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• DIY Halloween - The Classics :: Fog Chiller
• BUG on Arduino action
• NoiseBridge: new SF hacker space
• Pedal powered tank
• BASE jumping with accelerometers
• Self-disinfecting toilet brush

No offense to this dude, but the student at MIT or wherever that did this a few years ago did a MUCH better job.

So much better in fact, it pretty much explains why this guy is all alone in his house listening to haddaway. sorry guy.

Posted by: Collin Cunningham on May 7, 2008 at 6:24 PM

would this be the party you speak of?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_kYaPZ6eds

Just to prove the point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsPQWz9CWuA

This is awesome. Just the music... But the atmosphere is great.

Posted by: marsneedsrabbits on May 8, 2008 at 12:29 AM

This is really cool. You did a great job! Thanks for sharing.

So... what do people say when they see the button just sitting there on your coffee table?

Fun idea but, to me, it misses a lot of light effects. It's way too dark for party !

I would prefer a faster transition too.

But it's a good job for a start :)

Posted by: N. Schumacher Rowe on May 8, 2008 at 11:49 AM

I love the spirit of this project. I agree the guy in the MIT dorm did some things better, but there are the same sort of elements in both. I think both projects could have benefitted from the use of better dimmers. The X-10 dimmers are known to be rather flakey, especially as the size of the system increases. Personally, I would have used a DMX dimmer.

I'm working on putting together a similar system, but mine has less to do with "party mode" and more to do with optimizing a space for the people that use in terms of light, temperature, devices, and so on (but because all the technology will be there, all I need to do is program party mode). Does anyone have any advice for me?

-Nick

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