Noisebridge - User contributions [en]

Microscope

2010-03-16T07:51:31Z

Dichro:

Andy used a scope like this one at a previous job:
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-10x-40x-Binocular-Stereo-Microscope-w-Boom-Light_W0QQitemZ370346425279QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item563a5dfbbf

He watched people hand-solder 0.5mm and smaller pitch devices with that scope. IIRC it had a ring light and a 2x objective lens taking it to 20x-80x rather than 10x-40x, but the extreme end of magnification was unusable. The ring light is way better than a bulb light, but workbench light is good enough for a start.

Looks like less awesome stereo scopes are available as cheap as $150 used on EBay.

Spearhead of microscope purchase: (Your Name Here)

Pledges:
* Andy $50
* Rachel $50
* Tomm $25
* Miloh $50
* Mikolaj $50

Spacebridge/launches/Alpha

2010-03-14T09:57:11Z

Dichro:

Alpha was the first Spacebridge balloon flight.

Observations on the [[broken alpha balloon]]

The Alpha payload consisted of:

* [https://www.argentdata.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=23&products_id=37 Garmin GPS 18x LVC]
* [https://www.argentdata.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=22&products_id=65 OpenTracker+]
* [https://www.argentdata.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=25&products_id=74 Puxing PX-777 PLUS VHF Radio]
* G1 Android smartphone
* Canon SD400 camera
* Canon A700 camera with fisheye lens adapte

All the above payload was housed in a styrofoam cooler. The OpenTracker+ was powered by a 9V Energizer lithium battery and supplied regulated power to the GPS. All other devices had internal Li-ion batteries.

[[Category:Spacebridge]]

BuildItems

2010-03-03T08:37:51Z

Dichro: Created page with '* Rip firmware off SD400 for CHDK hacking * solder pressure sensors onto OT+ * work out video recording on Casios'

* Rip firmware off SD400 for CHDK hacking
* solder pressure sensors onto OT+
* work out video recording on Casios

Spacebridge: The Original Series

2010-03-03T08:35:44Z

Dichro: /* Flight Log */

'''Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the hackerspace Noisebridge, our ongoing mission to explore strange (yet economically priced) new ascent technologies; to seek out new parts and new partnerships; to boldly go where no non-government-or-massively-industrially-funded-group has gone before.'''
 
- To keep up to date with Spacebridge, subscribe to the Spacebridge mailing list: https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/space
 
- If you are planning to contribute to or attend Spacebridge meetups, add your name to the [[Spacebridge interest list]]

== Flight Log ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3"
! Flight !! Launch Date !! Status !! Notes !! Data
|-
! [[SpacebridgeAlpha]] || 2010.02.07 || Success || Inaugural SpaceBridge Launch || [https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B5zRnBtZiE26Y2ZlOTViYWYtYjQyYS00MmQzLWI3ODYtMmNkMTZmNzZiNWNh&hl=en Pictures, kml and sensor data] [http://picasaweb.google.com/syncretin/SpacebridgeAlpha02# Pictures from onboard camera] [http://picasaweb.google.com/106356964679457436995/SpaceBridge Photos of launch/team]
|-
! [[SpaceBridgeBravo]] || 2010.03.21 || In Planning || || [[BuildItems]]
|}

== Flight Checklist ==

[[PreFlightChecklist|Pre-flight CheckList]]

== Concepts and Ideas ==

* [[SpaceBridgeFleet]] - Establishing a flight protocol to enable a more modular and streamlined launch
* [[APRS]] - amateur radio position reporting plans, ideas and execution.

== Projects ==

* [[Icarus]] - Android-based in-flight electronics
* [[Horace]] - Arduino-based in-flight electronics
* [[AndroidAPRSTracker]]
* [[FoamShell]]

== Meeting Notes: ==

* [[Spacebridge inaugural meeting]] (Dec. 20, 2009)

== Related links ==

http://spacehack.org - a directory of ways to participate in space exploration (created by Ariel Waldman) 
http://spacepunk.org

'''HAIP Automatons''' -- http://spaceballoonproject.blogspot.com -- Group that merged their project with Spacebridge. 
'''Space Tourism Society''' -- http://www.spacetourismsociety.org -- Designing the Orbital Lifestyle 
'''Space Frontier Foundation''' -- http://spacefrontier.org/ -- Advancing NewSpace 
'''JP Aerospace''' -- http://jpaerospace.com/ -- Leaders in Balloon Launch Services 
'''Virgin Galactic''' -- http://www.virgingalactic.com/ -- Sub-orbital joyrides for a mere $200,000 
'''ZeroG Corporation''' -- http://www.gozerog.com/ -- Awesome Zero gravity airplane rides 
'''Space Adventures''' -- http://www.spaceadventures.com/ -- The real thing: private rides to the International Space Station! 
'''Bigelow Aerospace''' -- http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/ -- A real space hotel company. They have TWO prototypes in orbit! 
'''Tripoli Rocketry Association''' -- http://www.tripoli.org/ -- Long time amateur rocket club 
'''LUNAR''' -- http://www.lunar.org/ -- Bay Area Rocketry club 
'''AMSAT''' -- http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/history.php -- A Brief History of Amateur Satellites 
'''CubeSat''' -- http://cubesat.org/index.php/workshops/past-workshops -- Past workshops include presentations in PDF 
'''N-Prize''' -- http://www.n-prize.com/ -- Like the X-Prize but much smaller and less well known. 

== Related Photos: ==

Space Ship Two Rollout:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157622841126139/
and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157622841154081/ 

NASA Lunar Regolith Challenge:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157622498986221/ 

White Knight 2 Rollout:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157606433514833/ 

2008 Yuri's Night Bay Area:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157604598610880/ 

2007 X PRIZE Cup:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157603332923084/ 

HAIP Automaton's first launch:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25405306@N05/sets/72157622121208656/ 

(Administrivia: because this is the future, I'm going to attempt to minute the meeting in Wave. If you don't yet have a Wave invite but would like to help with the minuting when I inevitably get bored of playing with Wave myself (ie, after the first three minutes), ping me at dichro@rcpt.to)
<wave id="googlewave.com!w+2B5yTcXuh8A" />

[[Category:Spacebridge]]

ED Nominations

2010-03-01T08:01:16Z

Dichro: /* Mikolaj Habryn */

See our [[Bylaws]] page for more information about the position of Executive Director.

==Put your nominations for Executive Director below.==

(please keep the list sorted by first letter, and please nominate persons who can fulfill the legal requirements of the position.)

====Asheesh Laroia====
Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

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====Christie Dudley====
Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

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====Jacob Appelbaum====
Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

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====Leif====
Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

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====Michael Kan====
Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

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====Mikolaj Habryn====
Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

I accept, insofar as the duties thereof have been explained on the list.
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====Mitch Altman====
Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

ED Nominations

2010-03-01T08:00:51Z

Dichro: /* Mikolaj */

See our [[Bylaws]] page for more information about the position of Executive Director.

==Put your nominations for Executive Director below.==

(please keep the list sorted by first letter, and please nominate persons who can fulfill the legal requirements of the position.)

====Asheesh Laroia====
Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

----
====Christie Dudley====
Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

----
====Jacob Appelbaum====
Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

----
====Leif====
Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

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====Michael Kan====
Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

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====Mikolaj Habryn====
Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:
I accept, insofar as the duties thereof have been explained on the list.
----

====Mitch Altman====
Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

Category:Events

2010-03-01T01:05:25Z

Dichro: +spacebridge

Official, Semi-Official, one-off and other events at the Noisebridge space.

=Event Calendar=
Not all events make it onto this calendar. Many events only make it to the Discussion or Announcements [[Mailinglist | mailing lists]], [[IRC]] or in person at [[Category:Meeting_Notes | Tuesday meetings]]. Best of all, Noisebridge is about people getting together at the space in San Francisco to do stuff... like in person. Some events just happen. Pay attention!

Event posters are encouraged to crosspost to the Google Calendar. View the [http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=vo3i3c0qtjnkjr2ojasd0ftt8s%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Los_Angeles Google Calendar], view the [http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/vo3i3c0qtjnkjr2ojasd0ftt8s%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic Google Calendar in XML], or the [http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/vo3i3c0qtjnkjr2ojasd0ftt8s%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics Google Calendar in ical] format.

To post Google Calendar entries for your event, contact a Noisebridge member for access.

(Wouldn't it be great if there were a gCal mediawiki plugin so crossposting wasn't needed? Do you know of a good one? Help us!) <- working on this, need to upgrade Mediawiki in order to use some plugins.
<onlyinclude>
=== Upcoming Events [https://www.noisebridge.net/index.php?title=Category:Events&action=edit&section=2 edit] ===
* '''March 5th, 18:00, Friday - [[RantMeet]]''' [http://www.rantmedia.ca Rant Media] is a global hacker/survival/indy media phyle. Ranters meet up 1st Fridays every month 6PM.
* '''March 11th, 18:00-20:00 - [[Working with Physics libraries in Processing]]''' - a workshop on building fun animated objects with Physics-based behavior, in the Processing programming environment
* '''March 12th, 18:00-21:00 - [[Digital Security and Tactics For (and By) Anti Authoritarians]]''' - "a one night attempt to share information and skills on digital security, tools, and news between an anti authoritarian tech and activist community!"
* '''April 21st, 18:00-21:00 - [http://monochrom.at/english monochrom] #26-34 book release party. [http://www.monochrom.at/mono/monochrom26-34/index.htm Ye Olde Self-Referentiality]

=== Recurring Events [https://www.noisebridge.net/index.php?title=Category:Events&action=edit&section=3 edit] ===

* '''Monday'''
** 18:30 [[PyClass]] - Learn how to program using the Python programming language.
** '''19:00 [[Circuit Hacking Mondays]]''' - Learn to solder! Mitch will bring kits to make cool, hackable things that you can bring home after you make them. Bring your own projects to hack!
* '''Tuesday'''
** 15:00 [[Linux System Administration Study Group]] - Study Linux admining in the Turing classroom.
** 19:00 [[Project Euler|Project Euler Group]] - Solve math challenge puzzles from [http://projecteuler.net/ Project Euler] in the programming language of your choice.
** '''20:00 [[#Meetings|Noisebridge Weekly Meeting]]''' - Introducing new people and events to the space, general discussion, and decision making.
* '''Wednesday'''
** 18:00 [[LinuxDiscussion|Linux Discussion]] - Play with Linux in the Turing classroom.
** '''19:00 [[SCoW]]''' - Sewing, Crafting, Or Whatever! Come make cool stuff with geeks.
** 20:00 [[Games]] - Play games with geeks.
** '''20:00 [[GameDevelopment|Game Development]]''' - Make games with geeks.
* '''Thursday'''
** '''19:00 [http://groups.google.com/group/bacat/about Bay Categories & Types]''' - Posets, counits, monads and more! Held in the Alonzo Church classroom on 2nd Thursdays.
** '''20:00 [[Five_Minutes_of_Fame | Five Minutes of Fame]]''' (3rd Thursdays)
* '''Friday'''
** 15:00 [[Linux System Administration Study Group]] - Study Linux admining in the Turing classroom.
** '''19:00 [[Science, Engineering & Design Huddle]]''' - Weekly group to discuss design approach, share techniques, and solve any problem you may be having with your project(s).
** 20:00 [[Moving/2169 Mission/Buildout|2169 Buildout planning]] - Discussion & execution of how to renovate our new space.
** 18:00 [[RantMeet]] (1st Fridays) [http://www.rantmedia.ca Rant Media] is a global hacker/survival/indy media phyle that meets up around the world.

