The title of the design challenge is "Sci Fi Your Pi" and centres around the idea of creating objects from or inspired by Science Fiction. This video explains what it is all about
I struggled initially to think of anything interesting being stuck on the suggestions made in the introduction to the challenge. However it was my search for difference that gave me the idea of looking at creating a Steampunk inspired device.
The kit for the challenge comes with a GPS model so this along with the strong adventurer spirit in Steampunk fiction I ended up with the idea of a Navigation device.
My idea has been selected from a large number of applicants among a very interesting group of projects. So far I have outlined my initial inspiration and described what I am hoping to produce for the challenge. I have received the kit and I am putting together a plan of how I am going to make it work.
For anyone not familiar with Steampunk this video gives a fairly good introduction through a number of film clips.
The spirit of adventure and exploration (as exemplified by the work of HG Wells and Joules Verne) felt like a great basis for a project where I will be trying new things and creating something a bit different to some of my other projects.
You can follow my progress on the Element 14 community with the tag steampunk_navigation.
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