Give New Life to Old Toys by Turning Them Into Techno Toys!

RE: Give New Life to Old Toys by Turning Them Into Techno Toys!

jkutzsch — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 02:32:57 GMT

[mention:44fa45702fda4d95b457f69505107f36:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05] I am a little confused on this part:

You are free to submit as many blogs Techno Toys until the beginning of the next theme. We'll accept blog posts until 12:00 am CDT June 14th, 2017.

I see similar on the next theme as well. So as soon as another Theme is in play, like now, you can not submit?

RE: Give New Life to Old Toys by Turning Them Into Techno Toys!

Molham — Wed, 10 May 2017 20:55:05 GMT

Awesome, I am moving to California so that gives me time to finish DollaS Dancer.

RE: Give New Life to Old Toys by Turning Them Into Techno Toys!

alienozi — Wed, 10 May 2017 19:52:24 GMT

When my exams (since I'm a high school student, I must get some good points) finish I'll be sure to participate!

Thank you for making this challenge flexible.

RE: Give New Life to Old Toys by Turning Them Into Techno Toys!

jkutzsch — Wed, 03 May 2017 02:39:06 GMT

Curious, I know we still have like 12 days left, but do we have any submissions? A couple of ideas right?

RE: Give New Life to Old Toys by Turning Them Into Techno Toys!

Molham — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 18:13:22 GMT

Cool, I will come up with something this weekend!!

RE: Give New Life to Old Toys by Turning Them Into Techno Toys!

jkutzsch — Sun, 23 Apr 2017 06:16:59 GMT

So there is another thread: HACK-BOY 3000 where I thought it would be cool if anyone had any of the old Pip Boy 3000s that came with the game systems and modified that. Then I thought of this cool challenge. So just a thought if any of you have one laying around and would like to modify it! :-) I don't though.

RE: Give New Life to Old Toys by Turning Them Into Techno Toys!

tech_nut81 — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 03:14:38 GMT

I didn't want to be first to comment an idea here because I'm super new, not only this community, but to electrical engineering as well (I'm currently a student). However, I recently found an old toy of mine from when I was a young child that brought back some really good memories. I was going to restore it to it's former glory, but after seeing the theme for this months project I had a much better idea. The toy is an old Fisher Price xylophone on wheels that can be pulled around by a string. Hammers attached to the axles strike the xylophone plates as it is rolled across the floor, sure to annoy even the most patient parent [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-365b8bb2-affe-4f4b-85ec-fee94d89469e/7610.contentimage_5F00_2516.png:16:16]. I'm much taller now though, and it's a real back breaker for me to roll this thing across the floor. So I thought, why not make it roll by itself. My idea is to attach a motor, ultrasonic range finder, and a controller, so that the xylophone can roll around the house all by itself, playing it's not-so melodious tones while avoiding obstacles.

I'm fairly confident in my ability to redesign the frame of the xylophone to fit the electronics, however I'm not quite sure of what type of controller to use, or how to properly write the code for the obstacle avoidance. If I have enough time, and patience, I'd also like to add LED's that will dance to the funky beats laid down by arguably the most annoying toddler toy ever invented.[View:/resized-image/__size/620x349/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-365b8bb2-affe-4f4b-85ec-fee94d89469e/6114.contentimage_5F00_184667.jpg:620:349][View:/resized-image/__size/506x900/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-365b8bb2-affe-4f4b-85ec-fee94d89469e/1346.contentimage_5F00_184668.jpg:506:900]