Sudo room/projects

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Projects

• Meetup hosting
  • e.g. Digital Citizens Project
• Cheap, D.I.Y. sensor "throwies" (throw simple sensors like light, sound, etc so they'll stick to anything and you can measure remotely). Need to be under $20 each.
• DNA bar-coding projects!
  • Check December Issue of Consumer Reports
  • http://bookhling.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/barcode-the-world/
  • http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/22/science/22fish.html?em
  • http://www.urbanbarcodeproject.org/
  • Cool, convenient kits from http://cofactorbio.com/
  • Another kit: testing for GMOs! Biocurious is a resource.
    • Work with the http://foodcollective.org/
    • Would be awesome to identify mushrooms, lots of mushroom lovers in the area! Wrought 01:52, 19 December 2011 (CET)
  • EMG scanning muscles, control things with small potentials
    • Some biosensing resources (code, parts...) http://makezine.com/26/primer/
• Robotics, mechanics
  • Hack a roomba to take air samples matched with GPS data (use a rolled up filter to create a timestamp).
  • Maybe start with a cheap little platform like this one
  • Note: we have a bag with CD drive parts, to scavenge motors and gears from - help yourself!
• Bio printing using old inkjet printers.
• theportofoakland.com
• Open WiFi Oaksterdam

Meta Projects

• Possibly re-implementations from labitat by Marc:
  • Magnetic-strip card ID system (use any of your the cards in your wallet as sudo room ID)!
  • Fridge food checkout debit/credit system
  • QR code (phone-scanable barcodes) system for all tools, objects in the space with the barcode linking you to the object's page on our wiki. Essentially, create a history and detailed set of documentation for all sudoroom objects.
• Virtual Private Server (VPS) service for member usage.
• Local, physical server for general mayhem and learning for anyone who comes into the space!
• Repair Cafe services for revivifying junked items Amsterdam Example in NYTimes