* '''Saturday'''
** 14:00 [[Phasor~]] - A Max/MSP/Jitter, Max For Live, PureData/GEM, vvvv, Bidule patching group.
** 20:00 [[NSFW]] - Now Showing From the Web, last Saturday of the month. Share interesting videos you've found on the web for the past month or bring content you made.
* '''Sunday'''
** 13:00 [[Cyborg Group|Cyborg Group / Sensebridge]] - Work on projects like artificial senses.
** 15:00 [[OpenEEG]] - how to read your mind.
** 15:00 [[KnotTyingWorkshop|Knot Tying Workshop]] - (1st Sunday of the month)- work on knotting projects and share ropework knowledge
** '''15:00 [[Go]]''' - Playing of the Go boardgame. On nice days we often take the boards to Dolores Park and play there.
** 15:00 [[Locks!]] - Lock sport, sundays when there is demand. ( See [[locks!]] for more information. )
** 17:00 [[Rsync Users Group]] - A twelve step program for those who have poor *nix habits.
** 18:00 [[Spacebridge]] - Noisebridge's space program

* '''To be scheduled'''
** [[Machine Learning]] - (Open for adoption) Teach computers to learn stuff using artificial intelligence and other techniques.
** [[CNC Mill Workshop]] - Who wants to make stuff on the [[MaxNCMill]]?
</onlyinclude>

=== Proposed Future Events and Classes ===

:19:00 [[German]] - Learn German, all levels. 7pm beginners, 8pm advanced. RSVP 24 hours in advance for the benefit of the instructor. Events ran May-November 2009 on Mondays. Currently on hiatus. Get on the mailing list.
:'''(TBD)''': [[Movie Night!]] - [[User:ThOMG|Thom]] wants to build community through nerdy sci-fi! (+Bill+Ted+Excellence++)
:'''(TBD)''': [[Introduction to the AVR Microcontroller]] - [[User:Mightyohm|Jeff]] and [[User:Maltman23|Mitch]] are planning an introductory class for people wanting to make cool projects with AVRs.
:'''(TBD)''': [[Basic Chemistry Lab Techniques]]
:'''(TBD)''': [[Cuddle Puddle for the Economy]] - Stress-hacking with informal massage exchange.
:'''(TBD)''': [[Milk and Cookies]] - Come read your favorite selections out loud. With Milk and Cookies (and yeah, probably beer too).
:'''(TBD)''': [[Processing Workshop 2]] - [[User:Scmurray|Scott]] is interested in teaching this, and is busy thinking about what, where, when, why, and how.
:'''(TBD)''': [[Hack your Hardware]] -- We call BS on "no user-serviceable parts inside"

:'''(TBD)''': [[Homebrew Instruction Class]] - The Wort (pt 1/3)
:'''(TBD)''': [[Trip to Shooting Range]] - Field trip to a shooting range, to shoot guns. Express interest at [[Trip to Shooting Range]]
:'''(TBD)''': [[Surface Mount Soldering Workshop]] - Learn how to solder cicuits with small surface mount parts. [[User:maltman23|Mitch Altman]] and Martin Bogomolni and others will show their tricks. [[User:maltman23|Mitch]] will bring hackable kits that uses surface mounts for you to solder.
:'''(TBD)''' - [[Locksport and Lockpicking]]
:'''(TBD)''' - [[Version control tutorial]]
:'''(TBD)''' - [[Foreign language learning for rocket scientists]] - I'm near-native (fool people when I try) in (French and) Japanese, and a pro trans/terpreter and will share my shortcuts (skill-order, vocab, speed/articulation, translation≅grammar). No expertise on tonal languages yet... so if you know how to remember tones or how tone-sandhi interacts with speed and/or how nuances of speaker attitude are expressed in them (what we do with rythm/inflection/sentence-intonation and stress in Eng., and with particles and ??? in e.g. Cantonese) please chime in or call me (415-608-0564) so I can convey your wisdom. [also looking for a from-scratch Arabic partner]
:'''(TBD)''': [[Getting started with Arduino]]
:'''(TBD)''': [[Distributed Databases]]

= Past Events =
* '''February 27th, 20:00 - [[Hacker EPROM]]''' - Noisebridge's first prom! Nice tie and a (robot) date required. We will have a DJ and punch.
* '''February 24th, 19:00, Wednesday - Joris Peels, of [http://www.shapeways.com Shapeways]''', and expert on 3D printing, will give a [[ShaperwaysPresentation | talk and demonstration]] at Noisebridge!.
* '''February 23rd, 18:00 - Cleaning day''' - Come and help clean Noisebridge, because everyone loves a clean hack space.
* '''February 12th, 21:00 - visit from Steve Jackson'''. Game designer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jackson_%28US_game_designer%29 Steve Jackson], founder of Steve Jackson Games, will visit Noisebridge.
* '''January 27th, 18:00-20:00 - [[beatrixjar event|Circuit Bending Workshop]]''' - [http://www.beatrixjar.com/ Beatrix*JAR] (contact [[User:Gpvillamil|Gian Pablo]] for more info)
* '''January 27th, 20:00-22:00 - [[beatrixjar event|Circuit Bending Performance]]''' - [http://www.beatrixjar.com/ Beatrix*JAR] - "Celebrate a night of new sound that will change your idea of music forever!"
* '''January 25th, 19:30 - [[Bag Porn]]''' - What's in your bag?
* '''January 20th, 19:00-21:00 - [http://groups.google.com/group/bacat/about Bay Categories & Types]''' - Categories, monoids, monads, functors and more! Held in the Alonzo Church classroom.
* '''January 20th, 19:00 - [[User Experience Book Club SF]]''' - Our book this month is "A Theory of Fun for Game Design" by Raph Koster - http://is.gd/6sEqw (meets in Turing)
* '''January 21st, 20:00 - [[Five Minutes of Fame]]''' - Monthly set of lightning talks on diverse topics
* '''January 22nd, 17:00 - [[CleaningParty| Cleaning Party]]''' - Come help clean up Noisebridge! Awsum fun!
* ...January 14th,16th, and 17th 1:00- ??? Build Out day for kitchen/bathroom/laundry bring yourself and a good attitude, learn a few things as well
* '''January 15th, 18:00 - [[CNC_Mill_Workshop]]''' - Learn to use the CNC mill for 2D engraving and circuit board routing
* Thursdays 17:00 [[ASL Group|American Sign Language]] - Learn how to talk without using your voice (or just come chat in ASL). [http://whenisgood.net/noisebridge/asl/generic click to reschedule]
* '''November 18th, 19:30''' - [[Dorkbot_2009_11_18|Dorkbot]]
* '''November 19th, 18:00''' - [[Mesh meetup]]
* '''November 19th, 20:00''' - [[Five Minutes of Fame]]
* '''November 20th, 18:00''' - Loud Objects [http://www.flickr.com/photos/createdigitalmedia/3428249036/ Noise Toy workshop].
* '''November 20th, 20:00''' - Performance by [http://www.loudobjects.com/ Loud Objects], (featuring Tristan Perich and Lesley Flanigan) and [http://www.myspace.com/jibkidder Jib Kidder].
:'''2009-11-05''' - [http://www.server-sky.com/ Server Sky presentation: Internet and Computation in Orbit] by Keith Lofstrom
:'''2009-11-05''' - [[Mesh meetup]]
:'''2009-11-02''' - [[French]] book club meeting to discuss [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/2842612892/ref=ord_cart_shr?_encoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance Une Si Longue Lettre]
: ''' October 1st, 18:00''' - [[Wireless_Mesh_Network_Meetup | Mesh wireless meetup]]
: ''' October 1st, 19:00''' - [http://groups.google.com/group/bacat Bay Area Categories and Types]
: '''2009-10-03''' [[Year 1 Open Hacker House]]
:'''Friday''': [[CrazyCryptoNight]] - Discussion of cryptography for beginners through experts. 6-???
:'''Sunday''' : [[OpenEEG | OpenEEG Hacking]] Sundays, at 3-5pm.
:'''Tuesday''': [[Haskell/Haschool]] - Learn Haskell with Jason Dusek. 6PM - 7:30PM, from May until we're all experts.
:'''Wednesday''': [[Adobe_Lightroom|Adobe Lightroom]] - Become a more organized photographer. Weekly class (mostly held off site).
:'''Thursday''': [[Professional VFX Compositing With Adobe After Effects]] - Taught by [[User:SFSlim|Aaron Muszalski]]. 7:30PM - 10PM, most Thursdays in May & June & ? (click through dammit)
:'''2009-09-17''': [[Five Minutes of Fame]] 3D Edition
:'''2009-09-17''': [[Wireless Mesh Network Meetup | Mesh wireless meetup]]
:'''2009-08-20''': [[Five Minutes of Fame]] One Dee Edition
:'''2009-07-16''': [[Five Minutes of Fame]] Zero Dee
:'''2009-07-02 - 2009-07-05''': [http://toorcamp.org Toorcamp]
:'''2009-07-01''': Noisedroid meeting to discuss location logging on Android platform (and other stuff too, I'm sure)
:'''2009-06-30''': [[Powerbocking Class|Powerbocking class]]
:'''2009-06-30''': "Suing Telemarketers for Fun and Profit" (Toorcamp talk preview)
:'''2009-06-28''': "Meditation for Hackers" (Toorcamp workshop preview)
:'''2009-06-18''': [[Five Minutes of Fame]]
:'''2009-06-15''': [[Eagle Workshop]] Session two of the Eagle CAD workshop.
:'''2009-06-13''': [[RoboGames 2009]] Noisebridge had a booth staffed by vounteers, great fun!
:'''2009-05-21''': [[Five Minutes of Fame]]
:'''2009-04-27''': [[EagleCAD workshop]] -- learn to use this CAD tool for printed circuit board design
:'''2009-04-16''': [[Five Minutes of Fame]] April showers & flowers edition
:'''2009-04-11''': [[RFID Hacking]] weekend workshop (this event moved from the original March date)
:'''2009-04-05''': [[First aid and CPR class]] Learning how to not only not die, but also reduce scarring!
:'''2009-04-03''': [[Sudo pop]] 2PM and on. Making the first batch of a Noisebridge label yerba mate-niated rootbrew, gratis and DIY
:'''2009-03-26''': [[OpenEEG | OpenEEG Hacking]] first meet up for this new group: 8 pm
:'''2009-03-19''': [[Five Minutes of Fame]]
:'''2009-03-12''': [[OpenBTS and GSM]] talk by David Burgess
:'''2009-02-14''': [[Open Heart Workshop]] Valentine's Day blinkyheart soldering party!
:'''2009-02-13''': [[Time-t_Party|<tt>time_t</tt> Party]] to celebrate 1,234,567,890 since the Unix epoch.
:'''2009-02-09''': [[Spanish learning at 8:30]]
:'''2009-02-05''': [[PGP Key Workshop]]
:'''2009-01-31''': [[Locksport and Lockpicking]]
:'''2008-12-27''': [[25C3]] Chaos Computer Congress in Berlin
:'''2008-12-20 & 21''': [[Creme Brulee]] Workshop on creating a french dessert, with bonus propane torch.
:'''2008-12-17 20:00''': [[Machine Learning]] Birds-of-a-feather
:'''2008-11-24''': [[Circuit Hacking Monday]] circuit design workshop
:'''2008-11-21, 7pm''':[[Milk and Cookies]] -- [[User:Dmolnar|David Molnar]] hosts Milk and Cookies at 83C. Bring a short 5-7minute thing to read to others. Bring a potluck cookie/snack/drink if you like. David will bring milk and cookies.
:'''2008-11-17, 7:30pm''': [[Basic Bicycle Maintain]] - [[User:rubin110|Rubin]] and [[User:rigel|rigel]] hate it when we see a bike that isn't maintained. Screechy chains and clacking derailleur can go to hell. Basic bike tune up, sharing the smarts on simple things you can do at home to make your ride suck a whole lot less.
:'''2008-11-16, 5:00pm''': [[RepRap Soldering Party]] - help assemble RepRap! RSVPs required on wiki! [[User:Adi|adi]]
:'''2008-11-16, 3:00pm''': [[Oscilloscopes]] - Learn how to use this versatile tool to test electronic circuits. Maximum 6 slots, please sign up ahead of time! [[User:dstaff|dstaff]]
:'''2008-10-31''': [[Halloween Open House]] - NoiseBridge's own [[PPPC]] threw an awesome open house/halloween gala. Post pictures if you got 'em!
:'''2008-10-25''': [[Soldering Workshop]] and Pumpkin Hackin' - Learn to solder for total newbies (or learn to solder better!), including surface mount. Additionally, carve your halloween pumpkins and enjoy some experimental pumpkin pie and/or soup.
:'''2008-10-07''': (tuesday before meeting) - Etch a circuit board. I'll be trying a photo resist etching and a basic printed mask etching. This is step 1/3 for a project called "annoying USB thingie" which will execute pre-defined keystrokes by sneaking a tiny USB dongle onto a victim^h^h^h^h^h buddy's computer.
:'''2008-09-13''': [[Processing Workshop]] — Learn this very easy-to-use programming language! - [[Processing Workshop Report]]
:'''2008-02-16''': [[Brain Machine Workshop|Brain Machine Making Workshop]]: Our first hardware sprint!

