[Noisebridge-discuss] Vibration North ankle kit thing...

[Forrest Flanagan]

Hi, this is a little tangential, but I wanted to ask what the North Paw team
thought of the South Paw research.

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Rachel McConnell <rachel at xtreme.com> wrote:

> Well the Sensebridge North ankle thing, which we call the North Paw, was
> actually developed at Noisebridge by Eric Boyd and Adam Skory, with help
> from myself and others.  Eric, Adam, and I sell them online, and yes
> they're normally $149 plus shipping.  They really do have a bunch of
> expensive parts (the compass chip alone is $30 -- and Parallax has
> discontinued it, without even telling us, so we're currently scrambling
> for a replacement) and a lot of twiddling to put together so we had to
> charge a lot to cover expenses.
>
> We do have a hackerspace discount though.  For kits bought at
> Noisebridge they're 'only' $120, which is at least a little better.  And
> no shipping obviously.  Mitch and Milo have some for Circuit Hacking
> Mondays if you're around tonight (or I can bring you a kit or two on
> other days, with a little advance notice).
>
> That said, if you source the parts yourself, you can indeed make one for
> cheaper.  The design is open source and available on the website:
>
> http://sensebridge.net/projects/northpaw/northpaw-downloads/
>
> And the instructions for the kit, which would be useful for a non-kit
> assembly too, are:
>
> http://sensebridge.net/projects/northpaw/instructions/
>
> Is the North Paw what you were thinking of or did you find where someone
> else is doing this too?  I'm not aware of anyone else but I'd love to
> find out.
>
> Cheers,
> Rachel McConnell
>
> On 4/18/11 11:38 AM, Rameen wrote:
> > My friend wanted to get one, but I don't know where/how to obtain them.
> > There are some on the internet for over $100, but I remember them being
> > much more affordable..
> > Can anyone provide me with some details?
> >
> >
> >
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