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Surprise: Balloon Buster

Balloon Surprise Created by: Josh LeFevre and Nathan Serafin The design brief: “Make something surprising. It should be surprising explicitly in the sense that it does not do…

SURPRISE: SHY BOX

FINAL   NARRATIVE  DESCRIPTION The ShyBot  at first glance, appears to be and ordinary cardboard box.  Upon further inspection, some electronics can be seen, but its true purpose…

Surprise: Box

Description: The Box has two light switches on the front, and two sets of four LEDs on the top. When the user flicks the right switch on, all…

Surprise: Fish Tank!

Our interactive Fish Tank is a small aquarium with a jump scare. On the right side of the tank is a white cup labeled “fish food”. When the…

Surprise: Music Lamp

Images of Final Project Description The Music Lamp is a seemingly normal lamp, but with a hidden ability to play sounds as our aspect of surprise for this…

Surprise: Mike’s noisy tail

Images of Final Project: Description: Our Project for Surprise is a little creature we call Mike. Mike is a small mouse, and he copies sounds whenever a new…

Surprise: The Friendly Box

Check out the video at: Video_Friendly   What does it do? The Friendly box is a box that loves waving at people. Walk up close to it and it…

Partner assignments for Project 1: Surprise

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Example: “LED Arduino Music Visualizer

  A Software Engineer created a homemade music visualizer with 49 LEDs arranged into a piece of plywood. The LEDs react to the unique frequencies of sound inserted…

Example: Stranger Things LED T-Shirt

In this project, someone created a shirt with flashing LED lights in an attempt to replicate the wall in the TV series, Stranger Things, where Joyce communicated with…

Example: Punch Activated Arm Flamethrowers

This man created gesture controlled, wrist mounted flamethrowers. He was inspired by the Avatar series to mimic the firebending seen on the show, and he’s done quite a…

Example: Chuckmin Musical Instrument

In this arduino-based project, someone has transformed the capabilities of the Wii Nunchuck from a gaming controller into an intriguing little instrument. It seems as the gyroscopic sensor…

Example: Geek Gardening with Arduino

Luke Iseman developed sensors using an Arduino to regulate water and light for plants in his indoor garden. I chose this project because this course is centered around…

Example: Bluetooth Padlock

This project is a bluetooth padlock that can be opened with both your phone and smart watch. It’s an interesting project both from the electronics as well as…

Example: OCS-2 Digital Synth

Somebody made a digital synth based on an Arduino Due.  Its an interesting project because of the attention to detail: with just a few more design iterations it…

Example: Wireless Robotic Hand

This person created a pulley-actuated hand that is controlled wirelessly via a glove worn by the user.  The project uses flex-sensors (which have a building tutorial included) mounted…

Example: Plant Monitoring Alert System

Plants die all the time but it’s not always due to negligence. Sometimes it’s by helicopter parenting (overwatering). Different plants require different moisture levels and sometimes we forget…

Example: Arduino Home Energy Meter

I found this project interesting, because I’ve never really taken into account how expensive utilities can get. This energy meter measures the supply current to your home, which…

Example: Keyless Lock Box

This Keyless Lock Box works by using a finger sensor (that senses direct contact) to detect a unique movement pattern known only to the owner of this box….