I was thinking about if it would be useful to take (at least some of) the motors out and maybe some of the mechanical parts that connect to them, sorting them out. <br><br>Perhaps useful with microcontrollers to make things ? I was thinking about little robotic creatures or something like that. <br>
<br>Its a matter of someone taking the time I guess.<br><br>I also had thoughts of sorting through / out and detangling the huge bin of dc power bricks (1) , and even going through the several trunks (big wooden boxes), just sorting so it would be clear what was there and easier to use what is useful. <br>
<br>Mostly thinking what can I do to give something back to the place since I don't really have any money and have limited times and hours I can be there.<br><br>Brian<br><br>Note (1) people working with electrically powered projects need power supplies, don't they ? Even for testing out junk that comes in ? I was trying to see if any of those old tablets worked but totally discouraged looking at the hopelessly tangled power supplies bin ... especially since the power supplies could not be tested due to voltmeters broken or missing test leads that fit...<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Rubin Abdi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rubin@starset.net">rubin@starset.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
There's about 100-300 cassette tape players sitting in various boxes<br>
near POLE 3. It looks like they were used for some sort of pre-recorded<br>
audio tour for the St. Petersburg Times. Mostly they're Sony brand, but<br>
have been modified to take voltage through two contacts on the bottom,<br>
I'm guessing to recharge batteries. Most of them have 2 AA sized<br>
batteries that are completely green (as in the outside labeling), the<br>
one I'm holding now has a date of 9/96. Many still have a charge.<br>
<br>
These have been sitting around for a little while, and there's a lot of<br>
them. I see no note or anything that signify being part of a project or<br>
project owner. Unless someone can respond back with a plan (and date) to<br>
do something with these (project, parts salvage operation), I'm sticking<br>
all but one of the boxes into the ewaste bin.<br>
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