[TriEmbed] geekSPARK 2015 call for talent - TETRIS on RHT'S exterior

Wed Apr 29 17:00:29 CDT 2015

I really like the strongman idea... (someone said that, right?). Pressure
pad and a big hammer should do it...
Or maybe one of those things like at kid's science museums, where there is
a stationary bike and the more energy output, the more the bar lights up?

On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 5:57 PM, Ian Hands <iphands at gmail.com> wrote:

> Binary clocks ftw. But man this is screaming interactive to me.
> On Apr 29, 2015 5:54 PM, "Adam Haile" <email at adamhaile.net> wrote:
>
>> Yeah... I would really love to do the full matrix, but I admit that would
>> be much more expensive and complicated :(
>> Binary clock maybe?
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 5:53 PM, David Guzman <dguzman at rftek-emc.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Me too… I do not know any of you.. but this idea sounds pretty cool….
>>> Ambient temperature gauge? Blood level alcohol? Automobile speed? The
>>> opportunities seem endless..
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Phil Smith [mailto:bphillipsmith at gmail.com]
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 29, 2015 5:45 PM
>>> *To:* Ian Hands
>>> *Cc:* Adam Haile; David Guzman; Dan Ternes; TriEmbed Discussion
>>> *Subject:* Re: [TriEmbed] geekSPARK 2015 call for talent - TETRIS on
>>> RHT'S exterior
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I am normally a lurker on this list, but as a geekSPARK organizing
>>> alumnus, I have to chime in:
>>>
>>>
>>> With the single column idea, I can't help but picture a gigantic "test
>>> your strength" meter connected to a pressure-sensitive target being hit by
>>> a hammer. :)
>>>
>>> Phil
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 5:15 PM, Ian Hands via TriEmbed <
>>> triembed at triembed.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> I think our chance to pull this off would be a ton higher if we lit up a
>>> single column of windows instead of a 2d array.
>>>
>>> We could not do tetris then... but we could make some touch sensitive
>>> control for the display. Like a Kit from Knight Rider like thing that you
>>> can move up and down and change the color of from the street level.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Also I am strongly anything against having something that people can
>>> post text to on the side of the building... some non RH building maybe :-D
>>> but not RH. Just sayin
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 4:26 PM, Adam Haile <email at adamhaile.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> That would be awesome. I've actually looked into a display like that...
>>> problem is getting it big enough, but not so big you cannot see out the
>>> back :P
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 3:08 PM, Michael Wayne <
>>> michael.wayne at georgewaynellc.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> It'd be cool if the LED back window interface could use
>>> voice-to-text...some excellent messages could be displayed ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 1:51 PM, Adam Haile <email at adamhaile.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm sure we did meet when I was there, but I can't place your name with
>>> a face for the life of me. Judging by your avatar, were you the one with
>>> all the kinect point cloud demo stuff?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I love the arrow idea :) that could be awesome.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ian... Yes, a test is definitely in order. Let me look into what
>>> hardware I have around that could work for that and get back to you on
>>> scheduling. I imagine this will be something that only works at night
>>> though... no lights available that would work for daytime use :P
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'll come up with some rough numbers, but would know more once we know
>>> how many windows we could use.
>>>
>>> Assuming much of the control hardware was loaned (from Maniacal Labs,
>>> Qualia, etc.) then the main cost would be LED strips and power supplies (I
>>> have a lot but not THAT many).  We could probably use something like these
>>> that would probably do an entire floor:
>>> http://www.mpja.com/5-Volt-Power-Supply-25A-Switching/productinfo/18962%20PS/
>>>
>>> 5V at 25A for $5.... they are ATX form factor but they don't have to be
>>> pretty, they'll be inside.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 1:30 PM, Michael Clayton <mwc at clayto.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Adam,
>>>
>>> I think we met at the geekSPARK planning meeting last week.  The Tetris
>>> project sounds awesome!
>>>
>>> Scope creep time.  Allow people to actually play STAGGERINGLY ENORMOUS
>>> TETRIS?  Also, if there was an LED arrow on the side, pointing toward the
>>> Red Hat Annex, our concerns about sparkconners being able to find the rest
>>> of geekSPARK would be quashed!
