Ok so, I’ve graduated already and I completed this project. I was so caught up with getting this project ready that I didn’t even bother to take photos of it or document anything until now. I also had lots of homework and final projects to finish. I still do, actually. But I have some more time to update so I am going to update the graduation hacks section right now. Also, I realized that what was previously written in that section should have been posted as a blog post instead, so I’ve removed it from that section and included it below so I would still have all of that documented. Time to go update!
Also, expect to see the VU meter tie project updated very soon as well. I’ve decided to use my Tech Ninja shirt instead of a tie, but the idea is similar. I will use red surface mountable LEDs on each button of the shirt. Those buttons will act as the VU meter. I will wear this shirt way more than I would ever wear a tie. Plus, since I’m looking into learning a new microcontroller, perhaps I can update the circuit and make it smaller as well. We’ll find out…
——Below is what used to be written in the graduation hack section.——–
I graduate on April 17, 2008 and today is April 3rd. I just received my cap and gown in the mail about 2 days ago. My teacher, Ryan, made me realize that I should modify my cap and/or gown in some way to make it my own. I’m inclined to agree. I’m not really sure what I want to do with it yet. I can’t quite come up with an idea I feel is good enough. A friend of mine is going to put a matrix of LEDs on his cap. So far the Ideas I have are:
1) A motor in the middle of the cap to make the tassels spin around.
2) LEDs in the tassels.
It’s not much right now, but I’ll keep working on this. I only have two weeks until graduation.