Revision as of 21:50, 23 June 2008

Overview

A page dedicated to the planning, execution, and documention of open houses at the shop.

Calendar

• 11:00 28 June 2008 - Open House #1

06/28/2008

Our first open house so it won't be perfect but it'll be something.

Todo

• Brainstorming from as many members as possible so that we know what we can do and get people working on those things.
• dead button cell batteries for joule thieves
• lots of cornstarch for oobleck
• clear plastic pieces
• cardboard boxes of varying sizes
• webcams, don't have to be great quality or anything.
• Information Pamphlet
  • either bifold or trifold depending on the info we have to fill it

Projects Showcase

• Multitouch screen
  • MTMini for sure. --strages 14:48, 10 June 2008 (CDT)
  • Hopefully the 19" coffee table one as well. --strages 14:48, 10 June 2008 (CDT)
• Photobooth

Interactives

• joule thieves
  • we have 19 toroids with more that can be salvaged from junk hardware.
  • plenty of copper wire
  • plenty of LEDs, more if Venkat will ever show up again.

• oobleck

• magic sand
  • is it possible to figure out how to make this stuff and provide easy instructions for people to take home? --strages 14:48, 10 June 2008 (CDT)
    • apparently so: How to make Magic Sand thanks Jim Shoe.

• Bawls Bottle Challenge

• music related things (looking at Nykodemus for this one --strages 14:48, 10 June 2008 (CDT))

• BEAMbots

• MTminis
  • Consists of a cardboard box, webcam, piece of plastic, and tracing paper. Totally doable.

• Augmented reality
  • ARTag
  • ARToolKit

Progress