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An idea for next year's Expo

blittledblittled Posts: 681
edited 2009-08-31 03:04 in Propeller 1
After reading some articles on how the DEFCON name badges were made I thought it would be interesting for us to have Propeller based name tags. I then thought would it be a great idea to make it a contest on which person could create the best name tag. Then do a "fashion show" at the next expo to show off their creations and let everyone there judge them.

Of course there would be rules to level the playing field such as:

The platform to work from could be a Protoboard, Spin Studio, a custom board made for the contest or others.

Also a budget limit to keep the name tags from becoming huge creations.

Any thoughts or suggestions on this idea?

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Post Edited (blittled) : 8/30/2009 1:03:09 PM GMT

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  • Adam WieslerAdam Wiesler Posts: 81
    edited 2009-08-30 01:00
    I thought about that too, but then realized that it would take a lot of work to make design and assemble ~100 badges.

    But, if anyone is up for the challenge, that would be really neat.

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  • RaymanRayman Posts: 14,849
    edited 2009-08-30 02:10
    Well, assuming Parallax would kick in 100 Props... I gues the question is then how to do something interesting... I think you'd need an LED array to make a mark...

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  • blittledblittled Posts: 681
    edited 2009-08-30 02:59
    I guess I wasn't clear. What I meant is that each participant in the contest would make only his own badge. Then he shows it off for judging. Something like a costume contest that the old Star Trek Conventions had. There are a lot of creative people on this forum and it would be interesting what they would come up with.

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  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2009-08-30 04:06
    Excellent ideas of course, but someone will need to do some planning and the grunt work.

    I learned a valuable lesson this year with the name badges at UPEW.

    I had this sudden "inspiration" to use the RFID tags themselves as badges.
    (Sounds really good on paper!)

    However, because of a lack of research on my part, I made the following discoveries
    along the way to UPEW.

    1.. No one makes labels the size of the RFID tag.
    2.. One should never travel with 100 RFID tags in their flight carry-on.
    (Groups of them glow very strangely on xray, and TSA has NO sense of humor)
    3.. Hole punching these cards does NOT work. They tend to break the hole puncher.
    4.. If you know someone with a drill press you can drill holes in 100+ cards... however...
    5.. Drilling any hole in the card itself which even "nicks" the copper coil will kill the RFID card.

    I felt positively terrible about the name tag failing. The only purpose they
    served was to hold the actual sticker with the name.

    At the end of the day, Ken G. forgave me for killing 100+ RFID tags.
    In fact they were cheaper than the plastic badge holders we used for UPENE.

    I took away a very good lesson from the experience.
    If someone wants to take on the creation of an elaborate badge, I welcome it.
    Just learn from my mistake and plan ahead well... Do your homework.

    Contact me with your ideas... (If you dare.. [noparse]:)[/noparse]

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  • WBA ConsultingWBA Consulting Posts: 2,935
    edited 2009-08-30 06:33
    Me,me,me! I am definitely up to the challenge. Expect a pm tomorrow with my ideas. (I have already been thinking about badges for UPEW '10)

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  • MicrocontrolledMicrocontrolled Posts: 2,461
    edited 2009-08-30 11:27
    Oh! I have a good one! I just thought of it on the way home from the expo!

    P.S. What is a "jdea"? smile.gif

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  • Adam WieslerAdam Wiesler Posts: 81
    edited 2009-08-30 22:06
    @blittled, I see what you mean now, and that would be a lot of fun

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  • Ziggy252Ziggy252 Posts: 32
    edited 2009-08-31 03:04
    microcontrolled said...
    P.S. What is a "jdea"? smile.gif

    It's what you have when you already have an idea, and you then you get another one that you need to distinguish from the first.
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