[penguicon-general] Re: [Penguicon-Concom] Fwd: Chaos Machine Stunts

[john guest]

Oooh!  This is cool!  Let's toss it out to general to see if any one
wants to assist with this.

Who wants to help take the chaos machine to the next level?

--John Guest
Conchair

On 1/7/07, Rob Landley <rob at landley.net> wrote:
> Could this get forwarded to the appropriate person?
>
> ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
>
> Subject: Fwd: Chaos Machine Stunts
> Date: Sunday 07 January 2007 2:46 pm
> From: Steve Jackson <sj at sjgames.com>
> To: Rob Landley <rob at landley.net>
>
> A good question for you!
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: "Malcolm J. Kudra" <mkudra at gmail.com>
> > Date: January 7, 2007 11:06:03 AM CST
> > To: Steve Jackson <sj at sjgames.com>
> > Subject: ChaosMachine Stunts
> >
> > Hi Steve;
> >
> > As I work on the motor replacement tasks and other needed
> > mechanical improvements I'm also developing the promised
> > ChaosMachine network.
> >
> > This is a web-accessible network that will provide counting,
> > digital I/O for reading sensors, switch settings and controlling
> > lights and actuators.
> >
> > Since this design distributes DC power, it will also be used as the
> > backbone to drive some effects that other kitbashers mentioned in
> > the forum: lights and sounds.
> >
> > I've located small and inexpensive modules that will provide animal
> > sounds, steam train sounds, sirens and 'laser guns', bells, etc.
> > Also  a voice recorder module that we could put a phrase or two
> > into and have it come back out upon some stunt triggering.
> >
> > Are any of the ChaosMachine enthusiasts linux (web) programmers or
> > hardware tinkerers?
> >
> > This system could be played with and modified real-time at
> > Penguicon for a fun hands-on project.  Probably someone with more
> > imagination than I could invent a game to run on the CM with
> > network ...
> >
> > Questions, comments, reactions?
> >
> > M.
>
>
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