Instructables Build Night/May 2013

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Project Name	Description	Creator	Instructables Link
Sample Project	This is a sample entry in the project list. Copy this template when add your project!	tylercrumpton	Link

If you come up with some sweet ideas for projects, throw them here so someone who needs some inspiration can see!

lasercut PCB using conductive paint on top of a backing of {cardstock,cardboard,acrylic,plywood}
silkscreen conductive paint onto a backing for making a PCB (ask MrWorld for silkscreen assistance?)
Giant theremin something like the drawdio but on hall wall
Foxhole Radio
Musical instruments/interfaces
- Could possibly use CapSense Arduino libraries
- Touch-based keyboard, x/y pad, drumset
Tiny paper/fabric robot with hand-drawn circuitry
Water + Paper clock
- Draw horizontal conductive lines on a piece of paper and place the bottom side of the paper in a container of water
- Place a probe in the water that is connected to the GND pin of an Arduino
- Connect the horizontal lines to pins on the Arduino
- As the water is absorbed into up into the paper, it will reach the lines and short them to GND
- Based on which pins are shorted to GND, you can tell what the water level is, and use that to determine the amount of time has passed
- Can display the time on computer via Serial or on an LCD/LED display
Experiment with running high current through different hand-drawn traces on paper or other materials (take safety precautions!)
Design a scantron-like system, where you can input data into a microcontroller using index cards and conductive markings