Project+Ideas

=__**Project Ideas**__=

This page is a collection of links to project ideas. I have tried to include some of information about each of the projects under their link.

http://johnnylee.net/projects/wii/ Use a Wii Remote (Wiimote) to interact with your computer. The Wiimote has a high quality infrared camera behind the black plastic filter on its end. The Wii sensor bar is really just two infrared LEDs. The Wiimote looks for these to establish where it´s pointing. We could do that too. But instead of using the sensor bar, we use our own infrared sources to do cool custom things. Infrared light is invisible to the human eye, and is named infrared because it falls below the visible light wave we see as red. PS. Johnny Lee is the guy who helped make the Kinect, and worked for it to become open source!)

http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/articles/Managed-Library-for-Nintendos-Wiimote This is the how to on starting to build projects that use the Wiimote. Start with the Introduction and Getting Connected section that is under the updates section. I will likely create a page/tutorial about getting started with Wiimotes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2bxS3yC0a4 Use a Wiimote as a mouse in Windows 7!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soBPkWwRQhc Use a ps2 mouse, a usb cable and a Wiimote as a mouse. Very cool!

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/04/the-awesome-button.html Awesome Button, is a modified red button from Staples that you plug into your computer and use as a keyboard! You need to take apart the button´s sound making insides and connect a Teensy USB microcontroller to it instead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTZEHObmB0M A wireless Mouse Glove! Take a micro wireless mouse and take out the laser, battery unit, and buttons. Glue them into a glove and WAHLA!

http://hackaday.com/2011/06/16/360-degree-photography-uses-very-easy-post-processing/ 360¤ photos using a Christmas ornament and The Gimp (a free photoediting program, similar to Photoshop).

http://web.mac.com/teisenmann/iWeb/adeptpage/menu.html A homebrew computer made by a highschool student. Check out the //Machine Description// for a place to start.

http://vimeo.com/22700617 Timelapse video of South Dakota with dramatic lighting effects and camera movement.

http://www.markuskayser.com/work/solar-sinter/ A 3D printer that uses sand and sunlight.

http://www.gizmag.com/seed-inspired-anti-fouling-surface/19094/ Cocounut seed bottomed ship hulls!?