making sure Mutopia is rockin’ and rollin’ for the summer festival season.  There are a bunch of LEDs in there, both in steel tendrils as you see here, and in strings that go … Continue reading →

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Installed the Fluxberg!

Posted on February 14, 2011 by poe

The Fluxers went and installed the fluxberg in a permanent collection Sunday. A lot of folks worked harder than I did, but I’m pretty sore. It was a good time all around, though, and there is now space in the … Continue reading →

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Laser cutting! Things finished. More things to come.

Posted on February 4, 2011 by poe

We laser cut a bunch of acrylic last night. Here you can see two small flux logos in red plastic.  The edges are really crisp, and you get both the negative and the positive, so I have two presents to … Continue reading →

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My mom has a blog?

Posted on January 28, 2011 by poe

So I went and made a blog for my mom. I think this will be fun, and it is nice to get updates about the showalter ranch. I’ll be tutoring her on the use of blogs tomorrow. She is still getting … Continue reading →

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Art projects everywhere!

Posted on January 25, 2011 by poe

There are five different art projects vying for my attention.  I feel simultaneously very lucky and more than a little overwhelmed.  Here they are in brief: Tympani Lambada (Burning Man) FishBug (Beyond Wonderland) Mutopia (Electric Daisy Carnival) Brolly Flock (Electric … Continue reading →

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Ideas.

Posted on January 21, 2011 by poe

Here are some things I want to build, but may not have time for.  Feel free to take these ideas and run with them.  Please give credit to me or whoever invented them, though. Use a kinect or laser scanner … Continue reading →

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