Projects

Here we will add our projects

Project name	Status	People	Tell me more about it
Roll and jump music generator	Planned	Dadabit	This is a wearable with gyro and accelerometer. I will connect to ableton and/or maxmsp. So in initial phase. Also if there is anyone who did mapping, desperately in need to learn.
Mechanical computing	Working but unreliable	JimM	Turing machines and other computers built without any electric components using ball bearings as memory.
FleetFoot	Planned	Brice	clojurescript + processing.js + webgl = Awesome!
Magicsphere	Development	Brice	Secret Volumetric POV project
Lispator	Concept	Brice	Complete Lisp machine implemented in FPGA.
MetaWatch automation	Concept / Improvements	Rich M	Expanding the MetaWatch software for more "Internet of Things" integration - watch notifications when the doorbell rings, Turn lights on from your wrist, that sort of thing!
shapeshifting fabric	design/development	Dadabit	well I got some sma wire, currently able to drive it, Now trying to make the machanical to actually end up in some coordinated movements. I need 3D modeling may be. Ping me if yo can help me with 3d modeling with the movement. I will thank you forever. (how long is forever can be negotiated)
Solr Logr	Development/Refinement	Chris Elsmore	Data logger, display and controller for my off-grid solar installation, and investigation into other alternative energy sources like building wind turbines.
ASR33 (Teletype) restoration	Waiting	JCGS	I have an old ASR33 that I plan to restore sometime. Some mechanical work is needed, including fabricating missing parts; also tracing and testing the circuitry, and interfacing it to a modern computer.
Vehicle motor controller	Thinking about it	JCGS	Once I've finished stretching my Land Rover to three axles, I'll start working on making the third axle electrically driven, with regenerative braking. I plan to make the controller myself, with big IGBTs and probably an mbed to control them.
Makespace OpenGL Visualisation	Planned	Wojciech	A quick 3D mock up of procedurally generated Makespace.
Visventis (kites for wind energy)	In process	Robert Copcutt	Poor people need electricity to learn to lift themselves out of poverty. A cheap way to generate electricity is therefore required. At visventis.org[1] we believe that kites are 1 way to do that. A device to support a flying kite has already been built. We now need to add reels for the tethers, a generator and electronics to control that generator. This could be the start of something big and all help is appreciated.
Motor/generator	Advanced concept	Robert Copcutt	Small electric motors can be made over 98% efficient, and cheap, by following a few fundamental principles. Keep the air-gap speed high by using a large diameter. Eliminate the iron core and use just air. Use fine wire for the coils to keep eddy current losses down. Such machines would be ideal for many projects including Visventis and electric vehicles. Tools such as good laser cutters and CNC mills are important for making some of the parts. Let's talk.

Communal projects

Workbenches- we need a horizontal surface to make things on, and people are keen to start making the makespace by building benches. See some suggestions for DIY workbench designs.

Automated storage/retrieval- a long-term crazy idea to build some sort of storage robot in the half-height storage area under the kitchen which will retrieve a member's storage box when they swipe their RFID tag. If you have a fleshed-out idea for how it ought to work, write up your proposal and link it from this page.