Spacebridge: The Original Series

2010-02-12T01:36:11Z

Dichro:

'''Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the hackerspace Noisebridge, our ongoing mission to explore strange (yet economically priced) new ascent technologies; to seek out new parts and new partnerships; to boldly go where no non-government-or-massively-industrially-funded-group has gone before.'''
 
- To keep up to date with Spacebridge, subscribe to the Spacebridge mailing list: https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/space
 
- If you are planning to contribute to or attend Spacebridge meetups, add your name to the [[Spacebridge interest list]]

== Flight Log ==

{| border="2"
! Flight !! Launch Date !! Status !! Notes !! Data
|-
! [[SpacebridgeAlpha]] || 2010.02.07 || Success || Inaugural SpaceBridge Launch || [https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B5zRnBtZiE26Y2ZlOTViYWYtYjQyYS00MmQzLWI3ODYtMmNkMTZmNzZiNWNh&hl=en Pictures, kml and sensor data] [http://picasaweb.google.com/syncretin/SpacebridgeAlpha02# Pictures from onboard camera] [http://picasaweb.google.com/106356964679457436995/SpaceBridge Photos of launch/team]
|-
! [[SpaceBridgeBravo]] || 2010.03.21 || In Planning
|}

== Concepts and Ideas ==

* [[SpaceBridgeFleet]] - Establishing a flight protocol to enable a more modular and streamlined launch

== Projects: ==

* [[Icarus]] - Android-based in-flight electronics
* [[Horace]] - Arduino-based in-flight electronics
* [[AndroidAPRSTracker]]
* [[FoamShell]]

== Meeting Notes: ==

* [[Spacebridge inaugural meeting]] (Dec. 20, 2009)

== Related links ==

http://spacehack.org - a directory of ways to participate in space exploration (created by Ariel Waldman) 
http://spacepunk.org

'''HAIP Automatons''' -- http://spaceballoonproject.blogspot.com -- Group that merged their project with Spacebridge. 
'''Space Tourism Society''' -- http://www.spacetourismsociety.org -- Designing the Orbital Lifestyle 
'''Space Frontier Foundation''' -- http://spacefrontier.org/ -- Advancing NewSpace 
'''JP Aerospace''' -- http://jpaerospace.com/ -- Leaders in Balloon Launch Services 
'''Virgin Galactic''' -- http://www.virgingalactic.com/ -- Sub-orbital joyrides for a mere $200,000 
'''ZeroG Corporation''' -- http://www.gozerog.com/ -- Awesome Zero gravity airplane rides 
'''Space Adventures''' -- http://www.spaceadventures.com/ -- The real thing: private rides to the International Space Station! 
'''Bigelow Aerospace''' -- http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/ -- A real space hotel company. They have TWO prototypes in orbit! 
'''Tripoli Rocketry Association''' -- http://www.tripoli.org/ -- Long time amateur rocket club 
'''LUNAR''' -- http://www.lunar.org/ -- Bay Area Rocketry club 
'''AMSAT''' -- http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/history.php -- A Brief History of Amateur Satellites 
'''CubeSat''' -- http://cubesat.org/index.php/workshops/past-workshops -- Past workshops include presentations in PDF 
'''N-Prize''' -- http://www.n-prize.com/ -- Like the X-Prize but much smaller and less well known. 

== Related Photos: ==

Space Ship Two Rollout:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157622841126139/
and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157622841154081/ 

NASA Lunar Regolith Challenge:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157622498986221/ 

White Knight 2 Rollout:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157606433514833/ 

2008 Yuri's Night Bay Area:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157604598610880/ 

2007 X PRIZE Cup:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157603332923084/ 

HAIP Automaton's first launch:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25405306@N05/sets/72157622121208656/ 

(Administrivia: because this is the future, I'm going to attempt to minute the meeting in Wave. If you don't yet have a Wave invite but would like to help with the minuting when I inevitably get bored of playing with Wave myself (ie, after the first three minutes), ping me at dichro@rcpt.to)
<wave id="googlewave.com!w+2B5yTcXuh8A" />

[[Category:Spacebridge]]

Category:SpacebridgeBravoLaunch

2010-02-12T01:16:57Z

Dichro: Created page with 'The second Spacebridge launch is tentatively scheduled for March 21st.'

The second Spacebridge launch is tentatively scheduled for March 21st.

Spacebridge/hardware/FoamShell

2010-02-12T01:16:23Z

Dichro: Created page with 'The goal is to use blocks of foam as a structure for the payload. We'll carve out relatively closely fitted voids to hold the various components. Shape considerations: * balloon…'

The goal is to use blocks of foam as a structure for the payload. We'll carve out relatively closely fitted voids to hold the various components.

Shape considerations:
* balloon sheds turbulence during ascent; torpedo shape might be best for that
* APRS antenna with a 19" radius ground plane parallel to the ground would reduce signal energy sent upwards

Michael's original email:

Notes on foam:

*) Probably want XPS (eXtruded PolyStyrene). This is a water proof, dimensionally stable, grain free foam. It tolerates very low temperatures well, and doesn't burn easily.
It cuts easily and cleanly with a sharp knife. It doesn't crumble or shed.

Brand names are 'Dow Hi-Load 60' or 'Corning Foamular 600'. Foamular 250 should work just fine (the difference in the number is the compression strength).

It appears that places like Lowes carry it, and it costs ~ $15 for a 2 foot by 8 foot by 2 inch block.
(which is probably enough for about 70 million flights).

[[Category:SpacebridgeBravoLaunch]]

Spacebridge: The Original Series

2010-02-12T01:11:08Z

Dichro:

'''Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the hackerspace Noisebridge, our ongoing mission to explore strange (yet economically priced) new ascent technologies; to seek out new parts and new partnerships; to boldly go where no non-government-or-massively-industrially-funded-group has gone before.'''
 
- To keep up to date with Spacebridge, subscribe to the Spacebridge mailing list: https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/space
 
- If you are planning to contribute to or attend Spacebridge meetups, add your name to the [[Spacebridge interest list]]

== Flight Log ==

{| border="2"
! Flight !! Launch Date !! Status !! Notes !! Data
|-
! [[SpacebridgeAlpha]] || 2010.02.07 || Success || Inaugural SpaceBridge Launch || [https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B5zRnBtZiE26Y2ZlOTViYWYtYjQyYS00MmQzLWI3ODYtMmNkMTZmNzZiNWNh&hl=en Google doc list]
|-
! [[SpaceBridgeBravo]] || 2010.03.21 || In Planning
|}

== Concepts and Ideas ==

* [[SpaceBridgeFleet]] - Establishing a flight protocol to enable a more modular and streamlined launch

== Projects: ==

* [[Icarus]] - Android-based in-flight electronics
* [[Horace]] - Arduino-based in-flight electronics
* [[AndroidAPRSTracker]]
* [[FoamShell]]

== Meeting Notes: ==

* [[Spacebridge inaugural meeting]] (Dec. 20, 2009)

== Related links ==

http://spacehack.org - a directory of ways to participate in space exploration (created by Ariel Waldman) 
http://spacepunk.org

'''HAIP Automatons''' -- http://spaceballoonproject.blogspot.com -- Group that merged their project with Spacebridge. 
'''Space Tourism Society''' -- http://www.spacetourismsociety.org -- Designing the Orbital Lifestyle 
'''Space Frontier Foundation''' -- http://spacefrontier.org/ -- Advancing NewSpace 
'''JP Aerospace''' -- http://jpaerospace.com/ -- Leaders in Balloon Launch Services 
'''Virgin Galactic''' -- http://www.virgingalactic.com/ -- Sub-orbital joyrides for a mere $200,000 
'''ZeroG Corporation''' -- http://www.gozerog.com/ -- Awesome Zero gravity airplane rides 
'''Space Adventures''' -- http://www.spaceadventures.com/ -- The real thing: private rides to the International Space Station! 
'''Bigelow Aerospace''' -- http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/ -- A real space hotel company. They have TWO prototypes in orbit! 
'''Tripoli Rocketry Association''' -- http://www.tripoli.org/ -- Long time amateur rocket club 
'''LUNAR''' -- http://www.lunar.org/ -- Bay Area Rocketry club 
'''AMSAT''' -- http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/history.php -- A Brief History of Amateur Satellites 
'''CubeSat''' -- http://cubesat.org/index.php/workshops/past-workshops -- Past workshops include presentations in PDF 
'''N-Prize''' -- http://www.n-prize.com/ -- Like the X-Prize but much smaller and less well known. 

== Related Photos: ==

Space Ship Two Rollout:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157622841126139/
and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157622841154081/ 

NASA Lunar Regolith Challenge:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157622498986221/ 

White Knight 2 Rollout:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157606433514833/ 

2008 Yuri's Night Bay Area:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157604598610880/ 

2007 X PRIZE Cup:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157603332923084/ 

HAIP Automaton's first launch:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25405306@N05/sets/72157622121208656/ 

(Administrivia: because this is the future, I'm going to attempt to minute the meeting in Wave. If you don't yet have a Wave invite but would like to help with the minuting when I inevitably get bored of playing with Wave myself (ie, after the first three minutes), ping me at dichro@rcpt.to)
<wave id="googlewave.com!w+2B5yTcXuh8A" />

[[Category:Spacebridge]]

Spacebridge: The Original Series

2010-02-07T07:08:10Z

Dichro:

'''Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the hackerspace Noisebridge, our ongoing mission to explore strange (yet economically priced) new ascent technologies; to seek out new parts and new partnerships; to boldly go where no non-government-or-massively-industrially-funded-group has gone before.'''
 
