"Noisy Hacking"

Been working on my noisy project for quite some time, we've have some revisions to the project so I have been able to tweek my hack here and there. I have managed to strategically place my noisy circuit onto my Nintendo GameBoy as well as add a few LED's and buttons to the device. I had a few outcomes go wrong/awry along the way. My initial hack allowed me to disengage my noisy circuit sounds with the press of a button while turning on and off an LED but the LED kept burning out and "short circuiting". I ended up applying an LED to the Game Boy (RED) and it's current Green LED to acknowledge the power was on. Then routed some wires through the device to hold the noisy circuit in place. My plan was to take the Game out of the Game Boy and use it more as a musical device, pressing buttons and touching the touch points as additional sounds to which the Game in the Game Boy was already producing and playing. I had quite a bit of fun with the project but I do wish I had gone deeper into the toy itself... It seemed fragile and to some degree, I did not want to compromise my project by breaking the device totally. I did cut through the "shell" of the device to acquire placement of the noisy circuit and glued a few additional pieces here and there to keep it aesthetically pleasing. Overall I was pleased with the turnout but do wish my initial hack would have stopped throwing the LED.

Arduino

http://arduino.cc/

"Noise Tactile"

Our current project has been working on making a noisy circuit. We created a breadboard circuit to simulate the circuit and the noises it "should" make. As I took apart my circuit and began soldering, upon finishing and completely done soldering; my noise tactile did not make the noise it did while placed on the breadboard. This week I will be un-soldering my circuit board and will be attempting this project again. Hopefully with success this time!

"Instructable"

My initial instructable idea is to create a water fountain/waterfall. There are many types of fountains I have seen online but there are also other interesting ideas I would like to incorporate; such as a remote control and possibly a "green" fountain using solar panels attached somewhere to power the fountain/waterfall. I have also thought about creating a multi-purpose fountain to possibly "house" a fish tank idea and maybe a few goldfish to spruce it up a bit!

Bamboo Fountain
http://www.instructables.com/id/Solar-powered-fountainherb-garden/

Barrel Fountain
http://youtu.be/4BFaYePNl6U

Solar Powered
http://youtu.be/3mlfTC4pUBc

"Intervention Project"

Our project proposal was to create an emphasis on something people see and “use” everyday. We had a few options or ideas we had came up with but eventually we came up with using our “throwies” (LED’s) on a STOP sign to illuminate the significance of safety and use of the signs. Our initial idea was the original “throwie” with the attached magnet but the magnet would not stick to the sign itself; so therefore we resulted to duct tape (what else) to complete our process. We hope that this idea could possibly be brought into the real world with solar panels and LED’s and would keep people’s attention on the road… HOPEFULLY!

Intervention Link:
http://digitalmultimediauwf.tumblr.com/
Justin Sanders = partner ^