Flash - The Lonely Cougar
This assignment was definitely inspired by fall semester classes. In my Intro to Physical Computing class, Meredith Silverman, Ben Chao and I created the "Canoodling Cougar." Our project, in summary, was a six foot tall, animatronic hugging device. We used 2X4s, a lot of wood, a hand-made pulley, an arduino microcontroller, some very intense code, stuffing and of course, a cougar costume, to create our masterpiece. We had originally hoped to call our project, "Big Huggy Bunny." However, after some intense research, Meredith found that due to the high demand in bunny costumes (Halloween plus Easter) they were pretty expensive year-round. So, we settled for a cougar...