[Noisebridge-discuss] Need clever LAST-MINUTE hack to generate fog/steam puffs on demand

[Glen Jarvis]

Can it be as simple as having a chunk of dry ice waiting for the water. It's
the easiest way to make 'fog' -- and you are already putting water in it, so
that makes things very easy... just add water...

The only problem will be replenishing the dry ice over time as it
evaporates. How many hours does this need to be good for before replenishing
the dry ice?

Cheers,

Glen

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Shannon Lee <shannon at scatter.com> wrote:

> 1.  Get a soldering iron.
> 2.  Get a bucket of water.
> 3.  Put the soldering iron in the bucket of water.
> 4.  Steam!
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Aaron Muszalski <sfslim at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Okay Noisebridgers -
>>
>> Feeling all flush from the accolades rightfully laden upon ye by
>> Elinor Mills' excellent CNET article? http://tr.im/GelB
>>
>> Than it's once again time to prove your mettle! Your lightning genius,
>> your engineering prowess!
>>
>> Here's the task:
>>
>> As many of you know, David Fine, Jonathan Moore and myself are
>> creating a sculpture to be exhibited at Roboexotica - a festival of
>> cocktail robots - in Vienna this week. The sculpture (working title
>> "The Miraculous Robo-Christ Stigmatatron") takes the form of a 4'x8'
>> crucifix upon which is hung a lifesize anthropomorphic robot - the
>> Robo-Christ - who, due to a clever plumbing trick, will be able to
>> MIRACULOUSLY convert water into wine.
>>
>> This project has taken on an increasingly collaborative nature, with
>> many Noisebridgers lending their time and skills to bring it into
>> existence. So much so that it's really become more of a Noisebridge
>> artwork than any single person. (And we'll be crediting NB and all of
>> the contributors in Vienna.)
>>
>> HERE'S WHAT WE NEED NOW
>>
>> A CIRCUIT / DEVICE THAT CAN GENERATE  STEAM, FOG or SMOKE either when
>> TRIGGERED MANUALLY (or automatically when water is poured into the
>> sculpture) and a STEADY or PULSING LIGHT, to simulate/suggest the
>> action of a FURNACE / BOILER.
>>
>> Why?
>>
>> Last night a design for the robot's pelvis emerged that resembled an
>> old-fashioned furnace grate. The current plan is to place a red or
>> orange gel behind this grating, and light it from within so as to
>> suggest embers or a faint fiery glow.
>>
>> Currently nothing special happens when the water-into-wine conversion
>> occurs, being that it's a simple displacement trick, achieved with
>> plumbing.
>>
>> We realized that it would be AWESOME if, when "working" to convert the
>> water into wine, our furnace light glowed brighter, or pulsed a bit,
>> and some steam emerged from an output pipe or from the robot's joints.
>>
>> BUT HERE'S THE CATCH: I fly to Vienna tomorrow evening. So any such
>> circuit would need to be completed tonight. Or at the latest, tomorrow
>> morning.
>>
>> Obviously this is not a mission-critical feature. But it is MISSION
>> AWESOME.
>>
>> My first idea was to just obtain a small fog machine (I know at least
>> two people who own them) wedge it inside our huge wooden crucifix, and
>> then just wire a longer cord to its momentary switch (some models have
>> such things to generate small bursts of fog).  But even this simple
>> idea will take some non-zero amount of time to execute, and I am
>> already WAY behind schedule. That is why
>>
>> WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO BRING THE CIRCUIT HACKING AWESOME!
>>
>> Email me if you want to kick some robot-art ASS in Vienna in the name
>> of Noisebridge.
>>
>>
>> - Slim
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ps. We're also still looking for any assistance in finishing the robot
>> sculpture itself. This evening (Monday) we will be finishing off final
>> construction and detailing, and moving on to painting. Email me, or
>> just come by. (Follow me on twitter http://www.twitter.com/sfslim for
>> updates on when we'll be there.)
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