Becky Stern is a Content Creator at Autodesk/Instructables, and part time faculty at New York’s School of Visual Arts Products of Design grad program. Making and sharing are her two biggest passions, and she's created hundreds of free online DIY tutorials and videos, mostly about technology and its intersection with crafts. Find her @bekathwia on YouTube/Twitter/Instagram.
…before he realizes you can rotate things in software? :)
Becky Sternsays:
He’s working for a childrens’ museum, so how much less fun would that be?! =]
Kyle McDonaldsays:
I missed that part — you’re totally right! I can imagine half the fun is trying to get things where you want them, and having that not work :) Maybe magnets would be easier than tape? I’m curious to see what his final synth looks like.
Matt Metssays:
Thanks! Yeah, my actual plan for this is to make a larger wheel out of steel and use brightly colored magnets, but wood is much easier to manufacture for a prototype :-).
Alberto from Nutchip Labs (http://www.nutchip.com)says:
I was about to suggesting to get rid of magnets placing the wheel horizontally, when I suddenly realized how similar it would be to a merry-go-round.
It should fairly easy to place te webcam on top of the carousel and change the software to detect children’s positions.
I can’t wait to see how chldren react to the thing!
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Becky Stern is a Content Creator at Autodesk/Instructables, and part time faculty at New York’s School of Visual Arts Products of Design grad program. Making and sharing are her two biggest passions, and she's created hundreds of free online DIY tutorials and videos, mostly about technology and its intersection with crafts. Find her @bekathwia on YouTube/Twitter/Instagram.
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…before he realizes you can rotate things in software? :)
He’s working for a childrens’ museum, so how much less fun would that be?! =]
I missed that part — you’re totally right! I can imagine half the fun is trying to get things where you want them, and having that not work :) Maybe magnets would be easier than tape? I’m curious to see what his final synth looks like.
Thanks! Yeah, my actual plan for this is to make a larger wheel out of steel and use brightly colored magnets, but wood is much easier to manufacture for a prototype :-).
I was about to suggesting to get rid of magnets placing the wheel horizontally, when I suddenly realized how similar it would be to a merry-go-round.
It should fairly easy to place te webcam on top of the carousel and change the software to detect children’s positions.
I can’t wait to see how chldren react to the thing!