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Project Name Brief Summary
Auto Fetch Machine Simple robot to play fetch with your dog. It throws (or shoots) the ball and then detects when the dog returns the ball to throw it again.
Autonomous Model Plane A purchased RC plane with a bit more of a brain installed. Initially just programmed to take off and land on its own, but eventually fly courses, carry banners, or whatever we want it to do
Electric Vehicles
Aerial Surveillance robot Plane or helicopter that flys around and takes pictures and sends them back to it's base
FPV Aircraft Aircraft equipped with wireless video and heads-up display.
3D Printer Reprap or other 3D printer technologies
CNC Machine Tools 3 axis or 5 axis or more axis CNC machining
Battle Bots Build robots to fight it out like on TV
Bedini Motor
Solar Tracking Controller Build a circuit to track the sun's current position
Carbon Fiber Construction Get set up to make just about anything out of carbon fiber or other fiber composite materials
Machined stirling engine
Flatbed Laser Cutter High powered laser used to cut shapes out of flat plastic sheets (or wood, or maybe even metal)
Resonant Frequency Pendulum
Wireless Power Wireless charge batteries or power portable electronic devices
Alternate Input Devices For use instead of a mouse and keyboard
Beer Machines brew our own beer
Coffee Machine make an awesome cup of joe
Under House Moisture Detector a system to detect and reduce the moisture content in the soil underneath houses
Autonomous Boat/Sub San Diego has a big model boat pond. might be nice to have it auto navigate a course
Arduino-based Projects
Recycled Material Projects
Camera on kite or balloon.
3D Video Conference video conference with other hackerspaces in full 3D
Underwater Glider Sumbarine that uses boyancy and gravity to propell itself through the water
RFID Check-Out Develop a RFID system to check out lab resources and track who was using what so that when you can't find that multimeter you can figure out who to ask. It should be strait forward to use the Arduino for something like this and network it within the facility.
Personal tools