pic: The Motherload

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Corey Balint

We broke one apart a few weeks ago, and attempted to put it into an Xbox controller. heh. that was pretty cool.

Corey.. do we have pics of that?? There was nothing to it in case anyone is interested.. All it is is a pressure switch of some kind (idk.. I'm not electrical, and I didn't have a hand in the actual disassembly - I just saw a bunch of parts on the table) and a circuit board and a battery holder.

I think the most expensive part of it was probably the custom circuit board that stored the sound of "That was easy", and of course the commission for the guy who's voice that is.

And of course, for anyone who was at Bash @ The Beach last weekend, you know the easy button was team 237's good luck charm that day and helped up win it with 1511 and 181.

Everyone had to press the button before all the matches in the finals..

Superstitious anyone? lol

[Denman]

hmm
wonders if they have them here in staples
i'll look tomorrow, need to get a new keyboard

[mtaman02]

come to think of it that would be a cool team trader if youfind the company who makes them and have them put the teams number and name on it and give it out as a souvenior =)
- or -
1) if you people are up to it wire it to the operator interface and use it as an auton button for a simple robot program (maybe dead reckoning - if needed)

2) a button you could play by the equipment next to the on off switch so that every time your done ueing the tools and turn the tool off you push that button afterwards =)

3) or you just slap it on the back of you programmer and hit it everytime you come up with a complicated program for him to write

=) just don't hurt the programmer


whats really funny was i walked by a bunch here on the island and was wondering what their actual purpose is now i know

[vadyr]

i put one of those under my dog's bed, and he couldnt figure it out for about a half hour...the first time he got scared and wouldnt go near his bed (even tho hes a 100lb dog) and then he finall got so crazy and attacked his bed...he found it and chewed it into a million pieces, but it still makes the obnoxious saying....argh!