PROJECTS
2019: Poll System
We currently have a white board where our members create polls throughout the year such as ‘Is water wet?’ and ‘What’s the best girl scout cookie?’ This project is a slack bot and mobile app to manage and automate these polls.
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2019: Robotic Hand
We are following a tutorial Microsoft displayed at the Grace Hopper Conference this year. Using some straw, rubber bands, and an arduino we can make a robotic hand that can move like a human’s can.
Documentation
2018: Magic Mirror
The magic mirror was made using a raspberry pi, a monitor and a 2-way mirror. Using and modifying the open source Magic Mirror2 code we set up the screen to display WiC events, the date and time, and some local news. By using a 2-way mirror we could have this display shine through so you can get some useful information while using a mirror. View Blog Post about this project.
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2017: Raspberry Pi Arcade Table
The arcade table was created using a raspberry pi 3 to run Retropie, in order to create a bar top arcade emulator. It is for one or two players with multiple games on the system. Can be found in the WiC space.
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2016: BMO Game Emulator
The projects committee decided to create our own version of a Gameboy. We 3D printed a case and used a raspberry pi with retropie to create the emulator. We soldered the pi to buttons, speakers, and a power supply. After downloading games we had a running gameboy emulator.
2015: Wearable Stress Monitor
The wearable pulse monitor bracelet was developed to help young children deal with stress and have a way to take action against their anxiety.