Comments on: Wireless Arduino cat food dispenser

By: Alchemyguy

Alchemyguy — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:50:34 +0000

@tmh: The aesthetics of the project are inconsequential and ultimately entirely up to the builder. I also doubt that this project is actually a “waste of time”, since it performs a job the builder needed to do as well as providing a jumping off point for those of us who want it cased in mahogany and mother of pearl.

Also, if you’d read the piece, “A web interface has been created which allows the control of the device via a web site. A web cam with live video feed has also been setup to monitor the feeder and the cats.”

Stop being an idiot.

By: TMH

TMH — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:29:14 +0000

Waste of time maybe?

I when I clicked this link, I said out loud “I’m gonna have to build this!” then the page loaded… This looks like crap and I would not want it sitting in my house.

Maybe one day I’ll build one where I can feed and water my cat and dog from the internet.

By: mindstormy

mindstormy — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:17:26 +0000

nice dude, you should make a short little tutorial for some of the not so programming literate folks out here (including me) ^_^

By: kfinegan

kfinegan — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:03:28 +0000

Good job andres. Can you make one for my doggies?

By: Andres

Andres — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:39:15 +0000

Hey ragnar,
you know… i would have made the exact same comment if someone else had made this device… however, i have noticed that my cats now spend more time with me and my wife… than waiting around for the food to arrive. I think it may be that now they no longer associate me or my wife with food… and know that we have notthing to do with their feeding. So i guess you could say their desire to be with us is now less based on interest than before.. just my opinon though :)

Thanks for the comment!

Andres

By: ragnar

ragnar — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:22:13 +0000

So the only thing your cats love you for, you make a machine do for you?

By: cmholm

cmholm — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:39:08 +0000

“pavlov’s cat feeder”, exactly. my furry charges have been inadvertently conditioned such that they ignore the dry food bowls in the morning until I’ve given the feeding material – that’s been sitting in the bowls for hours – a quick shake.

By: anon

anon — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:38:13 +0000

why do people have to put such awful music in their youtube videos?

By: Meh

Meh — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:17:55 +0000

What’s up with the 404 on main page?

By: Gilliam V.

Gilliam V. — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:50:56 +0000

“The cats were afraid of the servo noise at first, but now they run to their bowls whenever they hear it.”

Pavlov’s cat feeder.
an unintended side effect, [Andres Leon] may deserve a piece in the “Classical Conditioning” page on Wikipedia.

By: googfan

googfan — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:43:40 +0000

@russwill

you look like captain phill harris.

By: googfan

googfan — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:42:16 +0000

he should have used an rfid on the cats’ collars. that way, the machine could detect what cat is at thebowl and despense accordingly

By: RussWill

RussWill — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:31:11 +0000

Yeah, just an A/C timer from the Walmart. What’s with all the crazy “engineering” stuff? Where’s the “good idea”?

By: Andar_b

Andar_b — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:00:31 +0000

My buddy taped a fishfood container to a vibrator and plugged the whole thing in to an AC timer circuit, in elementary school. That was cool.