Projects
From syn2cat - HackerSpace.lu
These are our current and future projects, as well as an abundant array of project suggestions. Should you be interested in doing one of these or yet another project, simply join our mailing list and state so. We're anxious to get started on some of these awesome ideas!
To create a new project wiki page, please use the project form.
There is also a lot of new projects at source.hacker.lu. If you can think of a way to automatically get them onto here, please implement it or let us know!
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Running Projects
| Project | Picture | Description | Type | Contact |
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| HacKids |  |
HacKids ass ee Projet, dee Kanner vun 10-18 Joer eng aner Vue vun der Technik gi soll. | misc | Macfreak109 |
| Tweet2cat |  |
summarize syn2cat feeds to twitter automatically | software | Perforin |
| RadioShow |  |
Lët'z Hack! D'Hacker-Emissioun vu syn2cat op Radio ARA | media | Prometheus Slopjong |
| OpenDuino |  |
OpenDuino is a hard- and software solution to notify site visitors of the hackerspace occupation status | misc | Gunstick |
| Cortana |  |
The project's name Cortana regroups an enormous amount of ideas to improve syn2cat's sensors as capabilities to communicate within the community as well as with the outside world. | network | Prometheus Trollchen |
| USRP | Universal Software Radio Peripheral | hardware | Prometheus | |
| MwRegExt | Extending the Mediawiki extension that allowed registration for HaxoGreen 2010 | software | Dave Kwisatz |
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| Syn2wall |  |
Building up a wall in the chill to create a quiet, neat library in the Hackerspace. | misc | NPU |
| Membership Management Tool | A tool designed to manage your membership. (MeMaTool) | software | Sim0n | |
| ComputerMuseum | little collection of classic computer systems | hardware | Gunstick | |
| Borne2Life | The borne in the corridor is coming alive, bit by bit. | hardware | C17 Gunstick Prometheus |
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| DeliciousThings | Food is delicious, especially when hacked | misc | Macfreak109 | |
| Syn2stock | Application to manage and index all borrowable stuff | software | Prometheus | |
| Lasertag linux |  |
we've ported the popular lasertagging software to Linux | software | Bartek |
| ChaosVPN | Inter Hackerspace private network | network | Sim0n |
Stalled Projects
These projects have been started but are currently stalled for one or the other reason. Contact the project's leader to restart it.
| Project | Picture | Description | Type | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swarm Bots |  |
This projects aims at creating robots that communicate and work together to accomplish an given task | hardware | Trollchen |
| Syn2Sat | Install satellite equipment for viewing enjoyment and sky scanning | media | Gunstick | |
| Electr-O-Mat |  |
Pimp my electrical installation in the Hackerspace. | hardware | NPU |
| Mac-a-Tag | Multipoint Lasertagging with Macintosh | misc | Gunstick | |
| Clutter Experiments | clutter is a next-generation canvas library for open architectures | software | Bartek | |
| TagBot | pan & tilt robot with cairomm/gtkmm drawing interface | hardware | Bartek | |
| Syn2Sign | Building signs to hang next to the "TreffADHS" ones outside our space. | misc | Kwisatz | |
| Pentium2Atari | Put PC hardware into the case of an Atari ST | hardware | Nick17 | |
| LetterRack |  |
Build an awesome big letterbox out of a half height computer rack. | hardware | Steve |
Future (planned) Projects
| Project | Picture | Description | Type | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FogScreen | Laminar Flow Fog Screen | hardware | Gunstick | |
| Syn2rbine | Create electricity from a windmill or wind turbine | hardware | Kwisatz | |
| BOINC2syn |  |
BOINC uses personal computers / server's processor units overcapacity to support their own scientific calculations. | software | Prometheus |
| Toolset Documentation | documentation for the syn2cat toolset | software | Bartek | |
| Christmas Face | christmas-themed video installation | art | Bartek | |
| Function generator | With this function generator one can generate sine, triangle and rectangle wave forms with a variable frequence from 1kHz up to 1MHz. | hardware | Slopjong | |
| WarzoneProject |  |
Inter HackerSpace Security effort | security | Steve |
| ChemLab | Build a small chemistry lab | misc | Sim0n | |
| GliderStream |  |
game of life gliders on an endless procession | hardware | Gunstick |
| FollowTheLight | artistic projections using openFrameworks or FreeJ | art | Kwisatz | |
| DigitalBackPack | The Digital Back Pack will be an overlay project for the real World and the Digital world. | misc | Steve | |
| Instructables | for people in developing countries, e.g. micro-generators, photothermal installations, water filtration systems | charity | Bartek | |
| CodingForKidsWithKids | software |
Project ideas
| Project | Picture | Description | Type | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMS2Space |  |
A LED scroller where people can send SMS and mails to, to be read by anonymous at the space. | misc | Kwisatz |
U19 section
| Project | Picture | Description | Type | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalBackPack | The Digital Back Pack will be an overlay project for the real World and the Digital world. | misc | Steve | |
| CodingForKidsWithKids | software |
Concluded Projects
| Project | Picture | Description | Type | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Touchy |  |
Install linux on an old Siemens TRADEBOARD E | software | Gunstick |
| TeraSpace | general disk storage for everyone | hardware | Gunstick | |
| SauveTaLiberte | translate rettedeinefreiheit.de into french | media | Gunstick | |
| GameCookies |  |
Game theme inspired cookies | art | NPU Gunstick |
| Blinkentree |  |
We built our own blinking X-mas tree for the market in Strassen. | hardware | Slopjong Prometheus |
| Wii2Mad |  |
The idea is to convert Logic Gates into mechanical ones, with the same properties. The electrical impules are simulated by marbles. | misc | Nick17 |
| ChillyChill |  |
Rearrange the chill area into a comfy room. | misc | Gunstick |
| ChocolateKeyboard |  |
A slap of chocolate looking like a keyboard | art | Gunstick |
| Blinkentree DE | |
BlinkenTree stellt eine der Weihnachtsaktivtäten des syn2cat Hackerspace dar. | hardware | Slopjong Prometheus |
| RadiusBridge |  |
Use your wiki password for wireless lan. | software | Sim0n |
| Syn2Skin | a custom layout for our wiki | media | Bartek | |
| Rekult | Do walls dream of recycled sheep? | art | Steve Bartek |
