Dollar Store McGuyver Conference: Difference between revisions

From LVL1
Jump to navigation Jump to search
JAC 101 (talk | contribs)
JAC 101 (talk | contribs)
No edit summary
Line 10: Line 10:
[[File:DSMC-Table-Spill-2.jpg]]
[[File:DSMC-Table-Spill-2.jpg]]
[[File:DSMC-Table-Spill-4.jpg]]
[[File:DSMC-Table-Spill-4.jpg]]
The available materials were:
* Pedometers
* Fans
* LED lights (stick up, clip on and tea candle)
* Steel Wool
* Popsicle Sticks
* Window Alarms
* Salad Tongs
* Plastic Containers
* Yoyos
* Batteries
* Laptop Stands
* Water Squirt Toy
* Strap and Cables
* Cap Gun Caps
* Water/Wet Bead Soil Replacement Weird Stuff
* Funnel
* Fish Bowl
* Water/Spray Bottle
* Mouse Traps
* Punching Balloons
* Rubber Bands
* Picture Hanging Kit
* Spikey Ball
* etc.
* DVD


<table>
<table>
<th> Materials Bought </th>
<th> Materials Available </th>
<tr>
<tr>
<td>
<td>
Line 71: Line 44:


<tr>
<tr>
<td>
* Yoyos
* Yoyos
</td>
<td>
* Batteries
* Batteries
</td>
<td>
* Laptop Stands
* Laptop Stands
</td>
<td>
* Water Squirt Toy
* Water Squirt Toy
</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td>
* Strap and Cables
* Strap and Cables
</td>
<td>
* Cap Gun Caps
* Cap Gun Caps
</td>
<td>
* Water/Wet Bead Soil Replacement Weird Stuff
* Water/Wet Bead Soil Replacement Weird Stuff
</td>
<td>
* Funnel
* Funnel
</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td>
* Fish Bowl
* Fish Bowl
</td>
<td>
* Water/Spray Bottle
* Water/Spray Bottle
</td>
<td>
* Mouse Traps
* Mouse Traps
</td>
<td>
* Punching Balloons
* Punching Balloons
</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td>
* Rubber Bands
* Rubber Bands
</td>
<td>
* Picture Hanging Kit
* Picture Hanging Kit
</td>
<td>
* Spikey Ball
* Spikey Ball
</td>
<td>
* etc.
* etc.
</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td>
* DVD
* DVD
</td>
</tr>
</tr>
</table>
</table>
===Projects===
===Projects===


==Results==
==Results==
=Conclusion=
=Conclusion=

Revision as of 16:06, 14 April 2013

Dollar Store McGuyver Conference (D.S.M.C)

After the E.P.I.C. conference at LVL1, the participants were rounded up for another event on April 12, 2013. This event shall hence forth be known as the Dollar Store McGuyver Conference (D.S.M.C.). The conference was design to test the ingenuity of its participants when constrained by costs and materials. The results are presented here as a warning to those who wish to follow in their footsteps.

Rules

The conference's goal was to see what the LVL1 members and visitors could build if trapped in a dollar store. Several members, independently visited local dollar stores and acquired items at random. The items were then stored away from view until the start of the conference. Once the conference attendees were sequestered, the collected materials were dumped on a table and it was a free for all to build.

Materials Available
  • Pedometers
  • Fans
  • LED lights (stick up, clip on and tea candle)
  • Steel Wool
  • Popsicle Sticks
  • Window Alarms
  • Salad Tongs
  • Plastic Containers
  • Yoyos
  • Batteries
  • Laptop Stands
  • Water Squirt Toy
  • Strap and Cables
  • Cap Gun Caps
  • Water/Wet Bead Soil Replacement Weird Stuff
  • Funnel
  • Fish Bowl
  • Water/Spray Bottle
  • Mouse Traps
  • Punching Balloons
  • Rubber Bands
  • Picture Hanging Kit
  • Spikey Ball
  • etc.
  • DVD

Projects

Results

Conclusion