[MakeLV] Science Fair preparations

Ellis Farmer saxywolf at gmail.com
Fri Apr 13 12:58:20 EDT 2012 

Do we have a spinning office chair w/ back removed in the space?

I'm pretty sure there does not currently exist a MakeLV logo.  Rather just
the Hive4A logo.

If we go with a keychain, is the plastic durable enough to not break off
the corner too easily?  I could pick up some key rings at Michaels.

-Ellis


On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Josiah Ritchie
<josiah at josiahritchie.com>wrote:

> Thanks Tony! Here's the SVG of the logo.
>
> JSR/
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Tony Buser <tbuser at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, if there's an office chair for people to sit and spin in when
>> scanned, I'd only need a little more than 1 meter squared, so 4' "should"
>> be good.
>>
>> As far as the table, I probably wouldn't take up the whole 8'.  Printer
>> and laptop only needs about 3-4' and I'll set a few prints out for people
>> to see.
>>
>> If I could get like the hive4a logo in vector format (is there a MakeLV
>> logo?) I could probably whip something simple up to 3D print and hand out.
>> I don't mind printing little things and giving them out for free.  Would
>> probably only be like 20 cents worth of plastic.  :)
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 12:57 PM, Josiah Ritchie <
>> josiah at josiahritchie.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Ellis Farmer <saxywolf at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Matthew,
>>>> Would you rather us plug Hive4A or AEDC (or both) where possible?  I'm
>>>> guessing you have some signs/posters, correct?
>>>>
>>>> Josiah,
>>>> By the "back corner" I assume you are talking about the back right
>>>> behind the tables?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, you got it.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tony,
>>>> Would there actually be enough room since it is only 4' wide?  Does the
>>>> scanning need a flat and/or static and/or special colored background or
>>>> just a background that is far enough away?  I was thinking that we could
>>>> have the person spin in a chair out front... make other people see them.  I
>>>> doubt we'd have trouble asking people to step back for a minute.  Plus
>>>> it'll draw attention.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry, I talked with him behind the scenes on this. Ideal is a 2m square
>>> which the area out front is, but I was thinking if the place gets
>>> absolutely packed, we can revert to the other area which he said is cool if
>>> the chair spins rather than the person.
>>>
>>> Really? A Donation for the extruded plastic?  Don't we want to tout how
>>>> cheap the material is?  I'm all for asking for a donation, but not for the
>>>> plastic. :) We could do nameplates... I just thought the 2d barcode would
>>>> be geekier techy.  I imagine something like what I attached (Though I
>>>> imagined it less complex for so little text).
>>>>
>>>
>>> I don't want to presume on other people's materials. If we're going to
>>> hand stuff out, we just need to be sure whomever's plastic is being used is
>>> comfortable with the arrangement.
>>>
>>> Actually Chris collects the bottles.  However, I'm sure he wouldn't have
>>>> anything since he had to discard a lot of his collection a couple years ago
>>>> and only keep the better stuff and none of what he has is very big (and
>>>> most is pre-1900).  We picked up a few more junk bottles, but they are
>>>> small or quite broken.  There's a bottle show on Sunday...
>>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>> What about cutting a slit in the top of a monitor?  Maybe one of those
>>>> iMacs?  Or in the top of a computer tower?  It could even be a working
>>>> computer. (Though preferably one that has airflow to keep it cool sectioned
>>>> off... don't want the donations to literally go up in smoke!)
>>>>
>>>
>>> I like where this is going, maybe even gut out one of those printers or
>>> a scanner.
>>>
>>> JSR/
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Josiah Ritchie <
>>> josiah at josiahritchie.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think AEDC would prefer that we highlight Hive 4A over AEDC. I think
>>>> expressing that appreciation is a good idea. :-)
>>>>
>>>> Tony will be likely using most of the back corner for scanning. In
>>>> fact, we need to get an office chair for people to sit and spin in so he
>>>> can scan them. He said 8' will be plenty for his needs table space wise. I
>>>> got the impression that there may even be a little room to spread other
>>>> things into. (Tony, holler if I'm misrepresenting that.)
>>>>
>>>> I haven't heard if Dave is planning on having his MakerBot in our booth
>>>> or elsewhere yet. He would probably be a good one to talk with concerning
>>>> 3D barcodes or maybe get the Hive 4A logo printed out a few times to show
