OT, but beer related DIY project

[Seabee John]

Wow.. You just remind me of how dumb I am... MIT does not except just anyone!!


Very cool project!!!

Woah!... pull back on the reigns there... I didn't say "I" was going to MIT.... MIT sponsors the "FABLAB" (Fabrication Laboratory) program which ties schools via real time video uplinks so that knowledge can be shared between students in engineering programs across the globe.

MIT will display projects from time to time (in an effort to show the people who hold the purse strings that they need more tax dollars for the program)

Trust me, I may be smarter than a fifth grader, but I'm not MIT material. In fact, I did so well on my algebra final, that they want me to come back and take the class again (Epic Fail)

But, I still consider iDRINK a success, and as HBT's humble community college representative will do my best to infuse beer related projects with the very "anti-alcohol" collegiate system. (someone's gotta show these uptight professors that there is "life" outside of the education system)

As far as my meeting yesterday, the robot will remain at school and may be included with a group of projects being considered for a trip to other schools (MIT included).... so in bureaucracy terms "we have no idea what's going to happen"

 

[Seabee John]

that's pretty flattering, that they want to display it!

can it account for odd-shaped glasses? What if you were to put a goblet on there?

toss a goblet into the mix, and the mix will end up being very small. It's meant to measure cylindrical shapes only. However, with the project over, (and no more constraints) we are free to experiment at will. There's an upper level circuits guru that wants to see if we can measure the glasses with sound or laser light... that would effectively measure the exact dimensions of the inside of the glass rather than the diameter x height, which doesn't take the thickness of the glass into consideration...

 

[rsmith179]

Very cool! The most recent Popular Science also had a robot that was made to dispense drinks/beer at bars. This thing would go around to different customers and then make the drink that they ordered. Even would make mixed drinks. I think your little invention right here is amazing! And just think.. that's just a beginners course in Engineering from a community college. Can't wait to see what you come up with once you're done with the full degree!!

 

[cytokine]

someone's gotta show these uptight professors that there is "life" outside of the education system

Clearly you are hanging with the wrong "professors" if you think we are all uptight.

My kegerator. Let me show it to you...

Excellent project and best of luck with the engineering degree!

 

[Seabee John]

Clearly you are hanging with the wrong "professors" if you think we are all uptight.

My kegerator. Let me show it to you...

Excellent project and best of luck with the engineering degree!

I guess I chose the wrong group of people.... here let me correct my statement:

But, I still consider iDRINK a success, and as HBT's humble community college representative will do my best to infuse beer related projects with the very "anti-alcohol" collegiate system. (someone's gotta show these uptight administrators, lawyers, professors, and other enemies of freedom who are responsible for the no alcohol policy on campus that there is "life" outside of the education system)

 

[size]

real cool, John. i didn't take the time to read the whole thread (in a bit of a hurry to go fishing), what did the professor think about it?

also congrats on going back to school!

edit: just read your location, i thought you sounded a bit minnesotan, my roommate monica is from the same area

 

[Seabee John]

real cool, John. i didn't take the time to read the whole thread (in a bit of a hurry to go fishing), what did the professor think about it?

also congrats on going back to school!

edit: just read your location, i thought you sounded a bit minnesotan, my roommate monica is from the same area

My professor thought it was really cool, but you know, he may have "discouraged" the beer talk....

 

[eccsynd]

Very cool John. You are proving once again that alcohol and electronics DO mix. And they mix well!