I'd be up for that
On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 12:49 AM, J. F. Corner <j...@5n4k3.com> wrote: > Train track? locomotives? > A FELLOW FOAMER???!!!!! > > *HOLY DIESEL ELECTRIC, TELL ME MORE!!!!!* > > > On 2/5/2014 18:59, Martin Pinkston wrote: > > After I got home from the meeting last night, I got to thinking about a > couple of things. The one being that once winter ends and decent weather > start, I will be spending more time out at the train track. Because we hold > public runs every other Sunday. A public run is where we give the public > free rides on the trains. Some days we have 700 to 800 people come ride > with us. It is open to any one who shows up and you all are welcome to come > and see us. > So, along those lines, I keep thinking about some of the cool things that > could be done with a RPi or Arduino or BB in conjunction with this hobby. > For instance, just a simple set up to graphically represent a locomotives > location on the track on a laptop and then post that info on a webpage. > From there, the imagination could run wild, like controlling signal blocks > and switches, and the nice thing is that once the bugs were worked out, an > actual product could be packaged and easily marketed on the web or our > hobby publications. > Again, this is just a thought. > I don't believe there is a huge demand for any such products, but when > has that ever stopped pharmaceutical companies. They are always coming out > with a pill and then generating the demand for it by marketing. Latest > example, testostrone replacement theropies. > Besides, I think it would be a great learning experience in programming > and might make a decent project for teaching programming. > > Again, just a thought. > > Take Care and Have Fun Always. > > Martin > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing > listDiscuss@synhak.orghttps://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@synhak.org > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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