- To keep up to date with Spacebridge, subscribe to the Spacebridge mailing list: https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/space
 
- If you are planning to contribute to or attend Spacebridge meetups, add your name to the [[Spacebridge interest list]]

'''Pending classification'''

* [[SpacebridgeAlpha]]

'''Projects:'''

* [[Icarus]] - Android-based in-flight electronics
* [[Horace]] - Arduino-based in-flight electronics

'''Meeting Notes:'''

* [[Spacebridge inaugural meeting]] (Dec. 20, 2009)

'''Related links:'''

http://spacehack.org - a directory of ways to participate in space exploration (created by Ariel Waldman) 
http://spacepunk.org

'''Space Tourism Society''' -- http://www.spacetourismsociety.org -- Designing the Orbital Lifestyle 
'''Space Frontier Foundation''' -- http://spacefrontier.org/ -- Advancing NewSpace 
'''JP Aerospace''' -- http://jpaerospace.com/ -- Leaders in Balloon Launch Services 
'''Virgin Galactic''' -- http://www.virgingalactic.com/ -- Sub-orbital joyrides for a mere $200,000 
'''ZeroG Corporation''' -- http://www.gozerog.com/ -- Awesome Zero gravity airplane rides 
'''Space Adventures''' -- http://www.spaceadventures.com/ -- The real thing: private rides to the International Space Station! 
'''Bigelow Aerospace''' -- http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/ -- A real space hotel company. They have TWO prototypes in orbit! 
'''Tripoli Rocketry Association''' -- http://www.tripoli.org/ -- Long time amateur rocket club 
'''LUNAR''' -- http://www.lunar.org/ -- Bay Area Rocketry club 
'''AMSAT''' -- http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/history.php -- A Brief History of Amateur Satellites 
'''CubeSat''' -- http://cubesat.org/index.php/workshops/past-workshops -- Past workshops include presentations in PDF

'''Related Photos:'''

Space Ship Two Rollout:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157622841126139/
and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157622841154081/ 

NASA Lunar Regolith Challenge:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157622498986221/ 

White Knight 2 Rollout:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157606433514833/ 

2008 Yuri's Night Bay Area:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157604598610880/

2007 X PRIZE Cup:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157603332923084/ 

(Administrivia: because this is the future, I'm going to attempt to minute the meeting in Wave. If you don't yet have a Wave invite but would like to help with the minuting when I inevitably get bored of playing with Wave myself (ie, after the first three minutes), ping me at dichro@rcpt.to)
<wave id="googlewave.com!w+2B5yTcXuh8A" />

Spacebridge: The Original Series

2010-01-13T03:50:31Z

Dichro:

'''Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the hackerspace Noisebridge, our ongoing mission to explore strange (yet economically priced) new ascent technologies; to seek out new parts and new partnerships; to boldly go where no non-government-or-massively-industrially-funded-group has gone before.'''
 
- To keep up to date with Spacebridge, subscribe to the Spacebridge mailing list: https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/space
 
- If you are planning to contribute to or attend Spacebridge meetups, add your name to the [[Spacebridge interest list]]

'''Projects:'''

* [[Icarus]] - Android-based in-flight electronics
* [[Horace]] - Arduino-based in-flight electronics

'''Meeting Notes:'''

* [[Spacebridge inaugural meeting]] (Dec. 20, 2009)

'''Related links:'''

http://spacehack.org - a directory of ways to participate in space exploration (created by Ariel Waldman) 
http://spacepunk.org

'''Space Tourism Society''' -- http://www.spacetourismsociety.org -- Designing the Orbital Lifestyle 
'''Space Frontier Foundation''' -- http://spacefrontier.org/ -- Advancing NewSpace 
'''JP Aerospace''' -- http://jpaerospace.com/ -- Leaders in Balloon Launch Services 
'''Virgin Galactic''' -- http://www.virgingalactic.com/ -- Sub-orbital joyrides for a mere $200,000 
'''ZeroG Corporation''' -- http://www.gozerog.com/ -- Awesome Zero gravity airplane rides 
'''Space Adventures''' -- http://www.spaceadventures.com/ -- The real thing: private rides to the International Space Station! 
'''Bigelow Aerospace''' -- http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/ -- A real space hotel company. They have TWO prototypes in orbit! 
'''Tripoli Rocketry Association''' -- http://www.tripoli.org/ -- Long time amateur rocket club 
'''LUNAR''' -- http://www.lunar.org/ -- Bay Area Rocketry club 
'''AMSAT''' -- http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/history.php -- A Brief History of Amateur Satellites 
'''CubeSat''' -- http://cubesat.org/index.php/workshops/past-workshops -- Past workshops include presentations in PDF

'''Related Photos:'''

Space Ship Two Rollout:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157622841126139/
and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157622841154081/ 

NASA Lunar Regolith Challenge:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157622498986221/ 

White Knight 2 Rollout:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157606433514833/ 

2008 Yuri's Night Bay Area:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157604598610880/

2007 X PRIZE Cup:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157603332923084/ 

(Administrivia: because this is the future, I'm going to attempt to minute the meeting in Wave. If you don't yet have a Wave invite but would like to help with the minuting when I inevitably get bored of playing with Wave myself (ie, after the first three minutes), ping me at dichro@rcpt.to)
<wave id="googlewave.com!w+2B5yTcXuh8A" />

Spacebridge: The Original Series

2010-01-13T03:50:05Z

Dichro:

'''Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the hackerspace Noisebridge, our ongoing mission to explore strange (yet economically priced) new ascent technologies; to seek out new parts and new partnerships; to boldly go where no non-government-or-massively-industrially-funded-group has gone before.'''
 
- To keep up to date with Spacebridge, subscribe to the Spacebridge mailing list: https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/space
 
- If you are planning to contribute to or attend Spacebridge meetups, add your name to the [[Spacebridge interest list]]

'''Projects:'''

* [[Icarus]] - Android-based in-flight electronics
• [[Horace]] - Arduino-based in-flight electronics

'''Meeting Notes:'''

• [[Spacebridge inaugural meeting]] (Dec. 20, 2009)

'''Related links:'''

http://spacehack.org - a directory of ways to participate in space exploration (created by Ariel Waldman) 
http://spacepunk.org

'''Space Tourism Society''' -- http://www.spacetourismsociety.org -- Designing the Orbital Lifestyle 
'''Space Frontier Foundation''' -- http://spacefrontier.org/ -- Advancing NewSpace 
'''JP Aerospace''' -- http://jpaerospace.com/ -- Leaders in Balloon Launch Services 
'''Virgin Galactic''' -- http://www.virgingalactic.com/ -- Sub-orbital joyrides for a mere $200,000 
'''ZeroG Corporation''' -- http://www.gozerog.com/ -- Awesome Zero gravity airplane rides 
'''Space Adventures''' -- http://www.spaceadventures.com/ -- The real thing: private rides to the International Space Station! 
'''Bigelow Aerospace''' -- http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/ -- A real space hotel company. They have TWO prototypes in orbit! 
'''Tripoli Rocketry Association''' -- http://www.tripoli.org/ -- Long time amateur rocket club 
'''LUNAR''' -- http://www.lunar.org/ -- Bay Area Rocketry club 
'''AMSAT''' -- http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/history.php -- A Brief History of Amateur Satellites 
'''CubeSat''' -- http://cubesat.org/index.php/workshops/past-workshops -- Past workshops include presentations in PDF

'''Related Photos:'''

Space Ship Two Rollout:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157622841126139/
and
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157622841154081/ 

NASA Lunar Regolith Challenge:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157622498986221/ 

White Knight 2 Rollout:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157606433514833/ 

2008 Yuri's Night Bay Area:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157604598610880/

2007 X PRIZE Cup:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/spacemansam/sets/72157603332923084/ 

(Administrivia: because this is the future, I'm going to attempt to minute the meeting in Wave. If you don't yet have a Wave invite but would like to help with the minuting when I inevitably get bored of playing with Wave myself (ie, after the first three minutes), ping me at dichro@rcpt.to)
<wave id="googlewave.com!w+2B5yTcXuh8A" />

Horace

2010-01-13T03:48:52Z

Dichro: New page: '''Project Status:''' Nascent. Embryonic, even. '''Project Requirements:''' Telemetry and control. Sensor: * pressure (potentially multiple, probably Freescale) * radiation * thermal (...

'''Project Status:'''

Nascent. Embryonic, even.

'''Project Requirements:'''

Telemetry and control.

Sensor:
* pressure (potentially multiple, probably Freescale)
* radiation
* thermal (multiple? maybe 1-wire?)

Data:
* Icarus
* APRS

Control:
* buoyancy control - solenoid valve to vent balloon
* rope release - nichrome wrapped around nylon?

'''Project Notes:'''

'''References:'''

Radiation sensors:
* http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/prodinfo.asp?number=C6979&variation=
* http://www.gammafet.com/
* http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9298

Pressure:
* http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=PRESSURE_SENSORS&nodeId=011269

----

Return to [[Spacebridge]]

Spacebridge: The Original Series

2009-12-21T06:00:17Z

Dichro:

Spacebridge: The Original Series

2009-12-18T02:09:58Z

Dichro:

Spacebridge: The Original Series

2009-12-18T02:09:26Z

Dichro: New page: =Spacebridge= '''Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the hackerspace Noisebridge, our ongoing mission to explore strange (yet economically priced) new ascent technologies;...

=Spacebridge=

'''Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the hackerspace Noisebridge, our ongoing mission to explore strange (yet economically priced) new ascent technologies; to seek out new parts and new partnerships; to boldly go where no non-government-or-massively-industrially-funded-group has gone before.'''

Our inaugural meeting shall be at Noisebridge at 6pm on Sunday, 20th December.

(Administrivia: because this is the future, I'm going to attempt to minute the meeting in Wave. If you don't yet have a Wave invite but would like to help with the minuting when I inevitably get bored of playing with Wave myself (ie, after the first three minutes), ping me at dichro@rcpt.to)

Category:Events

2009-12-17T21:11:49Z

Dichro: /* Upcoming Events [https://www.noisebridge.net/index.php?title=Category:Events&action=edit&section=2 edit] */

Official, Semi-Official, one-off and other events at the NoiseBridge space.

=Event Calendar=
Not all events make it onto this calendar. Many events only make it to the Discussion or Announcements [[Mailinglist | mailing lists]], [[IRC]] or in person at [[Category:Meeting_Notes | Tuesday meetings]]. Best of all, Noisebridge is about people getting together at the space in San Francisco to do stuff... like in person. Some events just happen. Pay attention!

Event posters are encouraged to crosspost to the Google Calendar. View the [http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=vo3i3c0qtjnkjr2ojasd0ftt8s%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Los_Angeles Google Calendar], view the [http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/vo3i3c0qtjnkjr2ojasd0ftt8s%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic Google Calendar in XML], or the [http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/vo3i3c0qtjnkjr2ojasd0ftt8s%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics Google Calendar in ical] format.

To post Google Calendar entries for your event, contact a Noisebridge member for access.

(Wouldn't it be great if there were a gCal mediawiki plugin so crossposting wasn't needed? Do you know of a good one? Help us!) <- working on this, need to upgrade Mediawiki in order to use some plugins.
<onlyinclude>
=== Upcoming Events [https://www.noisebridge.net/index.php?title=Category:Events&action=edit&section=2 edit] ===
* '''December 17th, 20:00 - [[Five Minutes of Fame]]''' - Monthly set of lightning talks on diverse topics.
* '''December 20th, 18:00 - [[Spacebridge]]''' - Inaugural meeting of cosmically-conquering-inclined minds
* '''January 27th, 18:00-20:00 - [[beatrixjar event|Circuit Bending Workshop]]''' - [http://www.beatrixjar.com/ Beatrix*JAR] (contact [[User:Gpvillamil|Gian Pablo]] for more info)
* '''January 27th, 20:00-22:00 - [[beatrixjar event|Circuit Bending Performance]]''' - [http://www.beatrixjar.com/ Beatrix*JAR] - "Celebrate a night of new sound that will change your idea of music forever!"
* '''January 20th, 19:00/21:00 - Bay Categories & Types''' - Categories, monoids, monads, functors and more! Held in the Alonzo Church classroom. [http://groups.google.com/group/bacat/about]

=== Recurring Events [https://www.noisebridge.net/index.php?title=Category:Events&action=edit&section=3 edit] ===

* '''Monday'''
** 18:30 [[PyClass]] - Learn how to program using the Python programming language.
** '''19:00 [[Circuit Hacking Mondays]]''' - Learn to solder! Mitch will bring kits to make cool, hackable things that you can bring home after you make them. Bring your own projects to hack!
* '''Tuesday'''
** 15:00 Linux system administration study group in the Turing classroom.
** 18:00 [[Mandarin Corner]] - Weekly study group to practice Chinese language.
** 19:00 [[Project Euler|Project Euler Group]] - Solve math challenge puzzles from [http://projecteuler.net/ Project Euler] in the programming language of your choice.
** '''20:00 [[#Meetings|Noisebridge Weekly Meeting]]''' - Introducing new people and events to the space, general discussion, and decision making.
* '''Wednesday'''
** 18:00 [[LinuxDiscussion|Linux Discussion]] - Play with Linux in the Turing classroom.
** '''19:00 [[SCoW]]''' - Sewing, Crafting, Or Whatever! Come make cool stuff with geeks.
** 20:00 [[Games]] - Play games with geeks.
** 20:00 [[GameDevelopment|Game Development]] - Make games with geeks.
* '''Thursday'''
** 17:00 [[ASL Group|American Sign Language]] - Learn how to talk without using your voice (or just come chat in ASL). [http://whenisgood.net/noisebridge/asl/generic click to reschedule]
* '''Friday'''
** 15:00 Linux system administration study group in the Turing classroom.
** 19:00 [[Science, Engineering & Design Huddle]] - Weekly group to discuss design approach, share techniques, and solve any problem you may be having with your project(s).
** 20:00 [[Moving/2169 Mission/Buildout|2169 Buildout planning]] - Discussion & execution of how to renovate our new space.
* '''Saturday'''
** 14:00 [[Phasor~]] - A Max/MSP/Jitter, Max For Live, PureData/GEM, vvvv, Bidule patching group.
* '''Sunday'''
** 13:00 [[Cyborg Group|Cyborg Group / Sensebridge]] + [[OpenEEG]] - Work on projects like artificial senses and how to read your mind.
** 15:00 [[KnotTyingWorkshop|Knot Tying Workshop]] - work on knotting projects and share ropework knowledge.
** 15:00 [[Go]] - Playing of the Go boardgame. On nice days we often take the boards to Dolores Park and play there.
** 15:00 [[Locks!]] - Lock sport, every other sunday.
** 17:00 [[Rsync Users Group]] - A twelve step program for those who have poor *nix habits.

