Spontaneous hackathon 1.0

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Starts Organizer
Wed 03 Jul 2013 18:30
Ends Event Owner
Thu 04 Jul 2013 1:00 User:skmp,User:acinonyx

Let's hack something !





Mini hackathlon!

Format

  • 18:30 ~ 19:00: idea pitch
  • 19:30 ~ 22:30: hacking session
  • 22:30 ~ 01:00: reivew, chat, beer, pizza !

During the pitch, we'll pick which projects we'll on work (so, you can add multiple entries)

(Of course, you're welcome to just sit and enjoy our fine company while you're working on something of your own)

Project Ideas

  • hackotper (todo: alternate devboard evaluation, overall architecture, beablebone pwm & alternative distros) / hackopter team! / embedded linux + elecronics
  • Casio MT70 retrofit (todo: see how exactly the amp board works, cleanup keys, arduino interface them to pc) / skmp / electronics + arduino
  • numbers (http://numbers.ertops.com, todo: error handling, improve TTS, http://www.colourlovers.com/, ?) / skmp / js + html5 media + apis
  • network traffic visualization/load w/ mini projector / etc?+skmp / gource & bash
  • Attack on the bookshelfs (Pick a small book from our bookshelf, study it, present us a review of it !)
  • Tron Competition (ebal ? :p) / gaming
  • Armagetron clone with webgl (at least, design phase)
  • Train with http://www.typingweb.com/ and then http://play.typeracer.com/ competition / computer sk1lz
  • Turnstile antenna for satellite VHF reception / acinonyx / ham radio + NEC + 3D printing + hardware tools
  • Remote software defined radio with TL-703N and RTL2832U dongle / acinonyx / embedded linux + rtl-sdr + gnuradio + networking
  • 11 character LED matrix display / acinonyx / electronics + microcontroller
  • Opensource clones of typingweb and typeracer / js + html + ?
  • (Feel free to add your sugestions, the projects have to be open source though. Completing a project you're working on, a new idea, or a step in a larger project are all valid entries!)