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Drink Automation Alert System

Craig — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 16:32:05 +0000

A recent submission showed a work in progress design for a drinkshield integrated with additional hardware to develop anautomated alert system. Very cool stuff! We can’t wait to see more!

Acknowledgements:

Brian Barnett

Eugene Vaynshteyn

Hedarson Erardo

Sam Cabrera

Welcome Little Devil

Craig — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:08:16 +0000

GfxHax now carries the Diavolino boards (aka. little devil kits) from Evil Mad Science. These are small, cost-effective Arduino clones. GfxHax offers a power kit for the Diavolino boards, specifically designed for optimal performance with the Drink Shields. If you’d like, you can add a DC Jack kit with an enhanced voltage regulator and a 4xAAA battery pack to provide 6 volts to the kit. The battery pack fits perfectly under the Diavolino boards. If you want to make the DrinkShield portable without breaking the bank, this the the way to go.

DrinkShield Straw Holder

Craig — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:25:19 +0000

I posted my first thing on Thingiverse!! This is a DrinkShield straw holder. Turns out when people drink several of them like to put their lips on the MQ-3 sensor…which is a bit hot, since it’s a heater. So I created this free straw holder in OpenScad! You can download all the plans and the STL file from Thingiverse.

The straw is optional and you will probably have to hit your local hackerspace to use their makerbot to print it out…but hey, it’s free! :)

SVN Updated

Craig — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:21:56 +0000

DrinkShield Board Layout

I’ve added the Eagle source files for both the board and schematic to Google Code for the DrinkShield. I also uploaded the uber-alpha version of the

DrinkDuino Game. It is playable but a lot of graphics still need to be worked on and I don’t have webcam support added yet. But if you can’t wait to start playing go ahead and check it out. Don’t forget you can also code your own apps! Checkout the Coding Reference to get started.

I am also working on setting up a phpbb forum to discuss new designs, game updates, etc. I want to tie it into wordpress and skin it at least a bit. So it may take a little longer but I will post an update once it is live.

Store is Open

Craig — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:34:45 +0000

Drink Shield

The Store is now officially opened. Hopefully everything is working properly! We also have DrinkSheilds!! You can buy those as well as some other supplies in the store. Also if you stop by the Cincinnati Hackerspace Hive13 when I’m there I can sell you one as well. I also plan on being at the Ohio Linux Fest and will be sharing a table with DualCore. I will have Drink Shields and Hive13 T-shirts on sale at the vendor table.