[sudo-discuss] stepper motor foosball?

Sat May 18 19:52:53 PDT 2013

Just saw this on hack a day, auto air hockey
http://hackaday.com/2013/05/18/robot-air-hockey-championship-as-a-final-project/

On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Romy Snowyla <romy at snowyla.com> wrote:

> Does a painter spend all day staring at others paintings instead of
> painting
> Does a painter spend all say doing free pr for other painters and not
> painting ones own work
> Does a painter say I cannot paint anymore because someone else has made a
> painting
> Deep thoughts
>
> Ha !
>
> :)
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On May 15, 2013, at 16:40, GtwoG PublicOhOne <g2g-public01 at att.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > YOs-
> >
> > This is a perfect illustration of diversity in subjectivity.
> >
> > What works for each of us may be the same as or different to what works
> > for others.
> >
> > When we look at another person's project we might feel...
> >
> > ...excited to duplicate it.
> > ...depressed that someone else thought of it first.
> > ...inspired to do something different.
> > ...inspired to do something better.
> >
> > And most of us have all of these reactions at various times: depending
> > on the project, how difficult it is, how much new learning is involved,
> > whether it might help us earn our livings or create right-livelihood
> > jobs for ourselves and others, whether it's something for work, play,
> > learning, socializing, etc., whether it facilitates creative expression
> > or scientific discovery, what kind of technology it uses, etc.
> >
> > -G.
> >
> >
> > ======
> >
> >
> > On 13-05-15-Wed 4:19 PM, Romy Snowyla wrote:
> >> Great counterpoint
> >>
> >> Rusty do look but don't waste your whole night staring at someone
> else's project
> >> Please build your own
> >> We are makers my pr machines :)
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPad
> >>
> >> On May 15, 2013, at 13:20, Hol Gaskill <hol at gaskill.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> i disagree with this sentiment 100%
> >>>
> >>> it's much easier to get a project moving if someone has already tried
> and documented a similar project.  what's the harm in looking?  we all
> stand on the shoulders of giants - seeing a run through of how someone has
> already completed the basic steps of a project that may use some of the
> same principles and learning from the mistakes/efforts of others frees your
> limited time up for additional awesomeness in the design, and can help
> avoid late-night-almost-finished-but-still-fruitlessly-debugging,
> sanity-destroying-once-you-realize-how-much-time-you-just-wasted pitfalls.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> May 14, 2013 11:59:48 PM, romy at snowyla.com wrote:
> >>> I don't bother spending too much time looking at others projects
> anymore... Wastes your time and is a sure fire way to doom creating your
> own projects
> >>> Trust me on this one I've learned this from bitter experience
> >>>
> >>> Just focus on making your own stuff ...
> >>>
> >>> On May 14, 2013 11:41 PM, "rusty lindgren" rustylindgren at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>> good point.
> >>>> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 11:20 PM, Anthony Di Franco
> di.franco at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Maybe theirs is just the beginning.
> >>>
> >>> On May 14, 2013 10:41 PM, "rusty lindgren" rustylindgren at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Oh man,
> >>>> Someone beat me to the punch!
> >>>>
> >>>> -Rusty
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 5:40 PM, Anthony Di Franco
> di.franco at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> http://www.geekologie.com/2007/12/robotic-foosball-table-built-f.php
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 4:04 PM, rusty lindgren
> rustylindgren at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Holy-Rusted-Metal, Bat-Man!
> >>>> I could dig this.  Would be the coolest thing ever!
> >>>>
> >>>> -Rusty
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 3:47 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer patrikd at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Install a cheap webcam in the head of each foosball "player", let
> people log in to each player online, and have their controls vote for how
> their entire row should move. First-person foosball!  :-D
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Actually, just building a webcam with a fisheye lens into the head of
> the goalie would be lots of fun by itself.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Steve Berl steveberl at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> This sounds like fun. Add a Raspberry Pi, a web cam, and openCV, and
> you have a pretty nice playground.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> -steve
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Anthony Di Franco
> di.franco at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Sounds like a good game AI problem too.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>>
> >>>> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 2:26 PM, rusty lindgren
> rustylindgren at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Watching this video, it seems to me that we could do an automated
> foosball game if we had some basic gearing going both ways.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO4IyPg0U9s
> >>>
> >>>> Sounds fun, right?
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Cheers,
> >>>> Rusty Lindgren
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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