Hey all so i just finished my first project in a long while and wanted to share.

It is a laser trip wire setup that me and two other guys put together for a month long class.
It uses a TILaunchPad, some random hardware, then mostly Python code.

When the laser is tripped a picture is taken with a webcam, then a picture message is sent to your phone.

This is it set up on a desk. The laser is in the mint tin and the black box is plugged into the computer.


Not much to it, but here are the insides.


and here is a link to our awful blog

Definitely not as cool as a portable but was a good time.
Time to finally use that Verge screen I bought probably around 2 years ago =/.

Wow that launchpad board is pretty cheap. I have a friend with a photography business and he just mentioned last night he'd like to play around with some laser triggered photos.

Cool build!

Darn, I was hoping for a Half Life style laser trip wire.

Still, very cool. Is this supposed to be for surveillance?

Cool.

@LOB-You changed the classic avatar! D: