What is web 2.0?

Tim O’Reilly is the person who is generally credited for creating the term, Web 2.0. Web 2.0 is a second generation World Wide Web. It allows users to interact and collaborate with each other. It also allows people to share information. It could also be a place where you meet, read and write. Examples of Web 2.0 are: Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Edmodo, Blogs, Wikis, etc. The most famous examples of Web 2.0 today, are: Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. 

My Evaluation

Although making an ambient LED mood lamp wasn't our original idea, we enjoyed working on it. It was challenging and it included a lot of technological knowledge but it was quite fun. 

An ambient LED mood lamp can actually be very useful in real life. It could be a fun night stand or a table lamp. It doesn't use electricity so you can consider it as "energy saving". 

Design

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-an-LED-Ambient-Mood-Light-A-Beginner-/

This is the website with all the information about our project.  The picture explains visually how the project ended up looking like 

Final Desicion

Me and my partner decided to make the LED Mood Lamp. We thought it would be interesting to make this lamp as we have never actually made something physical by ourselves. It might be more challenging than the camera but we are up for it. We're going to have as much fun as possible and hopefully it's good enough to get us into the Tech Fair.

Software and Hardware

SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE needed for our projects:

Pinhole camera:

• A large piece of 5mm thick foam core board
• A 2cm x 2cm flat piece of metal from a tin can
• Three 35mm spools
• A ballpoint pen 
• Black acrylic paint
• A strong craft glue
• A sharp knife for cutting through the foam core board 
• A metric ruler
• A needle
• A fine-grit sandpaper
• A flashlight or electric torch
• A metal straight edge to aid cutting

LED Mood Lamp:

• Arduino UNO board (older boards should be compatible)
• USB A and USB B connector cable
• Arduino solder-less breadboard shield
• 3 resistors (330 ohm)
• Red LED
• Blue LED
• Green LED
• Breadboard connector wire
• White paper
• Scissors
• Tape

Advantages and Disadvantages of my idea

Pinhole camera:

Advantages:

• Captures images clearly
• Captures high resolution images within seconds 
• High quality images of outdoor and indoor settings

Disadvantages:

• Might break easily
• Might be difficult to judge exposure probably
• Long exposure time

(LED) Mood Lamp:

Advantages:

• Cheap materials
• No prior or electrical experience needed for the project
• It takes about 15 minutes to resemble

Disadvantages:

• Technology knowledge required
• Materials might be hard to find
• Circuity knowledge and C programming needed

Tech Fair Thoughts

TECH FAIR THOUGHTS

Me and my tech fair buddy are have come up with two ideas for the tech fair. We have to think hard about it because there are disadvantages and advantages for both the ideas. We came up up with two ideas which are:

• Pinhole Camera
• (LED) Mood Lamp