When I returned from MakerFaire Kansas City I was very pleased to find a Bullduino waiting on my doorstep! Hackaday has been accepted into the first round of the Redbull Creation Contest. I’m doing the physical building while the other writers are consulting for this round. I’m also pulling people from around me here at SquidFoo (my local hackerspace) that can help.
Today, I got lucky enough to run into [Tony Sherwood] from MakerBot. I told him my idea and he eagerly volunteered to lend his brains and his brawn… as well as his Makerbot Replicator. He’s been extremely helpful so far offering very good ideas on how we can get this thing operational as fast as possible.
I’m not going to share exactly what we’re building yet. I can tell you it will not be the most complex project, but it will be really fun, and most likely dangerous. We’re starting today, which means we have very little time to build. Lets hope we can make something interesting enough to go to round two!
Ok Now I want to know.
i second that
Build a shot gun that fires pyrotechnics….you know mortars and the like. That would be awesome, and useful in a zombie apocalypse scenario.
No, wait, Red Bull can cannon. You can put it on a turret controlled by the bullduino. And throw in a Kinect or OpenCV or something. 3D print a sabot if you can’t find a pipe with a matching ID.
you be quiet.
Rooting for you guys. Fun and dangerous go together like guns and RedBull cans!
What is it with the makerbot! The PR guys seem to be everywhere. Please no more makerbot advertising.
There are better cheaper printers being built and hacked without a million being spent on PR.
Tony is being extremely helpful. He also has a makerbot. I’m not going to refuse his help because his employer is popular. It could have been any brand.
Tony Sherwood is the founder of the SquidFoo hackerspace and came to town just to visit. No PR involved. These guys are just doing what they love to do.
Goddamnit this is what I get for waiting 2 days. The registrations are closed. No Bulldunio for me :(