>>>> off. I've seen that 2D to 3D sort of thing done with text, I don't know
>>>> about doing it easily with images. Perhaps nameplates could work. We'd want
>>>> to suggest a donation for the extruded plastic like we are the soldering to
>>>> recoup costs.
>>>>
>>>> That reminds me, we need a donation jar or something like that which
>>>> isn't easy to reach into and take stuff out. Ellis, do you have any of that
>>>> PVC that we could make a tube out of into a funnel into a big jar? Might
>>>> you have an appropriate jar in your bottle collection that isn't worth an
>>>> significant money? Perhaps I'm showing my ignorance of the activity of
>>>> bottle collecting.
>>>>
>>>> JSR/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Ellis Farmer <saxywolf at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have the following plastic tables from Sam's club:
>>>>> 4'x2' adjustable height
>>>>> 6'x2.5' @ 29" high
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll bring the 4'x2' one on Saturday.  It couldn't hurt to bring a
>>>>> second one though.  We could make it double wide or set it up in the back
>>>>> right corner for an out of reach display.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a spare 18"(?) lcd screen I don't mind lugging in.  It could
>>>>> just be used to display what someone is doing on a laptop.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do we have a sign or something that says: "Sponsored and Made Possible
>>>>> By the AEDC" or something?  I realize we will be sharing table space, but
>>>>> still.  It would be good to show our thanks and good advertising.
>>>>>
>>>>> I do have a light jar working.  I keep it on the table on my porch.
>>>>> However, it doesn't look good when in the light and honestly it isn't
>>>>> incredibly bright even at night.  While it can make the jar glow (I still
>>>>> haven't found a good way to do the frosting so I have colored glass in the
>>>>> jar), it isn't much good at providing light for walking except on very dark
>>>>> nights.  BTW, the light jar materials in the space are for anyone to use.
>>>>>
>>>>> I was thinking about the 3D printer(s) being more interactive... What
>>>>> if we let them generate a 3d barcode image, convert the image into a simple
>>>>> 3d shape (preferably in some automated way... is there a script or SketchUp
>>>>> plugin to transform a B&W image into a raised object?), and then set the
>>>>> printer to print (with assistance as needed of course).  Then they can
>>>>> paint the raised portion with a black marker or paint and glue a backing
>>>>> pin on the back if they want to wear it.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Ellis
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Josiah Ritchie <
>>>>> josiah at josiahritchie.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Here are some sources for pictures & video...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My MakeLV Album of Pictures:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://plus.google.com/photos/117018346450710898816/albums/5655390175566767105
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Make Lehigh Valley on YouTube:
>>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/user/MakeLehighValley/videos
>>>>>>
>>>>>> MakeLV Wiki Files:
>>>>>> http://makelehighvalley.com/wiki/Special:ListFiles
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Facebook's quality can be rough so if you can get original stuff
>>>>>> instead it would be better.
>>>>>> MakeLV Photos on Facebook:
>>>>>> https://www.facebook.com/makelv/photos
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hive 4A Photos on Facebook: (wouldn't hurt to have some of the
>>>>>> co-working stuff)
>>>>>> https://www.facebook.com/Hive4A/photos
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Scott would be a good source for Pinhole photography photos. I think
>>>>>> he had some online somewhere, but I'm not sure where.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> JSR/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 7:09 PM, Mr Thomas Rumpf <
>>>>>> tronwizard at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have a 3.0GHz P4, 320GB HD, 2GB ram, running XP with dual VGA and
>>>>>>> an S-video output, will bring Thursday for use with the 27" TV we have to
>>>>>>> try to develop a display item for the fair. Looking for project videos and
>>>>>>> pictures for display. I believe we can also use it for software
>>>>>>> demonstration if needed.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Will bring some of my irons to see which are suitable for the
>>>>>>> soldering class.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Parts have arrived for Bright Cane and CNC printed circuit board
>>>>>>> project, if all goes as planned I should have first prototypes of each for
>>>>>>> display.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> T. R.
>>>>>>>
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