* '''To be scheduled'''
** [[Machine Learning]] - (Open for adoption) Teach computers to learn stuff using artificial intelligence and other techniques.
** [[CNC Mill Workshop]] - Who wants to make stuff on the [[MaxNCMill]]?
</onlyinclude>

=== Proposed Future Events and Classes ===

:19:00 [[German]] - Learn German, all levels. 7pm beginners, 8pm advanced. RSVP 24 hours in advance for the benefit of the instructor. Events ran May-November 2009 on Mondays. Currently on hiatus. Get on the mailing list.
:'''(TBD)''': [[Movie Night!]] - [[User:ThOMG|Thom]] wants to build community through nerdy sci-fi! (+Bill+Ted+Excellence++)
:'''(TBD)''': [[Introduction to the AVR Microcontroller]] - [[User:Mightyohm|Jeff]] and [[User:Maltman23|Mitch]] are planning an introductory class for people wanting to make cool projects with AVRs.
:'''(TBD)''': [[Basic Chemistry Lab Techniques]]
:'''(TBD)''': [[Cuddle Puddle for the Economy]] - Stress-hacking with informal massage exchange.
:'''(TBD)''': [[Milk and Cookies]] - Come read your favorite selections out loud. With Milk and Cookies (and yeah, probably beer too).
:'''(TBD)''': [[Processing Workshop 2]] - [[User:Scmurray|Scott]] is interested in teaching this, and is busy thinking about what, where, when, why, and how.
:'''(TBD)''': [[Hack your Hardware]] -- We call BS on "no user-serviceable parts inside"

:'''(TBD)''': [[Homebrew Instruction Class]] - The Wort (pt 1/3)
:'''(TBD)''': [[Trip to Shooting Range]] - Field trip to a shooting range, to shoot guns. Express interest at [[Trip to Shooting Range]]
:'''(TBD)''': [[Surface Mount Soldering Workshop]] - Learn how to solder cicuits with small surface mount parts. [[User:maltman23|Mitch Altman]] and Martin Bogomolni and others will show their tricks. [[User:maltman23|Mitch]] will bring hackable kits that uses surface mounts for you to solder.
:'''(TBD)''' - [[Locksport and Lockpicking]]
:'''(TBD)''' - [[Version control tutorial]]
:'''(TBD)''' - [[Foreign language learning for rocket scientists]] - I'm near-native (fool people when I try) in (French and) Japanese, and a pro trans/terpreter and will share my shortcuts (skill-order, vocab, speed/articulation, translation≅grammar). No expertise on tonal languages yet... so if you know how to remember tones or how tone-sandhi interacts with speed and/or how nuances of speaker attitude are expressed in them (what we do with rythm/inflection/sentence-intonation and stress in Eng., and with particles and ??? in e.g. Cantonese) please chime in or call me (415-608-0564) so I can convey your wisdom. [also looking for a from-scratch Arabic partner]
:'''(TBD)''': [[Getting started with Arduino]]
:'''(TBD)''': [[Distributed Databases]]

= Past Events =
* '''November 18th, 19:30''' - [[Dorkbot_2009_11_18|Dorkbot]]
* '''November 19th, 18:00''' - [[Mesh meetup]]
* '''November 19th, 20:00''' - [[Five Minutes of Fame]]
* '''November 20th, 18:00''' - Loud Objects [http://www.flickr.com/photos/createdigitalmedia/3428249036/ Noise Toy workshop].
* '''November 20th, 20:00''' - Performance by [http://www.loudobjects.com/ Loud Objects], (featuring Tristan Perich and Lesley Flanigan) and [http://www.myspace.com/jibkidder Jib Kidder].
:'''2009-11-05''' - [http://www.server-sky.com/ Server Sky presentation: Internet and Computation in Orbit] by Keith Lofstrom
:'''2009-11-05''' - [[Mesh meetup]]
:'''2009-11-02''' - [[French]] book club meeting to discuss [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/2842612892/ref=ord_cart_shr?_encoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance Une Si Longue Lettre]
: ''' October 1st, 18:00''' - [[Wireless_Mesh_Network_Meetup | Mesh wireless meetup]]
: ''' October 1st, 19:00''' - [http://groups.google.com/group/bacat Bay Area Categories and Types]
: '''2009-10-03''' [[Year 1 Open Hacker House]]
:'''Friday''': [[CrazyCryptoNight]] - Discussion of cryptography for beginners through experts. 6-???
:'''Sunday''' : [[OpenEEG | OpenEEG Hacking]] Sundays, at 3-5pm.
:'''Tuesday''': [[Haskell/Haschool]] - Learn Haskell with Jason Dusek. 6PM - 7:30PM, from May until we're all experts.
:'''Wednesday''': [[Adobe_Lightroom|Adobe Lightroom]] - Become a more organized photographer. Weekly class (mostly held off site).
:'''Thursday''': [[Professional VFX Compositing With Adobe After Effects]] - Taught by [[User:SFSlim|Aaron Muszalski]]. 7:30PM - 10PM, most Thursdays in May & June & ? (click through dammit)
:'''2009-09-17''': [[Five Minutes of Fame]] 3D Edition
:'''2009-09-17''': [[Wireless Mesh Network Meetup | Mesh wireless meetup]]
:'''2009-08-20''': [[Five Minutes of Fame]] One Dee Edition
:'''2009-07-16''': [[Five Minutes of Fame]] Zero Dee
:'''2009-07-02 - 2009-07-05''': [http://toorcamp.org Toorcamp]
:'''2009-07-01''': Noisedroid meeting to discuss location logging on Android platform (and other stuff too, I'm sure)
:'''2009-06-30''': [[Powerbocking Class|Powerbocking class]]
:'''2009-06-30''': "Suing Telemarketers for Fun and Profit" (Toorcamp talk preview)
:'''2009-06-28''': "Meditation for Hackers" (Toorcamp workshop preview)
:'''2009-06-18''': [[Five Minutes of Fame]]
:'''2009-06-15''': [[Eagle Workshop]] Session two of the Eagle CAD workshop.
:'''2009-06-13''': [[RoboGames 2009]] Noisebridge had a booth staffed by vounteers, great fun!
:'''2009-05-21''': [[Five Minutes of Fame]]
:'''2009-04-27''': [[EagleCAD workshop]] -- learn to use this CAD tool for printed circuit board design
:'''2009-04-16''': [[Five Minutes of Fame]] April showers & flowers edition
:'''2009-04-11''': [[RFID Hacking]] weekend workshop (this event moved from the original March date)
:'''2009-04-05''': [[First aid and CPR class]] Learning how to not only not die, but also reduce scarring!
:'''2009-04-03''': [[Sudo pop]] 2PM and on. Making the first batch of a Noisebridge label yerba mate-niated rootbrew, gratis and DIY
:'''2009-03-26''': [[OpenEEG | OpenEEG Hacking]] first meet up for this new group: 8 pm
:'''2009-03-19''': [[Five Minutes of Fame]]
:'''2009-03-12''': [[OpenBTS and GSM]] talk by David Burgess
:'''2009-02-14''': [[Open Heart Workshop]] Valentine's Day blinkyheart soldering party!
:'''2009-02-13''': [[Time-t_Party|<tt>time_t</tt> Party]] to celebrate 1,234,567,890 since the Unix epoch.
:'''2009-02-09''': [[Spanish learning at 8:30]]
:'''2009-02-05''': [[PGP Key Workshop]]
:'''2009-01-31''': [[Locksport and Lockpicking]]
:'''2008-12-27''': [[25C3]] Chaos Computer Congress in Berlin
:'''2008-12-20 & 21''': [[Creme Brulee]] Workshop on creating a french dessert, with bonus propane torch.
:'''2008-12-17 20:00''': [[Machine Learning]] Birds-of-a-feather
:'''2008-11-24''': [[Circuit Hacking Monday]] circuit design workshop
:'''2008-11-21, 7pm''':[[Milk and Cookies]] -- [[User:Dmolnar|David Molnar]] hosts Milk and Cookies at 83C. Bring a short 5-7minute thing to read to others. Bring a potluck cookie/snack/drink if you like. David will bring milk and cookies.
:'''2008-11-17, 7:30pm''': [[Basic Bicycle Maintain]] - [[User:rubin110|Rubin]] and [[User:rigel|rigel]] hate it when we see a bike that isn't maintained. Screechy chains and clacking derailleur can go to hell. Basic bike tune up, sharing the smarts on simple things you can do at home to make your ride suck a whole lot less.
:'''2008-11-16, 5:00pm''': [[RepRap Soldering Party]] - help assemble RepRap! RSVPs required on wiki! [[User:Adi|adi]]
:'''2008-11-16, 3:00pm''': [[Oscilloscopes]] - Learn how to use this versatile tool to test electronic circuits. Maximum 6 slots, please sign up ahead of time! [[User:dstaff|dstaff]]
:'''2008-10-31''': [[Halloween Open House]] - NoiseBridge's own [[PPPC]] threw an awesome open house/halloween gala. Post pictures if you got 'em!
:'''2008-10-25''': [[Soldering Workshop]] and Pumpkin Hackin' - Learn to solder for total newbies (or learn to solder better!), including surface mount. Additionally, carve your halloween pumpkins and enjoy some experimental pumpkin pie and/or soup.
:'''2008-10-07''': (tuesday before meeting) - Etch a circuit board. I'll be trying a photo resist etching and a basic printed mask etching. This is step 1/3 for a project called "annoying USB thingie" which will execute pre-defined keystrokes by sneaking a tiny USB dongle onto a victim^h^h^h^h^h buddy's computer.
:'''2008-09-13''': [[Processing Workshop]] — Learn this very easy-to-use programming language! - [[Processing Workshop Report]]
:'''2008-02-16''': [[Brain Machine Workshop|Brain Machine Making Workshop]]: Our first hardware sprint!

Moving/2009 Pledges

2009-09-25T22:40:09Z

Dichro:

This page records pledges from people to Noisebridge for the occasion of moving to a bigger space in 2009. When adding your pledge, please note if your company makes matching donations to 501c3 (or if you think they might do so -- Google and Microsoft do, and Noisebridge is registered as a 501c3 with easymatch.com, which they and other companies use). The Noisebridge Secretary will be more than happy to help with any paperwork for matching donations. This page starts with pledges from the 14 July 2009 meeting - if you see your name or amount is incorrect, change it. Please add more pledges!

