Monday, June 11, 2012

Arduino Distractions + NYU Field Trip

Goal: Connect an arduino to the hackerschool IRC and, when pinged, have it do XYZ.

  • Move
  • flash LEDs
  • ping everyone that it's time for lunch
  • tell a joke
  • wave a flag 
  • something!! 
First hurdle - no ethernet shield.

Sonali thought the NYU bookstore or a professor she knew (fellow faculty member) might have one, so we visited the NYU campus.

AWESOME lab - multiple maker bots, blue bin wall of organized awesome, interactive programming lab "ITP".... Circuits and arduinos and a room full of Machining tools! Precision laser cutters, CNC mills, drill presses, really nice stuff! Didn't get a tour or anything, just a peek. Though I must say- my heart's still at ARTS!

No luck with the card, but we decided to try firing up bluetooth and using the computer's internet connection instead. Bluetooth was a headache and half the first time... sigh. Round Two?


Resources
Basic Intro to IRC Protocol
What We're Trying to Do
Arduino Speech Synthesizer


Useful Lunch Time Resource:
Food Trucks
(Today, dumplings. Tomorrow, the world.)


Sonali and David chatting in Washington Square as I did the 'tourist thing.'



So many impromptu music scenes :)

Chess, anyone? Where's the Jekyll-Hyde Pixar man when you need him...

The little B&S voices in my head saw this and wouldn't let it go ....   ;P
...and I'm not convinced they're talking about the drink...!

The blurriest picture I could've managed... Etsy's large craft/meeting room where we have Monday dinners.

Rum-Rasin Pudding from the Azteca Bakery across the street. (Not actually green.)


On Q, you are missed.

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