2. i was able to watch it over at:
http://oophs.blogspot.com/2008/05/download-iron-man-2008-watch-movie-free.html
(its worth buying a copy, which i probably will)
did anyone else catch the "50 gigajoules / second" quote describing the glowing white 'arc reactor'?
im pretty sure something that could source 50 gigawatt impulses could be used to power a bit more than a badass robot suit.
otherwise, setting up an inductive aluminum furnace seems to be like a worthwhile summer project. its probably more eco friendly than a jerry rigged charcoal furnace we built at the rpi eclub
http://www.rpi.edu/~kouttd/03/metal_casting_andrews.html
Posted at 2:59PM on May 3rd 2008 by Emperor
3. The computer interface for the computers in the movie looked like it had some interesting bits that would be useful. Probably have to get a better look at it to figure out how to re-implement them in a real interface though,
Posted at 3:05PM on May 3rd 2008 by Carpespasm
4. Dunno about '50 gigajoules / second'..
But usually inspiration comes from real-world research (specifically in photonics)..
Movies are one thing, but ultrafast leasers seem to be pushing the envelope of what's truly possible..
http://www.laserfocusworld.com/display_article/325414/12/none/none/News/ULTRAFAST-LASERS:-Michigan-group-achieves-laser-intensity-recor
5. The holographic projector was the coolest thing, I think it could be done combining a multitouch table, a wiimote, 3D tracking software and 3D CAD.
He used a IR Led Pen to move things on the air.
He also was wearing an hologram in his arm, How cool is that?
Posted at 4:35PM on May 3rd 2008 by Verdrive
6. Here is my question, inspired by his 3-d display for prototyping: How hard would it be to interface a program like SolidWorks to a multi-touch display? (It seems like these displays should be used for so much more than looking at a table-top full of photos). I spend a lot of time trying to look at assemblies at the right scale and angle to figure stuff out. Seems like multi-touch would move us a step closer to power-user design, Stark style.
I might even be convinced to work on a project to interface CAD to multi-touch... for hackers, not big money. Any ideas? The screens would be easy. There are open-souce multi-touch drivers. Just need to interface those to the CAD...
8. I've already started building a *fake* arc reactor that uses blue LEDs. Of course it doesn't work, but so far, it looks pretty damn cool! :-)
Posted at 6:32PM on May 3rd 2008 by Jordan Horwich
9. I think, the past couple of days I have been looking into building one of the parallax/lynxmotion robots with a basic stamp/servo controller and possibly an RC airplane receiver
http://www.lynxmotion.com/Category.aspx?CategoryID=67
It looks like a ton of fun trying to start from scratch with basic code to get the thing to walk like a person or atleast walk fluidly with the ability to code some pretty neat sequences.
Posted at 6:50PM on May 3rd 2008 by Aaron Dayton
10. I don't know about any of you, but I want to build and arc reactor.
Posted at 7:46PM on May 3rd 2008 by Tarnic
11. I vote for the computer interface in Stark's office. Judging from the desktop icons being on the right I'm guessing it's Unix based *either OSX or Linux*. Sure it's just creating a theme, but start small, then go big and try to create an interface that can track a "pen" across multiple screens and gaps in between.
Posted at 8:24PM on May 3rd 2008 by Ptr
12. I echo the computer interface comment, but specifically liked the lasser-scanner room entry / terminal setup that displayed different screens based on context and accepted voice and keypad entries.
Posted at 8:33PM on May 3rd 2008 by cliff52
13. I've always wanted to make some stormtrooper armor, but just last night, I thought about making some ironman armor.
As far as inspiration goes, I get inspired by the hacking community. I have idea after idea stored up in my head. Every single project I see on hackaday, instructables or anywhere else, I think about how I could use that.
Too bad I barely have enough time to do one project.
14. A friend of mine is working on building a vacuform table to make ironman armor.
Yes. I've done a couple lightsaber duels. Does that count?
I usually get my inspiration from discussions with classmates and/or teachers, though admittedly those projects usually fade out after a day or two.
Posted at 9:12PM on May 3rd 2008 by Skyler Orlando
15. The thing that I'll be working on, come summer, is the giant window display that was shown early on in the movie.
It would be cool to wake up and have all of my daily RSS feeds displayed on my window across from my bed!
Posted at 11:12PM on May 3rd 2008 by Mr_Mustash
16. #4 - The thing about that 300TW laser is that it only generates that high power for a few femtoseconds. One of the lasers in the optics lab I work in is actually rated at 3 watts, but is pulsed so that it's putting out ~0 power most of the time, but some 500GW at peak power for about 9 femtoseconds. This, unfortunately, is a far cry from a consistent 50GW power output from something like this "arc reactor." Someday, maybe...
Posted at 11:24PM on May 3rd 2008 by Ryan
17. mr_mustash, i thought the same thing about a week ago. no promises, but if it all works out right i'll definitely submit it to hackaday.
anyway, favorite source of inspiration is either dr. who or the community around here. not so much original ideas, but ways of combining existing projects i've seen to make it even more useful or fun.
Posted at 11:27PM on May 3rd 2008 by joshua
19. Here is one of my kid favorite
http://www.johnny-five.com/
Posted at 2:19AM on May 4th 2008 by dunp
20. just from the -trailer- I saw how I want to do the lighting in my workshop:
http://bigasterisk.com/post/ironman-cave.jpg
Posted at 2:49AM on May 4th 2008 by drewp
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1. I get a lot of ideas for projects from the Doctor Who series.
Posted at 2:39PM on May 3rd 2008 by Leif902