Total so far is:

* '''$16,106.40''' without doubling
* '''$19,856.40''' with doubling

* '''8326.40''' currently collected

{| border="1"
! Name
! Ammount
! Matching
! Received
! Comment
|-
| Andy
| $100
| double
| yes
|
|-
| Ben
| $1000
| double
| yes
| (matching not arrived yet)
|-
| Jake
| $500
|
|
|
|-
| Jim
| $100
|
|
|
|-
| Bill
| $500
|
|
|
|-
| Billy
| $50
|
| yes
|
|-
| Vlad
| $100
|
| yes
|
|-
| David Stafford
| $1000
|
| yes
|
|-
| Crutcher
| $500
| double
|
|
|-
| Steve
| $150
| double
|
|
|-
| David Stainton
| $1000
|
|
|
|-
| Rachel
| $500
|
| yes
|
|-
| Mikolaj
| $500
| double
| yes
| (match waiting on easymatch's quarterly wrapup)
|-
| Lamont
| $100
|
| yes
|
|-
| Christie
| $500
|
| yes
|
|-
| Jeffrey
| $250
|
| yes
|
|-
| Joachim
| $100
|
| yes
|
|-
| Aestetix
| $500
|
| paypalled
|
|-
| Miah
| $500
| See comment
|
| See: http://www.salesforcefoundation.org/equity
|-
| Leif
| $250
|
|
|
|-
| Micah
| $100
|
|
|
|-
| Anonymous
| $500
|
|
|
|-
| Shannon
| $500
|
|
|
|-
| John
| $100
|
| Yes
|
|-
| JSharp
| $500
|
| Yes
| Received by purchase of supplies (~200 dollars in Drywall and wall materials from Lowes, ~300 dollars in drinks and snacks from Costco (Receipts avail. and other members can verify receipt))
|-
| Bill Pollock
| $500
|
|
| Paid sometime in August 2009.
|-
| Rubin
| $0.40
|
|
| (BART card)
|-
| David Molnar
| $300
|
| yes
|
|-
| Martyn
| $500
| no
| yes
| Paid 9/17
|-
| Al B
| $500
|
| yes
|
|-
| Jonathan F
| $250
|
|
| Paid 8/6 [[User:Jtfoote|Jtfoote]] 12:22, 6 August 2009 (PDT)
|-
| Meryl P
| $100
|
| yes
|
|-
| Praveen
| $1000
|
|
|
|-
| Nick DePetrillo
| $100
|
| yes
| (will give to Jake in vegas)
|-
| dpc
| $256
| no
| paypal-ed
|
|-
| Eric
| $520
|
| yes
|
|-
| Jonathan Moore
| $500
|
|
|
|-
| Skory
| $100
|
|
|
|-
| Liz
| $100
|
|
|
|-
| deleted
| $250
|
| paypaled
|
|-
| Peter
| $1500
| double
| yes
| Paid 8/13, matching will come 11/15
|-
|}

NBC 2009August2

2009-08-02T22:43:59Z

Dichro:

'''Electrostim'''

More electrostim excitement ensued. Once again, driving signal generator output backwards through a transformer extracted from a wall-wart into 3M red dots on our valiant experimenters.

Skin resistance. We tested this after the other tests, and found that the resistance started low and climbed. These numbers are about when we got sick of waiting for it to stabilize. Mikolaj: 55 kOhms, Orion: 50 kOhms, Mike: 116 kOhms, Rachel: 300 kOhms

Results were recorded chronologically. MikeW and Mikolaj observed notable sweating on hands, Orion and Rachel not at all. Also belatedly noticed that symmetry was way skewed to one side until MikeW's second test of second round.

General conclusions: 1mA seems to be a sensible upper bound for current. Next step is to build an inductor-based current source based on standard dc-dc boost topology.

Videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRH0xjcnHV4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSz21QeLd-U

{| border=1
! Subject
! V
! mA
! f
! Perception
|-
| MikeW
| 11
| 0.5
| 60
| initial sensation
|-
| MikeW
| 14
| 0.6
| 60
| Definitely feel tickle
|-
| MikeW
| 18
| 0.9
| 60
| muscle contractions (bordering on v. uncomfortable)
|-
| MikeW
| 22
| 1.2
| 60
| stops being fun
|-
| Rachel
| 6
| 0.15
| 60
| initial sensation
|-
| Rachel
| 12
| 0.5
| 60
| can distinguish brief pulses
|-
| Rachel
| 14
| 0.9
| 60
| distinct buzzing and less precise location sensation when tapping
|-
| Rachel
| 16
| 1.0
| 60
| muscle twitches in hand
|-
| Rachel
| 18
| 1.25
| 60
| distinctly uncomfortable
|-
| Orion
| 7
| 0.2
| 60
| initial sensation
|-
| Orion
| 10
| 0.5
| 60
| distinct sensation
|-
| Orion
| 15
| 1.0
| 60
| strong muscular influence
|-
| Mikolaj
| 7
| 0.2
| 60
| can feel it
|-
| Mikolaj
| 11
| 0.7
| 60
| sharp tingling sensation
|-
| Mikolaj
| 13.5
| 0.9
| 60
| pins & needles
|-
| Mikolaj
| 17
| 1.2
| 60
| can't straighten middle finger. done!
|-
| Mikolaj
| 11.5
| 0.9
| 80
| slightly more pronounced than at 60 Hz
|-
| Mikolaj
| 13
| 0.9
| 120
| not huge difference with 80 Hz
|-
| Mikolaj
| 9
| 0.6
| 5
| feels like 5 Hz tapping
|-
| Mikolaj
| 7
| 0.4
| 10
| starts to feel like tapping
|-
| Mikolaj
| 12.5
| 1.0
| 10
| uncomfortable
|-
| Mikolaj
| 11
| 1.1
| 7
| finger twitches at 7Hz
|-
| MikeW
| 14.6
| 0.62
| 60
| mild tickle
|-
| MikeW
| 13.4
| 0.53
| 60
| '''symmetry fixed''' initial sensation
|-
| MikeW
| 15.6
| 0.78
| 60
| distinct sensation
|-
| MikeW
| 16.4
| 0.92
| 60
| beginning discomfort
|-}

[[User:Dichro|Mikolaj Habryn]] 15:10, 2 August 2009 (PDT)

[[Category:Sensebridge]]

Sensebridge

2009-08-02T22:13:22Z

Dichro:

=Sensebridge: The Noisebridge Cyborg Group=
[[Image:CoinTypePagerMotors.jpg|right|350px|title|Coin Type pager Motor]]

"If you can't beat the robot armies, join them."

We are concerned with human-machine interfaces.

==Motivations==

We want to "make the invisible visible", to bridge our senses. Many group members were inspired years ago by this [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.04/esp.html awesome Wired article], which describes obtaining an unerring sense of direction via a compass belt. Is the brain really plastic enough to adapt to entirely new senses? How natural would it feel after you've fully adapted? Then what happens when you take the device off?

What new sense do you want? What existing sense might it map onto?

==Terminology==

To avoid confusion (where possible) we'll try to use these terms.

"Sensor" is the device that detects external stuff that the body (probably) can't detect. Sensors can be divided into those that sense the world, and those that digitize a user's actions. The latter are more commonly called "human input devices", (HID's).

"Display" is the way the device shows data to the body (not necessarily visually). This gets around the device-centric / body-centric problem that shows up when using the terms input & output.

"Armature" is the physical component of the device: the belt, hat, armband, etc; distinct from the electronics.

==Mailing List==

We have created a [https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/cyborg cyborg mailing list] on the Noisebridge server. Please join us!

==Component Sourcing==

Here are pages for discussing:

===[[Sensors|sensors]]===
detect a property of the world

===[[Displays|displays]]===
communicate it to the body/mind
===[[Armatures|armatures]]===
hold the above together and in the proper place on the body

They also include a list of all known/speculated types of each.

==Sensor and Display API==

*What might that mean?
**A standard protocol that can:
**#encompass most sensory data of the sort we are interested in researching
**#allow for presentation of any those data through any of a wide variety of modalities

*Why?
**Plug-and-play(ish) interoperability of sensors and displays. Build three sensors and three displays, and we have 9 possible combinations, und so weiter.
**Simplify development by separating sensing and presentation design/tasks.

*How?
**On the data sensing end:
**#Identify a primary set of interesting stimuli, consider various encodings thereof.
**#Abstract away from the physical phenomena the stimuli represent and look instead at common patterns in the data streams.
**#???
**On the data display end:
**#Identify and prototype a number of display methods.
**#For each method think of:
**#*What modulations of the signal are possible; intensity, spacing, direction, timing...? Based on that, what is the theoretical bandwidth of that method?
**#*How sensitive is the average person there? How much of the signal can the brain interpret meaningfully (too much noise vs. too weak of a signal)? Based on that, what is the practical bandwidth that we might expect?

==Current Projects==
[[Compass Vibro Anklet|Compass Vibro-Anklet]]

[[Eyes in the back of your back]]

[[Tongue Tingler|Tongue Tingler (Trans-lingual Electric Nerve Stimulator)]]

[[Free hands input device]]

[[Pulse Necklace]]

[[QuickLook Displays]]

[[UltraSonicHearing|Ultrasonic Hearing / Echolocation]]

[[List of senses we do not possess]]

===Miscellaneous Distractions===

[http://pony.noisebridge.net/~cmaier/recherche_du_temps_perdu/ Edible interconnects]

==Cybernetic Theory==

Cybernetic loop of GPS + vibrating hat, [https://www.noisebridge.net/images/d/d7/Find_Treasure_%28GPS%29.jpg diagram].

Pseudo-cybernetic loop showing neural integration of artificial sensory system, [https://www.noisebridge.net/images/8/8f/Sensory_Addition_%281.5_order%29.jpg diagram].

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybernetic Cybernetics page on Wikipedia]

==Links==
Youtube of experimenter stimulating his face with small electrical pulses to produce externally controlled movements: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy8zUHX0iKw

http://transcenmentalism.org/OpenStim/tiki-index.php

http://openeeg.sourceforge.net/doc/

http://www.biotele.com/ - remote control cockroach

http://www.instructables.com/id/Breath-powered-USB-charger/

VibroHat in action at BIL 2008:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/quinn/2307779651/in/photostream/

[[Lamont's PWM code]]

==Meeting Notes==

[[NBC_2009Mar15|March 15, 2009]]

[[NBC_2009Mar22|March 22, 2009]]

[[NBC_2009Mar29|March 29, 2009]]

[[NBC_2009Apr05|April 5, 2009]]

[[NBC_2009Apr19|April 19, 2009]]

(the meetings continue apace; the minutes, sadly not)

[[NBC_2009July12|July 12, 2009]]

[[NBC_2009July13|Hack Session July 13, 2009]]

[[NBC_2009July19|July 19, 2009]]

[[NBC_2009August2|August 2, 2009]]

[[Category:Sensebridge]]

NBC 2009August2

2009-08-02T22:10:50Z

Dichro:

'''Electrostim'''

More electrostim excitement ensued. Once again, driving signal generator output backwards through a transformer extracted from a wall-wart into 3M red dots on our valiant experimenters.

