[Lab] Andrew's Printed Plane project

Pedro C. Peres pedro at ncf.ca
Wed Nov 21 13:25:42 EST 2012


Hey Andrew - When you were telling me about using nail polish to skin your plane I kept thinking about a product they use in RC modelling called Dope, but i couldn't remember its name, so here it is: 
http://www.darehobby.com/accessories/dopethinners.htm
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   1. Re: Looking for ideas (bentfork at gmail.com)
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Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:15:27 -0500
From: bentfork at gmail.com
Subject: Re: [Lab] Looking for ideas
To: Bruce Harding <bruce.harding at faintfuzzies.ca>, Lab at artengine.ca
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There are things called 'bed shakers' that you can buy for the hearing impaired.

They work like the old pager vibrators.  A simple motor with a offset
weight attached to it.

Here is a commercial version : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGabXx6Hctg#t=16s


On 17 November 2012 22:48, Richard Guy Briggs <rgb at tricolour.net> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 06:42:26PM -0500, Bruce Harding wrote:
>> I've re-thought that, and I think something that would fit on her side of the
>> bed near her head or under pillow would be better for me. :-)  I was thinking
>> of using an old electric toothbrush motor similar in a way to the suggestion
>> from other person that replied.
>
> So just hook the alarm clock output to the toothbrush motor.  No need for an
> Arduino.  Ok, maybe it needs a transistor, but not a whole Arduino.
>
>> --
>> Bruce Harding
>> Information Broker
>> Member: IEEE, SPIE, IACR
>> HTTP://GOO.GL/LN3RW
>>
>> On November 17, 2012 06:09:18 PM you wrote:
>> > You could drive a motor controller to a high speed motor and off set weight
>> > attached to the bed to shake the bedframe
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -- Sent from my HP TouchPad
>> > On 17 Nov 2012 5:51 PM, Bruce Harding <bruce.harding at faintfuzzies.ca> wrote:
>> > My wife is losing her hearing and I'd like to build her a few things with
>> > Arduino's that could help her out.
>> >
>> > Her hearing is like this 1/4 in one ear and 1/2 in the other. This week the
>> > alarm went off for 8 minutes before I got tired of listening to it and came
>> > up stairs to wake her up. The problem is she was sleeping on her good ear.
>> >
>> > So I was thinking what about a Arduino that recognizes her alarm and a.)
>> > vibrates the bed or b.) vibrates something under her pillow or c.) a string
>> > of flashing bright LED's or d.) open the blinds or e.) all of the above?
>> >
>> >
>> > So if you seen a similar project or have ideas on how I can proceed let me
>> > know.
>> >
>> >
>> > I've also got to apply this at some point to our door bell as well.
>> > --
>> > Bruce Harding
>
>         slainte mhath, RGB
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:49:00 -0500
From: Andrew Plumb <andrew at plumb.org>
Subject: Re: [Lab] Looking for ideas
To: lab <Lab at artengine.ca>
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For something with a bit more "directed oomph", SparkFun carries some solenoids that might do the trick: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10391

On 2012-11-20, at 8:15 PM, bentfork at gmail.com wrote:

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