<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">For something with a bit more "directed oomph", SparkFun carries some solenoids that might do the trick: <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10391">https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10391</a><div><br><div><div>On 2012-11-20, at 8:15 PM, <a href="mailto:bentfork@gmail.com">bentfork@gmail.com</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>There are things called 'bed shakers' that you can buy for the hearing impaired.<br><br>They work like the old pager vibrators. A simple motor with a offset<br>weight attached to it.<br><br>Here is a commercial version : <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGabXx6Hctg#t=16s">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGabXx6Hctg#t=16s</a><br><br><br>On 17 November 2012 22:48, Richard Guy Briggs <<a href="mailto:rgb@tricolour.net">rgb@tricolour.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 06:42:26PM -0500, Bruce Harding wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">I've re-thought that, and I think something that would fit on her side of the<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">bed near her head or under pillow would be better for me. :-) I was thinking<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">of using an old electric toothbrush motor similar in a way to the suggestion<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">from other person that replied.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">So just hook the alarm clock output to the toothbrush motor. No need for an<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Arduino. Ok, maybe it needs a transistor, but not a whole Arduino.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">--<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Bruce Harding<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Information Broker<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Member: IEEE, SPIE, IACR<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><a href="HTTP://GOO.GL/LN3RW">HTTP://GOO.GL/LN3RW</a><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">On November 17, 2012 06:09:18 PM you wrote:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">You could drive a motor controller to a high speed motor and off set weight<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">attached to the bed to shake the bedframe<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">-- Sent from my HP TouchPad<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">On 17 Nov 2012 5:51 PM, Bruce Harding <<a href="mailto:bruce.harding@faintfuzzies.ca">bruce.harding@faintfuzzies.ca</a>> wrote:<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">My wife is losing her hearing and I'd like to build her a few things with<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Arduino's that could help her out.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Her hearing is like this 1/4 in one ear and 1/2 in the other. This week the<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">alarm went off for 8 minutes before I got tired of listening to it and came<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">up stairs to wake her up. The problem is she was sleeping on her good ear.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">So I was thinking what about a Arduino that recognizes her alarm and a.)<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">vibrates the bed or b.) vibrates something under her pillow or c.) a string<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">of flashing bright LED's or d.) open the blinds or e.) all of the above?<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">So if you seen a similar project or have ideas on how I can proceed let me<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">know.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">I've also got to apply this at some point to our door bell as well.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">--<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Bruce Harding<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> slainte mhath, RGB<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">--<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ <<a href="http://hpv.tricolour.net">hpv.tricolour.net</a>><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><<a href="http://www.TriColour.net">www.TriColour.net</a>> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike!<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\%<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Vote! -- <<a href="http://greenparty.ca">greenparty.ca</a>>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">_______________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Lab mailing list<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="mailto:Lab@artengine.ca">Lab@artengine.ca</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><a href="http://artengine.ca/mailman/listinfo/lab">http://artengine.ca/mailman/listinfo/lab</a><br></blockquote><br>_______________________________________________<br>Lab mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Lab@artengine.ca">Lab@artengine.ca</a><br>http://artengine.ca/mailman/listinfo/lab<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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