Skin resistance. We tested this after the other tests, and found that the resistance started low and climbed. These numbers are about when we got sick of waiting for it to stabilize. Mikolaj: 55 kOhms, Orion: 50 kOhms, Mike: 116 kOhms, Rachel: 300 kOhms

{| border=1
! Subject
! V
! mA
! f
! Perception
|-
| MikeW
| 11
| 0.5
| 60
| initial sensation
|-
| MikeW
| 14
| 0.6
| 60
| Definitely feel tickle
|-
| MikeW
| 18
| 0.9
| 60
| muscle contractions (bordering on v. uncomfortable)
|-
| MikeW
| 22
| 1.2
| 60
| stops being fun
|-
| Rachel
| 6
| 0.15
| 60
| initial sensation
|-
| Rachel
| 12
| 0.5
| 60
| can distinguish brief pulses
|-
| Rachel
| 14
| 0.9
| 60
| distinct buzzing and less precise location sensation when tapping
|-
| Rachel
| 16
| 1.0
| 60
| muscle twitches in hand
|-
| Rachel
| 18
| 1.25
| 60
| distinctly uncomfortable
|-
| Orion
| 7
| 0.2
| 60
| initial sensation
|-
| Orion
| 10
| 0.5
| 60
| distinct sensation
|-
| Orion
| 15
| 1.0
| 60
| strong muscular influence
|-
| Mikolaj
| 7
| 0.2
| 60
| can feel it
|-
| Mikolaj
| 11
| 0.7
| 60
| sharp tingling sensation
|-
| Mikolaj
| 13.5
| 0.9
| 60
| pins & needles
|-
| Mikolaj
| 17
| 1.2
| 60
| can't straighten middle finger. done!
|-
| Mikolaj
| 11.5
| 0.9
| 80
| slightly more pronounced than at 60 Hz
|-
| Mikolaj
| 13
| 0.9
| 120
| not huge difference with 80 Hz
|-
| Mikolaj
| 9
| 0.6
| 5
| feels like 5 Hz tapping
|-
| Mikolaj
| 7
| 0.4
| 10
| starts to feel like tapping
|-
| Mikolaj
| 12.5
| 1.0
| 10
| uncomfortable
|-
| Mikolaj
| 11
| 1.1
| 7
| finger twitches at 7Hz
|-
| MikeW
| 14.6
| 0.62
| 60
| mild tickle
|-
| MikeW
| 13.4
| 0.53
| 60
| '''symmetry fixed''' initial sensation
|-
| MikeW
| 15.6
| 0.78
| 60
| distinct sensation
|-
| MikeW
| 16.4
| 0.92
| 60
| beginning discomfort
|-}

Results were recorded chronologically. MikeW and Mikolaj observed notable sweating on hands, Orion and Rachel not at all. Also belatedly noticed that symmetry was way skewed to one side until MikeW's second test of second round.

General conclusions: 1mA seems to be a sensible upper bound for current. Next step is to build an inductor-based current source based on standard dc-dc boost topology.

[[User:Dichro|Mikolaj Habryn]] 15:10, 2 August 2009 (PDT)

[[Category:Sensebridge]]

NBC 2009August2

2009-08-02T21:53:40Z

Dichro:

'''Electrostim'''

More electrostim excitement ensued. Once again, driving signal generator output backwards through a transformer extracted from a wall-wart into 3M red dots on our valiant experimenters.

Skin resistance. We tested this after the other tests, and found that the resistance started low and climbed. These numbers are about when we got sick of waiting for it to stabilize. Mikolaj: 55 kOhms, Orion: 50 kOhms, Mike: 116 kOhms, Rachel: 300 kOhms

{| border=1
! Subject
! V
! mA
! f
! Perception
|-
| MikeW
| 11
| 0.5
| 60
| initial sensation
|-
| MikeW
| 14
| 0.6
| 60
| Definitely feel tickle
|-
| MikeW
| 18
| 0.9
| 60
| muscle contractions (bordering on v. uncomfortable)
|-
| MikeW
| 22
| 1.2
| 60
| stops being fun
|-
| Rachel
| 6
| 0.15
| 60
| initial sensation
|-
| Rachel
| 12
| 0.5
| 60
| can distinguish brief pulses
|-
| Rachel
| 14
| 0.9
| 60
| distinct buzzing and less precise location sensation when tapping
|-
| Rachel
| 16
| 1.0
| 60
| muscle twitches in hand
|-
| Rachel
| 18
| 1.25
| 60
| distinctly uncomfortable
|-
| Orion
| 7
| 0.2
| 60
| initial sensation
|-
| Orion
| 10
| 0.5
| 60
| distinct sensation
|-
| Orion
| 15
| 1.0
| 60
| strong muscular influence
|-
| Mikolaj
| 7
| 0.2
| 60
| can feel it
|-
| Mikolaj
| 11
| 0.7
| 60
| sharp tingling sensation
|-
| Mikolaj
| 13.5
| 0.9
| 60
| pins & needles
|-
| Mikolaj
| 17
| 1.2
| 60
| can't straighten middle finger. done!
|-
| Mikolaj
| 11.5
| 0.9
| 80
| slightly more pronounced than at 60 Hz
|-
| Mikolaj
| 13
| 0.9
| 120
| not huge difference with 80 Hz
|-
| Mikolaj
| 9
| 0.6
| 5
| feels like 5 Hz tapping
|-
| Mikolaj
| 7
| 0.4
| 10
| starts to feel like tapping
|-
| Mikolaj
| 12.5
| 1.0
| 10
| uncomfortable
|-
| Mikolaj
| 11
| 1.1
| 7
| finger twitches at 7Hz
|-
| MikeW
| 14.6
| 0.62
| 60
| mild tickle
|-
| MikeW
| 13.4
| 0.53
| 60
| '''symmetry fixed''' initial sensation
|-
| MikeW
| 15.6
| 0.78
| 60
| distinct sensation
|-
| MikeW
| 16.4
| 0.92
| 60
| beginning discomfort
|-}

Results were recorded chronologically. MikeW and Mikolaj observed notable sweating on hands, Orion and Rachel not at all. Also belatedly noticed that symmetry was way skewed to one side until MikeW's second test of second round.

NBC 2009August2

2009-08-02T21:45:25Z

Dichro:

NBC 2009August2

2009-08-02T21:37:02Z

Dichro:

'''Electrostim'''

More electrostim excitement ensued. Once again, driving signal generator output backwards through a transformer extracted from a wall-wart into 3M red dots on our valiant experimenter.

{| border=1
! Subject
! V
! mA
! f
! Perception
|-
| MikeW
| 11
| 0.5
| 60
| initial sensation
|-
| MikeW
| 14
| 0.6
| 60
| Definitely feel tickle
|-
| MikeW
| 18
| 0.9
| 60
| muscle contractions (bordering on v. uncomfortable)
|-
| MikeW
| 22
| 1.2
| 60
| stops being fun
|-
| Rachel
| 6
| 0.15
| 60
| initial sensation
|-
| Rachel
| 12
| 0.5
| 60
| can distinguish brief pulses
|-
| Rachel
| 14
| 0.9
| 60
| distinct buzzing and less precise location sensation when tapping
|-
| Rachel
| 16
| 1.0
| 60
| muscle twitches in hand
|-
| Rachel
| 18
| 1.25
| 60
| distinctly uncomfortable
|-
| Orion
| 7
| 0.2
| 60
| initial sensation
|-
| Orion
| 10
| 0.5
| 60
| distinct sensation
|-
| Orion
| 15
| 1.0
| 60
| strong muscular influence
|-
| Mikolaj
| 7
| 0.2
| 60
| can feel it
|-
| Mikolaj
| 11
| 0.7
| 60
| sharp tingling sensation
|-
| Mikolaj
| 13.5
| 0.9
| 60
| pins & needles
|-
| Mikolaj
| 17
| 1.2
| 60
| can't straighten middle finger. done!
|-
| Mikolaj
| 11.5
| 0.9
| 80
| slightly more pronounced than at 60 Hz
|-
| Mikolaj
| 13
| 0.9
| 120
| not huge difference with 80 Hz
|-
| Mikolaj
| 9
| 0.6
| 5
| feels like 5 Hz tapping
|-
| Mikolaj
| 7
| 0.4
| 10
| starts to feel like tapping
|-
| Mikolaj
| 12.5
| 1.0
| 10
| uncomfortable
|-
| Mikolaj
| 11
| 1.1
| 7
| finger twitches at 7Hz

|-}

Meeting Notes 2009 07 07

2009-07-07T22:46:26Z

Dichro: claim responsibility, conditionally

= Crew =
* Moderator: [[dichro|Mikolaj]], unless delayed, in which case somebody else!

= Agenda Items =

== Announcements ==
* What Noisebridge [[Noisebridge_Vision|is about]].
* Treasurer's report
* [[ToorCamp|ToorCamp]] review - Rubin110

=== Project Updates ===

=== What's Going On at Noisebridge ===
''One '''short''' sentence about each of the following:''
* PyClass (Monday 6:30PM, 83c)
* [[Circuit_Hacking_Mondays|Circuit Hacking Mondays]] (8PM, 83c) postponed for 2 weeks
* [[Haskell/Haschool|Haschool]] (Tuesday 6:00PM, 83c)
* [[Machine Learning]] Wednesdays (8PM, 83c)
* Science/Engineering Huddle (8PM Fridays, 83c) come early for one-on-one
* Shop Class - Most Fridays @ 8pm, check out the [[Mat_fab|wiki page]] for details.
* Natural Language Corners
** [[German]] Thursdays 7PM 83c, beginners earlier, advanced come later.
** French Wednesday
* [[Sensebridge]] Cyborg Group (Sundays)
* [[OpenEEG]] Sunday 3pm - 5pm
* [[DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge]] currently organized through web
* Go on Sunday 3pm
* Locks Sunday 3pm
* [[Adobe_Lightroom|Adobe Lightroom Class]]

== Consensus Items ==

=== Membership Binder ===
* Reading Names
* New member approvals

== Discussion topics ==

= Notes =
* Add links to every agenda item up.
* Volunteers to lead the next meeting?

[[Category:Meeting Notes]]

Sensebridge

2009-06-12T04:55:45Z

Dichro: /* Meeting Notes */

=Sensebridge: The Noisebridge Cyborg Group=
[[Image:CoinTypePagerMotors.jpg|right|350px|title|Coin Type pager Motor]]

"If you can't beat the robot armies, join them."

We are concerned with human-machine interfaces.

==Motivations==

We want to "make the invisible visible", to bridge our senses. Many group members were inspired years ago by this [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.04/esp.html awesome Wired article], which describes obtaining an unerring sense of direction via a compass belt. Is the brain really plastic enough to adapt to entirely new senses? How natural would it feel after you've fully adapted? Then what happens when you take the device off?

What new sense do you want? What existing sense might it map onto?

==Terminology==

To avoid confusion (where possible) we'll try to use these terms.

"Sensor" is the device that detects external stuff that the body (probably) can't detect. Sensors can be divided into those that sense the world, and those that digitize a user's actions. The latter are more commonly called "human input devices", (HID's).

"Display" is the way the device shows data to the body (not necessarily visually). This gets around the device-centric / body-centric problem that shows up when using the terms input & output.

"Armature" is the physical component of the device: the belt, hat, armband, etc; distinct from the electronics.

==Mailing List==

We have created a [https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/cyborg cyborg mailing list] on the Noisebridge server. Please join us!

==Component Sourcing==

Here are pages for discussing:

===[[Sensors|sensors]]===
detect a property of the world

===[[Displays|displays]]===
communicate it to the body/mind
===[[Armatures|armatures]]===
hold the above together and in the proper place on the body

They also include a list of all known/speculated types of each.

==Sensor and Display API==

*What might that mean?
**A standard protocol that can:
**#encompass most sensory data of the sort we are interested in researching
**#allow for presentation of any those data through any of a wide variety of modalities

*Why?
**Plug-and-play(ish) interoperability of sensors and displays. Build three sensors and three displays, and we have 9 possible combinations, und so weiter.
**Simplify development by separating sensing and presentation design/tasks.

*How?
**On the data sensing end:
**#Identify a primary set of interesting stimuli, consider various encodings thereof.
**#Abstract away from the physical phenomena the stimuli represent and look instead at common patterns in the data streams.
**#???
**On the data display end:
**#Identify and prototype a number of display methods.
**#For each method think of:
**#*What modulations of the signal are possible; intensity, spacing, direction, timing...? Based on that, what is the theoretical bandwidth of that method?
**#*How sensitive is the average person there? How much of the signal can the brain interpret meaningfully (too much noise vs. too weak of a signal)? Based on that, what is the practical bandwidth that we might expect?