>>>
>>> As for funding, I would guess the funding for this would come out of the
>>> geekSAPRK pot (which in turn comes from the sparkcon pot).  If you can put
>>> together an estimate of costs, we can add it to the geekSPARK budget.  I
>>> could be totally wrong though, Ian will know for sure.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 1:50 PM, Adam Haile via TriEmbed <
>>> triembed at triembed.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> While we wait for approval...
>>> Can you explain a little more what your arduino shield does? I'm a
>>> little rusty on how mesh networks work exactly. Is everything still IP
>>> addressable? Do you connect it to WiFi at some point? What's the range and
>>> could it make it from one floor of Redhat to another (assuming the devices
>>> were effectively directly above one another).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Second... more a Question for Ian. Were we to get the go-ahead from
>>> Redhat (or another building) to do this, would it be possible that this
>>> project could be one for which, like some of the others mentioned at the
>>> meeting, there would be a chance of funding? While I don't think it would
>>> be egregiously expensive, all the LEDs and controllers wouldn't be cheap.
>>> Maniacal Labs could probably provide the LED drivers for the task assuming
>>> we can take them back at the end. But the LED strips themselves would have
>>> to be treated somewhat as consumables since they would need to be cut to
>>> size for installation. Not really sure how these things normally work, so
>>> any thoughts are appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 12:42 AM, Michael Wayne <
>>> michael.wayne at georgewaynellc.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hopefully, Red Hat will approve so we can get to work!!!!
>>>
>>> By the way, Adam,. I've copied my friend David Guzman of RF Tek. He's
>>> the gentleman that I was telling you about if you ever want to make your
>>> board smaller than it already is...David a magician with pcb design. If
>>> you're able, you should come up to the Wireless Research Center in Wake
>>> Forest where he and I at Qualia, both have offices. We'd be delighted to
>>> have you! http://wirelesscenter-nc.org/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 9:33 PM, Adam Haile <email at adamhaile.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Awesome! :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> With your expertise in mesh networks, I think the biggest concern is the
>>> lights themselves and the driving hardware.
>>>
>>> I actually already have all the code needed to not only control displays
>>> over the network but have multiple displays act as one (and it's all
>>> threaded, multiplexed, etc). So, for example, you could have a single one
>>> of the network boards you showed me controlling multiple lights on a single
>>> floor... basically one controller per "row" of the display. The big thing
>>> there would be finding places on each floor with continuously accessible
>>> windows. The controller would just run a receiver that understands my
>>> protocol and then my software breaks the matrix display up into
>>> sub-displays but we program the animation itself as if it was all one
>>> physically connected display.
>>>
>>> I'm open to suggestions for what to actually use for the lights. The
>>> digital strips I use with our controller board are total overkill... we
>>> don't need single pixel control. The RGB analog strips you can get would be
>>> much cheaper but we'd need a way to drive and control them. Oddly enough...
>>> well, not really... Dan and I are already working on a controller for those
>>> kind of lights too. But it has yet to actually be developed yet. So if
>>> anyone has thoughts for something cheap and more off the shelf...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Anyways... that's my thoughts for now :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Great meeting everyone!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -Adam
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 9:25 PM, Michael Wayne <
>>> michael.wayne at georgewaynellc.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Adam,
>>>
>>> Just spoke to my comrades at Qualia Networks. We're definitely
>>> interested in working the Tetris project with you.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> On Apr 22, 2015 9:20 PM, "Adam Haile" <email at adamhaile.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> And... it's been deleted again :P
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 8:09 PM, Ian Hands <iphands at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> No... I opened the event up to all and an invitee must have deleted it.
>>> I will recover or re-create.
>>>
>>> Sorry.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 8:00 PM, Adam Haile <email at adamhaile.net> wrote:
>>> > Just saw a cancelation email... Is it being rescheduled?
>>> >
>>> > On Apr 22, 2015 10:43 AM, "Michael Wayne" <
>>> michael.wayne at georgewaynellc.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Stellar, see you tomorrow!
