Comments for Making Things Interactive

Comment on spiderbot by jssmith44

jssmith44 — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:10:00 +0000

Dude, thats crazy.. Do you have video of it??

Comment on PIR trouble by jet

jet — Wed, 07 May 2008 02:02:08 +0000

I think Jamin used one of those in his project last semester, check out his blog.

Comment on PIR trouble by jessechorng

jessechorng — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:33:43 +0000

hey cat, Paul and I have been working with them and were super confused at first too. My email is jchorng@cmu.edu. Contact me and I’ll send you the code and some info. Hope this helps

Comment on Final Project by ponkotsu

ponkotsu — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:37:23 +0000

tag your post sir!

Comment on Touch-screen OLED for Arduino! by Touch-screen OLED for Arduino! | OLED Television

Touch-screen OLED for Arduino! | OLED Television — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:01:52 +0000

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Comment on PhotoSensor State Machine by jet

jet — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:59:31 +0000

Hey, check this out, solar-powered louvers:

Comment on Update: Boomboxes State Machine by how to download free mp3 music

how to download free mp3 music — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:50:32 +0000

[...] Making Things Interactive wrote an interesting post today on Update: Boomboxes State MachineHere’s a quick excerptI got home, went straight to Radio Shack and got headphone cable Y-adapter so I could hook up speakers to hear what’s actually being played. … ack to ‘audio detected’, then to ‘party’, and once the music is paused back to ‘l istening’ … [...]

Comment on wash your hands v2 by mdgross

mdgross — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:21:49 +0000

My friend and colleague, a professor at Georgia Tech, is working on a system to monitor and remind doctors in hospitals to wash their hands before seeing each patient. Apparently doctors are the least compliant and therefore the largest vector for spreading disease through contact. So – no joke, this could be a real product.

Comment on State Machine Code – Night Table by tyang1

tyang1 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:03:35 +0000

oh yea…i forgot to mention. instead of the ultrasonic sensor which i don’t have now, i used a pushbutton in its place.

Comment on Final Project Proposal by sbutalia

sbutalia — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:13:35 +0000

another component which could be implemented as a secondary sensor is a directed microphone, you could see what the noise levels are like when you are sleeping awake etc. my guess is they are a little lower.