Projects Overview
Here is the list of projects that we are considering in Spring 2025.
We are looking for leadership positions.
Cat Feeder
Project Lead:
- Marlowe Munoz
- Clove Natale
Crew: Zack Sargent, Aaron Milner, Patrick Hirsch, Grace Wu, Tyler Kobida, Toby Carter
Description:
It's a cat feeder outside landrum. It should work frequently, but it doesn't. 😢
Cat Feeder Video Analysis
Given 500GB of cat videos:
- find which cats eat the most often?
- select only the cat clips?
- secret third thing?
MQTT Kahoot
Project Lead: Zack Sargent
Crew: Aaron M., Sam L., Fenix P., Emery F., Marlowe M., Toby C.
Everyone wants to learn about everything.
Description: DUE: Jan 31, Feb 15, March ?
An interactive workshop in which:
- people build 4 buttons with ESP32 - hardware
- people connect to MQTT Server - hosting
- people can participate in a Kahoot-style competition - frontend
Open questions:
- How do we handle security? How do we ensure people can't overwrite other people's submissions?
- Do we make our own Kahoot? Or do we fork a clone?
Clovernook Partnership
Project Lead: Aaron Milner
Crew: Sam, Emery, Fenix, Grace, Will, Tyler the Destroyer, Toby
Description: Working with Clovernook to create accessible 3D printing in the blind.
Skills involved:
- Python
- 3d printing (CURA slicer)
- UI/UX design
Timeline: This is probaby going to be after February.
Swipe Control
Project Lead: ???
Description: Develop the ablility to:
- swipe into a meeting
- swipe to trigger other things on either
- the MQTT network
- in the room (via some other method)
Worm Farm
Project Lead: Toby Carter
Crew: Malachi N., Grace W., Emery F., Leah J., Aaron M., Zack Sargent., Patrick H.
Description: Using the brains available from https://openworm.org/, create a worm farm or something that utilizes simulated brains. That would be cool. https://github.com/heyseth/worm-sim
It was so good they made a sequel: https://www.geppetto.org/
Timeline: Let's figure this out later in the semester, maybe Worm Midterms???
Joseph's $5 Keyboard Project
Project Lead: Joseph G.
Crew: ???
Description: Get a $5 keyboard from Five-Below, and do something with it. Possibly MIDI-based?
BCI - Brain Computer Interface for Prosthetics
Project Lead: Aaron Milner
Crew: Zack Sargent (tentative), Malachi, Sam L.
Description: This is a personal project about building an arm controlled via BCI.
Room Automation
Project Lead: ???
Description: Work on automating the club room with:
- Voice automation
- Cool stuff
Throwflame Thermonator robot (Duke Energy)
Project Lead:
- Aaron Milner
- Emery Frondorf
Crew: Brooke, Will, Sam, Clove, Toby, Neale (for art!!), Malachi N.
Description: Duke Energy wants us to do something with Throwflame robot. The leadership position here would involve partially figuring out what Duke wants us to do.
Hydrogen sensor strapped to dog
LoRa analysis (Duke Energy)
Project Lead: ???
Description: Duke Energy wants us to do something with LoRa. The leadership position here would involve partially figuring out what Duke wants us to do.
Completion of this project would likely involve some sort of produced document or data analysis report.
Time in Remote Locations (Duke Energy)
Project Lead: ???
Description: Duke Energy wants us to work with figuring out how to get time precisely in remote locations. The leadership position here would involve partially figuring out what Duke wants us to do.
Do cool things with Flipper Zeros
Project Lead: Tyler K.
Crew: Zack S., Malachi N., Sam, Neale, Patrick H.
Description: One person figures out how to do cool stuff with Flipper Zeros, and then spends time helping other people learn about them.
Repair Davy's Headphones?
Much to think about.