[Noisebridge-discuss] Donation Machine (was SHOW ME THE MONEY)

[Mitch Altman]

Yeah, great idea, Jon!
 
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 "25 cents".  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.
 
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).
 
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.
 
Mitch.
 

 


Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:01:52 -0800
From: matt at nycresistor.com
To: noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Donation Machine (was SHOW ME THE MONEY)

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.  

-Matt


On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Jonathan Foote <jtfoote at ieee.org> wrote:

A while back I obtained some surplus vending machine bill acceptors
with the intention of making a (more secure) donation machine. Idea:
stick in a bill, get a sticker.
(I've found donation machines to be surprising lucrative: my Dorky the
Donation Bot netted $50+ at Maker Faire for NO REASON AT ALL.)

Anyway, I played with the surplus acceptors and found them
(unsurprisingly-- they were takeouts from the field)  temperamental to
the point where I think it would be easier just to rip out the control
electronics and use an Arduino.

This would be a super fun learning project for mid-to-advanced Arduino
people: there are motors, optical, and magnetic sensors to control,
but I'm flat out of spare cycles. I'm happy to donate the gear and
point people in the right direction regarding interfacing... someone
step up and be point person?
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