==Current Projects==
[[Compass Vibro Anklet|Compass Vibro-Anklet]]

[[Eyes in the back of your back]]

[[Tongue Tingler|Tongue Tingler (Trans-lingual Electric Nerve Stimulator)]]

[[Free hands input device]]

[[Pulse Necklace]]

==Cybernetic Theory==

Cybernetic loop of GPS + vibrating hat, [https://www.noisebridge.net/images/d/d7/Find_Treasure_%28GPS%29.jpg diagram].

Pseudo-cybernetic loop showing neural integration of artificial sensory system, [https://www.noisebridge.net/images/8/8f/Sensory_Addition_%281.5_order%29.jpg diagram].

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybernetic Cybernetics page on Wikipedia]

==Links==
Youtube of experimenter stimulating his face with small electrical pulses to produce externally controlled movements: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy8zUHX0iKw

http://transcenmentalism.org/OpenStim/tiki-index.php

http://openeeg.sourceforge.net/doc/

http://www.biotele.com/ - remote control cockroach

http://www.instructables.com/id/Breath-powered-USB-charger/

VibroHat in action at BIL 2008:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/quinn/2307779651/in/photostream/

[[Lamont's PWM code]]

==Meeting Notes==

[[NBC_2009Mar15|March 15, 2009]]

[[NBC_2009Mar22|March 22, 2009]]

[[NBC_2009Mar29|March 29, 2009]]

[[NBC_2009Apr05|April 5, 2009]]

[[NBC_2009Apr19|April 19, 2009]]

(the meetings continue apace; the minutes, sadly not)

[[Category:Sensebridge]]

Trip to Shooting Range

2009-06-12T00:29:34Z

Dichro:

'''There is some interest in a field trip to a shooting range to shoot guns in a Safe and Orderly manner. If you're interested, list your name below, along with any time restrictions and whether you are able to drive a carpool. The nearest range to 83C is, to the best of my knowledge, Jackson Arms in SSF.

No previous knowledge or experience is required. If you always wanted to try shooting a gun, this is a good opportunity for that.

==Bay Area Ranges==
Jackson Arms is an indoor 25 yard range, about a 15 minute drive from 83c. They require that an experienced shooter be at each lane, but an experienced shooter can share their lane with two or three beginners, provided that the experienced shooter passes a safe handling test and signs a form taking responsibility for the actions of the beginners they're supervising. I've gone there with large groups before and they've been accommodating and friendly. They have fun stuff to rent, and I think it's a great place to learn.

My favorite range in the bay area is the Chabot Gun Club range in Chabot national rec area in the east bay. It's a gorgeous outdoor range in parkland, but a bit of a drive, and only open when weather permits. They don't have rentals, so we'd need to bring our own supplies. The longer ranges make rifle shooting a lot more interesting than it is at Jackson. The longer drive, occasional fogged-out days, and lack of rentals makes Jackson the easier option however.

There are a few other ranges in the Bay Area as well, but I think these two are the ones worth considering.
[[User:noahbalmer|Noah]]

== Date & Time ==

Business Hours:
Open 7 days a week
Closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day

Monday - Friday: 11:00am - 9:00pm
Saturday: 10:00am - 9:00pm
Sunday: 10:00am - 7:00pm
Hours are subject to change without notice.

== Interested Parties ==
[[User:rachel|Rachel]] (have access to shared cars so can drive one carful)

[[User:Mlp|Meredith]] (I own a handgun and can teach fundamentals)

Daniela - would prefer to not drive
[[Category:Events]]

Cristina - I am free during the week after 5:30; I do not drive nor have a gun but I am more than happy to use one. I call shotgun!

[[User:skyex|skye]] (i have shot previously but only with a rented handgun. more experience would be fantastic.)

[[User:Jtfoote|Jtfoote]] Been meaning to do this for YEARS!

[[User:Arcanology|Al]] - Can I bring my Taurus 9mm?

[[User:AlexPerez|Al]] - I will bring my Soviet-era [http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinM44S.htm M44] unless otherwise directed :)

[[User:jstockford|jim]] - jackson arms does not require previous training. they have a policy not to rent guns to people who come in alone without a gun. solos with a gun or parties of two or more are okay. there's a reason. i have a car that can seat four (including me).

quinn - i'm interested, and have shot at jackson arm a bit as well, but i don't have my own gun. i have trained a n00b there.

[[User:Michiexile|Mikael]] - Interested, but never did anything ever. No car, no guns, no experience.

[[User:savaki|Matt]] - Uh huh uh huh uh huh. Count me in.

[[User:Jof|jof]] - Have only done prone target shooting with .22 rifles.

[[User:Kripto|Mark]] - I don't own any firearms, but I've shot many calibers of handguns. (At Jackson Arms) No Car, will need a ride.

Jeffey Malone - I've an interest and a car that seats 4 passengers.

[[User:Rigel|Rigel]] interest, have no car, have no gun, but have shot them a fair bit as a lad so im not a n00b. fridays and saturdays are bad for me, but sunday or during other times of the week are good for me.

[[User:noahbalmer|Noah]] - I own a rifle and a pistol, and can teach

[[User:Christie|Christie]] - Trying out a shotgun recently, I was reminded how much practice I could use. I've tried a variety of different handguns as well. I have the van of legend that allows for an unspecified number of people rolling around in the back.

[[User:AlSweigart|Al Sweigart]] - I'm interested.

David Stainton - I'm interested and I have two rifles.

Tracy Jacobs- count me in, I drive too much, don't shoot nearly enough, have truck seats only 2

[[User:Bifrost|EvilBifrost]] - I own a few paperweights.

[[User:Dichro|Mikolaj]] - I've been to Jackson Arms twice with friends, done the safety course each time, but haven't wound up shooting all that much either time.

Maker Faire 2009

2009-03-25T04:47:57Z

Dichro:

== Noisebridge is going to Maker Faire. What should we bring? ==

[http://makerfaire.com/bayarea/2009/ Maker Faire] is May 30 and 31 at the San Mateo County Expo Center. We have a table and should bring a ton of cool projects! We'll be able to get a bunch of passes, the exact number is not determined yet but will probably relate to how many people commit to coming.

If you want to come and spend some time at the table interacting with people, put your name here:
* [[User:rachel|Rachel]]
* [[User:elgreengeeto|Skory]]
* [[User:jbm|Josh]]
* [[User:dichro|Mikolaj]]

Projects to bring (add yours!):
* LED sign
* a phone project
* Cyborg eyes-in-the-back-of-your-back vest
* Cyborg north-facing anklet

RBBB ORDER SIGN UP

2009-03-24T17:08:43Z

Dichro:

I will be ordering stuff from Modern Device.
Specifically some of [http://moderndevice.com/RBBB_revB.shtml these] and a few of [http://www.moderndevice.com/connect.shtml these].

Enter what you want. If it's more than 3 of us I'll put up my paypal info.

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
|-
! Wanted items x Quantity.
! Signature of orderer
|-
|-
| RBBB Kits x 2; BUB Board x 1
| [[User:Elgreengeeto|Skory]] 15:00, 23 March 2009 (PST)
|-
| RBBB Kits x 2; BUB Board x 1
| [[User:todicus|Todd]] 16:50, 23 March 2009 (PST)
|-
| RBBB Kits x 2; BUB Board x 1
| [[User:mrericboyd|Eric]] 20:00, 23 March 2009 (PST)
|-
| RBBB Kits x 2; BUB Board x 1
| [[User:michaelshiloh|Michael Shiloh]] 23:01, 23 March 2009 (PST)
|-
| RBBB Kits x 2; BUB Board x 1
| [[User:Dichro|Mikolaj Habryn]] 10:08, 24 March 2009 (PDT)
|}

NBC 2009Mar15

2009-03-15T20:52:24Z

Dichro: mistaken identity

NoiseBridge Cyborg Meeting Minutes - March 15th, 2009

Names for Group?
* Sunday Cyborg Mass?
* Sunday Cyborg Assimilation Assembly
* Those Cyborg Folk
* motion to move on from names

Introductions
* Skory - linguist, computational technology, electronics & the brain
* Rachael - tired of introducing herself, not at best on sunday mornings
* Lamont - electrical engineer
* Mikolaj - easily excited by these things
* Todd - grad school for neuroscience
* Eric - applied mathematics, sensors,
* Christoph - mad scientist, flux gate magnetic sensor on CMOS, treating epilipsy
* Praveen - does software stuff, machine learning background, computational biology

Show & Tell
* Rachel - lilypad, small vibrating motors, purring cat pillow using capactive sensor (also made tribble)
* Todd - magnetic vibrating hat, has experienced very little local distortion - e.g. you need to be within a foot of fridge to get bad readings. Uses JameCo magnetic sensor.
* Skory - modulate a single vibrator to indicate moving in the direction of north, but his vibrator motor hasn't arrived yet, and code isn't quite done
* Eric - ring mouse again, battery from bluetooth headset, must bring in Forever Flashlight
* Mikolaj - magetic sensors, accelerometers are both ~$30 each
* Skory - parallax provides board for above, with chip, also $30
* Todd - has hacked WiiMotes, they are cheap
* Skory - speech visualization, spectrograph, formants, sibilants. Visually, tongue display - using 3D model of mouth based ono formants, sibilants from analysis. Stimulate the tongue in the same way that happens when the speech is produced (front, back, high, low). Check animation prior art?

API discussion
* 3 parts: sensor, physical form factor, outputs (from device to body)
* agreement on termonology: device centered or human centered
* "display" as the outputs (inputs to humans), "sensor" as the device
* "armature" as physical form factor - arrangement of sensors and displays, also where the device interacts with body
* transmit data as "display" - n x m array with x height in each cell
e.g. 1 x 8 array for 8 motor hat, with amplitude in each cell
* Mikolaj - I2C - 2 wire bit banging protocol
* Christoph - recommends CAN to avoid wiring issues
* Eric - SPI.
* ZigBee?
* microprocessor on each end (sensor, display). Makes prototpying / swapping display/sensors across projects easier
* we're not ready to discuss API yet - we need to build some stuff to learn first. Make Instructables!

List of Sensors
* magnetic direction / electric compass
* accelerometer
* temperature / pressure / humidity
* electric field strength
* microphone / audio
* blood oxygen / oximetry
* heart rate
* electro-magnetic (light, radio (RFID), etc)
* GPS
* olfactory
* concentration of fluids (gases, liquids)
* echolocation / distancing / lidar
* strain gage
* EEG
* geiger counter
* polarized light sensor
* NIU (Praveen will bring one in)

List of Displays
* vibration (pager motor)
* heat
* pressure
* electrical - TENS - transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
* visual overlays / edge of glasses
* smell
* pico projectors
* TMS - open TMS project
* phased sound array

List of Armatures
* hat / headband
* belt
* watch / bracelet
* tongue thing
* anklet
* noseplug
* buttplug
* head phones
* skin grid (e.g. on back)
* gloves
* piercing
* vest / corset

Initial Prototypes
* Skory: magnetic direction + vibrators + anklet/armband. Eric wants to help - everyone else is keen as well.
* Racheal: distance + TENS + back skin grid (eyes in the back of my head). Mikolaj wants something like this as a second project

Parts Ordering
* battery: 3.7V LiPo - Mikoloj has some - SparkFun sells some safe ones
- build to spec at MaxAmps (expensive, and target peak power)
* Arduinos - barebones - RBBB - Christoph has 4 at home
* FTDI cables - to program / display from Arduinos
Other things (not currently ordering):
* pager motors - lets test with variety before ordering more
* TENS - Praveen is ordering some
* distance sensors - parallax ultrasound sensors?
* tube to go around the vibrating motors (straws?)
* Christoph will pursue ZigBee stuff
* SparkFun - this week they are doing a web class on sourcing parts.

Cognative Tests
* standard aptitute test?
* games
* visual/auditory acquity tests
* lumosity.com