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Laser printing is a really cool example of using static electricity.
Cathodic protection on pipelines is another cool use of electricity for environmental protection.
When I count calories, the sauces are the hardest to figure out, so this machine would be great for them. Also, BBQ sauce from a peanut butter jar is less desirable than a squeeze bottle. It should be possible to leave food in the original containers.
The Nutritionix API reference can return the fields nf_serving_weight_grams and nf_servings_per_container. If the manufacturer can be trusted to include the actual weight of food they mark on the container, the Smart Pantry could deduce the unknown container weight like this
Measured_weight - ( nf_serving_weight_grams * nf_servings_per_container ) = Container_Weight
Alternately, if you add a number pad to the device, the user could enter the weight printed on the container since that will probably be more precise.
Since I never saw a bottle of Sweet Baby Ray's without a UPC, maybe item tracking could be done with the bar code reader. If the weight of a particular UPC increases, the user would be asked if this is a replacement.
In fact, I am bummed I can't make it. Thank you for streaming
what happens if the board gets bumped and several pieces fall over? Does it send to phant the first "move" detected and ignore the rest?
I had a bunch of parts laying around and I wanted to use them.
Hindsight: I'd be concerned with the speed of the Badger shifting out that much data. An single WS2812 consumes as much data as an entire spoke in my project.
With a faster setup and more money, it would be the way to go. Addressable LEDs would be so much easier. While researching this project, I saw one or two bike wheels built that way. They were brighter and fancier than mine.
That part was the most fun to construct.
I got a bunch of orders complete. I just hope they're not all the same thing. What would I do with 8 weather shields?
If it's that many twinkle kits, I'd be the twinkliest person in the office
I love the stock photo stories
I want to know too. Does J2 expose those pins on the bottom side of the hub?
Thanks for the awesome blog post.
Now that I'm convinced it's cheap, I'm going to do this all the time. I wish I knew that back in April. I spent about 3 days soldering tiny wires to build a POV display. I suspect this could have saved me about 2 of those days. Next time.
The offending project: Badger POV