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Yeah, great idea, Jon!<BR>
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At The Last HOPE conference there was an art piece near the Hardware Hacking Area I set up. It had a big red vending machine coin-box (circa 1950) with a small 7-segment LED display tacked on to it next to the coin slot that stated "<STRONG>25 cents</STRONG>". Through the entire conference I saw people putting quarters into the coin slot. When someone put in their quarter, the LED display counted down from 25, 24, 23, to 0. When the count reached 0 -- nothing happened! This prompted many people to put in another quarter. I don't know how many quarters were put in the slot, but I imagine they made quite a pile of money by the end of The Last HOPE.<BR>
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This is just another example of a donation machine. Our could be *much* more interesting (the one at The Last HOPE involved a display of sex toys).<BR>
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I hope someone will step up to be point person for this project. It will be a lot of fun. And I it will net Noisebridge a good amount of donations to boot.<BR>
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Mitch.<BR>
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Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:01:52 -0800<BR>From: matt@nycresistor.com<BR>To: noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net<BR>Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Donation Machine (was SHOW ME THE MONEY)<BR><BR>I love this idea actually. And for people like myself who visit noisebridge on average of once a month it provides a great way to give back. <BR><BR>-Matt<BR><BR>
<DIV class=ecxgmail_quote>On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Jonathan Foote <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:jtfoote@ieee.org">jtfoote@ieee.org</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=ecxgmail_quote>A while back I obtained some surplus vending machine bill acceptors<BR>with the intention of making a (more secure) donation machine. Idea:<BR>stick in a bill, get a sticker.<BR>(I've found donation machines to be surprising lucrative: my Dorky the<BR>Donation Bot netted $50+ at Maker Faire for NO REASON AT ALL.)<BR><BR>Anyway, I played with the surplus acceptors and found them<BR>(unsurprisingly-- they were takeouts from the field) temperamental to<BR>the point where I think it would be easier just to rip out the control<BR>electronics and use an Arduino.<BR><BR>This would be a super fun learning project for mid-to-advanced Arduino<BR>people: there are motors, optical, and magnetic sensors to control,<BR>but I'm flat out of spare cycles. I'm happy to donate the gear and<BR>point people in the right direction regarding interfacing... someone<BR>step up and be point person?<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Noisebridge-discuss mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:Noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net">Noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net</A><BR><A href="https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss" target=_blank>https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR>_______________________________________________ Noisebridge-discuss mailing list Noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/noisebridge-discuss </body>
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