Project14 | Winners Announcement: SciFi Movie Props!

The Winners:

Inspired by his granddaughter's fascination with Wednesday Addams, the project was born out of a desire to create an animatronic "Thing." His primary engineering challenge revolved around orchestrating the control of at least two finger joints with a single mechanism, potentially extending to three. Meticulous 3D printing was undertaken to craft the hand components, ensuring precise finger geometry. In addition to his engineering work, he ventured into the realms of voice acting and choreography for a video, capturing all footage in a single take. Regrettably, delays in receiving the ordered motors prevented all fingers from operating concurrently, but he has an Arduino and multi-servo controller standing by for future control. Despite the intricacies of hand and finger anatomy, the project ultimately achieved the desired functionality, showcasing the efficacy of compact servo motors in driving intricate hand movements. It posed technical challenges but paved the way for further possibilities down the road.

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Presenting the avant-garde solution to ecological waste management: the WRONGCO Quantum Mini Dispose-It-All, featuring cutting-edge Enviro-kind Technology. This sci-fi-inspired marvel ensures fail-safe operations through a meticulously designed quantum Faraday cage equipped with magnetic reed switch door interlocks, a state-of-the-art cooling system for the transport bed, and an ergonomically designed operator control interface. The disposal process is vividly portrayed in an action-packed video, showcasing the transformation of any form of waste into a quantum state, ensuring its irreversible disappearance. Available in three scalable sizes – Mini, Maxi, and Truck – the Dispose-It-All incorporates a sophisticated control system utilizing components such as Arduino Nano, a normally open pushbutton, an array of LEDs including WS2812 and COB LEDs, an FET driver, a 5V relay, and an atomizer, all orchestrated with a touch of ingenuity. With WRONGCO, rest assured that environmental responsibility seamlessly aligns with state-of-the-art engineering prowess.

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In this project, inspired by the acronym "YACC" (Yet Another Compiler of Compilers), the creator aims to replicate the iconic flux capacitor from the movie "Back to the Future" using a Raspberry Pi board and a 7-inch, 800x480 screen. Departing from conventional designs that use LED strings, the approach here involves creating visual effects through a video played on VLC, controlled by physical buttons connected to a Pimoroni automation hat mini. The video is meticulously crafted using VSDC, with animations depicting the energy flow and lighting effects. Recycled materials are employed to replicate the appearance of the flux capacitor, with transparent pens representing energy channels and small candles forming circular objects. The components are housed in a repurposed cardboard box, completing the project that offers a unique and visually engaging take on the iconic time-travel device. The detailed process includes video creation, script automation, button functionality, autostart configuration, and the use of recycled materials to recreate the flux capacitor's appearance. The comprehensive guide and source code are available on the creator's GitHub repository.