Comments on: Smart can crusher

By: mikky shaw

mikky shaw — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:41:25 +0000

Dear Sir/Madam
We have a client who is interested in buying the Can crusher needed you have for sale. If possible send pictures to enable us and

our clients have a proper look into it have a better assessment of it. We are located in Dubai, UAE. We
Expect to hear from you ASAP,
Thanks
Sender\’s Name:Mikky

By: morsey

morsey — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:44:00 +0000

great until some 13yo kid thinks its funny to mash the button 50X

surely an actual weight sensor would be more applicable, it could then be multi purposed to other similar projects but post a different signal.

By: RT (Panzer Time!)

RT (Panzer Time!) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:24:19 +0000

the purpose of the google maps here is that it makes for a better reality show.

By: calebkraft

calebkraft — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:49:04 +0000

@daley,
Any of our projects could be reduced to utter simplicity. “you mean you’re just passing electrons through resistors, capacitors and diodes? pffft, give me a break”. It’s the result thats notable.

Though, to be fair, I do question the necessity of this.

By: daley

daley — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:34:12 +0000

ok let me get this straight. we have an arduino that counts button-presses hooked up to a computer that updates an xml file (probably – no, didn’t rtfa). show me what’s special… that’s almost as cool as hooking one’s bathroom scale to their twitter account. yeah exactly – moving on…

By: Wtf

Wtf — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:14:23 +0000

This is dumb. At least make it automated. The title made me think it would be. This really hasn’t much to do with cans, but rather just a scale that uploads automatically to the internet.

As for their goal… pft.

By: Daniel R

Daniel R — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:34:20 +0000

isn’t it simpler to just put out it separately from ordinary trash??

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:38:30 +0000

Whatever happened to putting the just-emptied can on the ground and stomping it?

We even play a little game here at the fire station: The one who’s can’s top and bottom are the most off-center pays the next round :)

By: Crazy Tree Hugger

Crazy Tree Hugger — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:33:25 +0000

Pointless, I wonder how many cans they had to collect to pay for that thing.

By: therian

therian — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:22:44 +0000

oh I thought it electromagnetic crusher

By: therian

therian — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:20:20 +0000

good idea? helpful for environment? Profit? no they spending 1000X more energy on it ineffectively crushing. bad idea really bad

By: sunjester

sunjester — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:52:13 +0000

this would be good on a large scale recycling project, probably not feesible or useful for private citizens.

By: Chris_C

Chris_C — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:41:03 +0000

probably releases more carbon into the environment than it saves….

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:01:06 +0000

woah. it takes a good bit of force to crush those things like that.

(woot woot first!)

By: sky

sky — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:00:20 +0000

The obvious advantage over a flag on the door is a visual representation of all pickup locations. This way, you wouldn’t waste a drive across town just to check for flagged doors.