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BUILD A BETTER MOUSE TRAP CONTEST

Discussion in '* Scratch Built Section *' started by theothers, Mar 3, 2009.

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  1. 7up

    7up Moderator Staff Member

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    Anybody gettin' the video stream yet?
     
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  2. kyyu

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    Hay 3DMon, great minds must think alike! :lol: Here's mine.





    Attached files [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
    kyyu, Mar 8, 2009
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  3. Evil-Tunes

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    Hello All

    I wanted to use the K.I.S.S. design.




    Cheers
    E-T Attached files [​IMG]
     
    Evil-Tunes, Mar 8, 2009
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  4. WW8S

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    Mine used a similar arrangement of a teeter board that trips a gravity door. My artzy side took over and I had to dress it up a little bit, hence the Super Cat!

    Dave



    Attached files [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
    WW8S, Mar 8, 2009
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  5. Evil-Tunes

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    I was thinking of how to get a Cat design in there. That is Great WW8s :D

    My Thaught was in his mouth as the cat was lying on the floor but coulden't get it done in time.


    Cheers
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    Evil-Tunes, Mar 8, 2009
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  6. rjarois

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    WW8S, very smart design....i didnt enter contest, as im not that clever with the mice.....anyhow, if i was to bet, my money would be on your mouse trap. randy.
     
    rjarois, Mar 8, 2009
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  7. 7up

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    They all look pretty clever to me. I'd say the winner will be which ever trap the mouse decides to visit because I think they all would trap a mouse.

    WW8S, I like the Super Cat. lol
     
    7up, Mar 8, 2009
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  8. kyyu

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    No one had noticed that Super Cat is a little racy. :p
     
    kyyu, Mar 8, 2009
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  9. WW8S

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    Thanks guys, I think they all look really good too. I would like to have glued a weight to my door to make sure it closes. It's just not that reliable as is and I didn't have time to come up with something different.

    I think 7Up or AnyAirRC both look like the most reliable mechanisms. It will be interesting to see what Mark and Trish think. I'd love to see what they would have come up with.
    Dave
     
    WW8S, Mar 8, 2009
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  10. theothers

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    New Rule :) We are going to put all of the mouse traps in the Kitchen tomorrow night and hopefully have the web cam up and running a LIVE feed.

    Sorry guys. It just got too late on us. We want to do be sure to bait and set all of the traps correctly and not rush through it because we are tired.

    Thank you everyone for watching and submitting your mouse trap designs. We'll should be back on around 9:00 EST tomorrow night.

    FYI, there are two more traps to be cut. We'll show them to you tomorrow night.

    Thank you again and good night.
     
    theothers, Mar 8, 2009
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  11. theothers

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    The traps have been baited and set! Here mousey mousey :)
     
    theothers, Mar 10, 2009
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  12. Flashsolutions

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    I found a cool pgm to capture screen movements.... Do a google search for movement detector 1.0 and you will find links to download it.

    You have to have a web cam. Point the web cam at the screen.

    Save the exe in a folder and create a folder named images under it.

    setup the screen settings like shown in my attachment. You can test by checking the Beep checkbox and moving your mouse pointer across the screen...

    When you are setup, check the box to save the images.

    Anytime something moves on the screen, you will get a timestamped screen capture! Attached files [​IMG]
     
    Flashsolutions, Mar 10, 2009
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  13. 66tbird

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    I gave the motion capture thing a try and no go here. I get good vid but no save, had an error loop run away once- kind of funny- but after a half hour of trying everything I know to basically crack it, I tossed in the towel. maybe later.
     
    66tbird, Mar 10, 2009
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  14. kram242

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    Flashsolutions,
    Good find thanks :)
    Mark
     
    kram242, Mar 10, 2009
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  15. kyyu

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    Flashsolutions,

    Nice find. That tiny window in the upper right, has so much better color. Is your web cam correcting it?

    -Kwok
     
    kyyu, Mar 11, 2009
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  16. 7up

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    3:05 is when the live feed stopped. :shock:
     
    7up, Mar 11, 2009
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  17. Flashsolutions

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    You have to create a folder named "images" underneath the folder where the exe lives. The error messages are telling you it cannot find the images folder.

     
    Flashsolutions, Mar 11, 2009
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  18. Flashsolutions

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    I haven't figured that one out. I guess the camera sees the light differently than my display settings show it. It actually represents the colors more accurately. Have no idea why.

     
    Flashsolutions, Mar 11, 2009
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    The only design I could think off was a square box, with multiple thickness for the walls, and a lot of tape holding it together.

    Inside would be a really big firecracker, that the mouse would activate through both a pressure & an IR sensor connected to a micro-controller. The firecracker would then be ignited though an electric detonator (available cheaply from Maplin here)

    I imagine the walls off the trap would try to break apart and get rounder but would be pulled back together by the tapes (lots of them) Kind of like a bomb-proof luggage container some airlines use.

    The mouse should be killed by the shock wave with minimal damage to its body (it is the "more humane part" I think) as it stand right next to the explosion.

    You also get the added satisfaction of hearing a bang in the middle of the night, waking up to think "gotcha"! :twisted:
     
    JBourdon, Mar 11, 2009
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  20. AnyAirRc

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    Any news????
     
    AnyAirRc, Mar 11, 2009
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  21. Flashsolutions

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    Mouse is still nowhere to be found.... [​IMG]
     
    Flashsolutions, Mar 11, 2009
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  22. Jnida63

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    He seen the new suburb in Marks house and went to Florida on vacation =P
     
    Jnida63, Mar 11, 2009
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  23. blindflight

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    The mouse is so confused with the market flooded with new housing....What is a mouse to do.... :lol:
     
    blindflight, Mar 11, 2009
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  24. 66tbird

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    That was good :D :D

     
    66tbird, Mar 11, 2009
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  25. Flashsolutions

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    You've heard that "a watch pot never boils" saying. Well it seems that a watched mouse never comes out of hiding.

    My motion detector captured 1300 images this morning, but they were all of Mark and Trish checking the bait.

    [​IMG]
     
    Flashsolutions, Mar 11, 2009
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