Today is the deadline for Open Hardware Summit 2011 talk, breakout, and project demo proposals. We’re publishing ours for feedback, and maybe to inspire your last minute entry.
OHS has an evening happy hour with a project show and tell. We thought the Thermal Tweeter, packed into an open source 3d-printed stand, would be a simple interactive demo that doesn’t take a lot of space. The code would be updated to search for OHS keywords and print the latest Tweets about the conference.
The proposal follows the format given at the MakerBot link above:
Bio: Ian builds a new open hardware project every month at
DangerousPrototypes.com. Copies of the projects are available from Seeed
Studio’s open hardware manufacturing service.Description of demo: Tweets that mention an Open Hardware Summit tag are printed on a small thermal printer. This is an existing demo that works well. The pictures show the current setup, but it will be mounted in an open source 3d-printed case for the demo.
The project does require an internet connection, but we’ve got that covered. We will tether it to a smartphone’s WIFI.
Importance: It’s fun, interactive, and open source. Participants with smartphones can tweet and see it print. Lurkers at home can reach into the summit too.
Requirements: 12-18″ of table space, power. The project does require an internet connection, but we’ve got that covered. We will tether it to a smartphone’s 3G data service.