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Call for GBC modules - House of Bricks
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Fri, 25 Feb 2005 15:53:39 GMT
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It’s the Great Ball Contraption - LIVE!

You are invited to build modules, or just watch the action, live & in person. We
will be constructing a Great Ball Contraption
<http://www.teamhassenplug.org/GBC/> at the House of Bricks
<http://2becontinued.com/hob/> event at the Chicago Marriott, Schaumburg, on May
6-8. But we need your help - the more modules the better! In order to make this
as smooth as possible, we wanted to put out a formal call for modules. Please
send us an email detailing the information listed below for your module(s) so we
can smoothly assemble the full Contraption for this event. Then just show up at
the event with your creations, and let the good balls roll!

GBC roll call:
1) Module name & builder
2) Size: width & depth (preferably in studs), & height
3) Lift mechanism(s) & output type (continuous or batch output)
4) Preferred input: Continuous? Batch? No preference?
5) Peak throughput: in balls per second, or “bps” (aim for at least 1 bps)
6) Power source: Battery box? RCX? Pneumatic? Other? Do you need access to a
powerstrip?
7) Description: feel free to include what the module does, as well as any
special abilities or features, or anything else you want to draw attention
towards.

Please feel free to post this information to the forums of your choice, but also
email a copy to <brdavis@iusb.edu> so we can plan for the grand assembly at
House of Bricks. For any questions about the GBC or the module standard, please
take a look at Steve Hassenplug's page listed above.

--
Brian Davis



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