>>> >>
>>> >> On Apr 22, 2015 10:40 AM, "Ian Hands" <iphands at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Hi all,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Sorry so late.... I sent an invite out already to folks who replied
>>> >>> with interest but tomorrow @ 630pm we are having a geekSPARK planning
>>> >>> meeting.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> If you want to help and can make it please let me know and I will
>>> look
>>> >>> for you tomorrow ~6:20pm in the Red Hat lobby.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> What: geekSPARK meeting
>>> >>> When: Thurs Apr 23 @ 630pm
>>> >>> Where: Red Hat Inc, 100 East Davie Street, Raleigh, NC 27601, United
>>> >>> States (meet in lobby 10 mins before the meeting)
>>> >>>
>>> >>> https://goo.gl/maps/J3Qri
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Thanks... and no worries if you can help but can't make this meeting.
>>> >>> I'll try and keep in touch.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 12:15 PM, Michael Wayne
>>> >>> <michael.wayne at georgewaynellc.com> wrote:
>>> >>> > Ian,
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > Great meeting you Monday! Qualia Networks wants in! We've got our
>>> >>> > Chariot
>>> >>> > shields ready to go and will have demonstrable apps.
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > Mike Wayne
>>> >>> >
>>> >>> > On Apr 16, 2015 10:48 AM, "Adam Haile" <email at adamhaile.net>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> Ian,
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> We (Maniacal Labs - myself and Dan Ternes) would love to bring
>>> some
>>> >>> >> projects to show off! Our projects these days are all very much
>>> >>> >> bright, LED
>>> >>> >> related and we're currently working on a 2 meter tall,
>>> interactive LED
>>> >>> >> display. We certainly have a lot of other, fun, blinky stuff we
>>> can
>>> >>> >> bring as
>>> >>> >> well... maybe I can even be convinced to wear my LED pants :) In
>>> >>> >> general, we
>>> >>> >> specialize in digital light art pieces and enabling other people
>>> to
>>> >>> >> make
>>> >>> >> such things with little effort.
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> We do have a 3D printer but will leave it home :P
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> Thanks
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> Adam Haile
>>> >>> >> Maniacal Labs
>>> >>> >>
>>> >>> >> On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Ian Hands <iphands at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>> >>>
>>> >>> >>> Hi all,
>>> >>> >>>
>>> >>> >>> My name is Ian, we might have met at the meeting on Monday. I am
>>> >>> >>> chief
>>> >>> >>> cat wrangler for geekSPARK this year, and I would like to see
>>> your
>>> >>> >>> cool TriEmbed stuff at geekSPARK this year.
>>> >>> >>>
>>> >>> >>> For those that don't know "geekSPARK" is one of many SPARKs at
>>> >>> >>> SPARKcon (http://www.sparkcon.com/) the big multiconvention
>>> event in
>>> >>> >>> downtown Raleigh that happens every September.
>>> >>> >>>
>>> >>> >>> For the past three years we have had a number of 3D printers
>>> show up
>>> >>> >>> to our "3D Printer Rodeo" event.
>>> >>> >>> This year I would like to showcase awesome things in the hardware
>>> >>> >>> hacking / embedded genre along with the 3D printers.
>>> >>> >>> Why? I like that stuff!... and I believe all age ranges that
>>> show up
>>> >>> >>> will enjoy seeing these things as a well.
>>> >>> >>>
>>> >>> >>> If you want to:
>>> >>> >>> - bring something cool (could be even *mostly* working :-D)
>>> >>> >>> - help out in any way
>>> >>> >>> -- sponsor an event
>>> >>> >>> -- come volunteer during the weekend
>>> >>> >>> - be a part of other geekSPARK projects
>>> >>> >>> -- DiMo (Digital Motion Showcase): where code meets art, on a big
>>> >>> >>> wall, with projectors, and neato input devices
>>> >>> >>> --- https://vimeo.com/106179566
>>> >>> >>> --- http://palebluepixel.org/static/projects/dimo/
>>> >>> >>> --- https://github.com/geekspark-rh
>>> >>> >>> -- Big Guitar with fricken LASER BEAMS: a huge light controlled
>>> >>> >>> "guitar" that folks can strum by walking around
>>> >>> >>> -- Dancing cross walk sign: Basically this
>>> >>> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB_0vRnkeOk
>>> >>> >>> - etc.
>>> >>> >>> Please let me know.
>>> >>> >>>
>>> >>> >>> Thanks, and it was very nice meeting all of you.
>>> >>> >>> I look forward to attending another TriEmbed meeting.
>>> >>> >>>
>>> >>> >>> Cheers.
>>> >>> >>>
>>> >>> >>> --
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