linux babyrocker

[ratmandall]

ahhah genius.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=bYcF_xX2DE8&fmt=18

#!/bin/sh
while [ 1 = 1 ]
do
#eject cdrom
eject

#pull cd rom tray back in
eject -t
done

[bobbocanfly]

Ah, thats brilliant! I saw something like this where they used the cd drive to release food for cats. They ran it as a cron job so their cats wouldnt get hungry while the owners were on holiday. Unfortunately, I lost the link, but it was a funny video.

[ronnielsen1]

http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/28/diy-cat-feeder-powered-by-ubuntu-linux-cd-rom-tray

This one?


It seems, from our very unofficial research, that cat owners tend to be geeks. And to prove our point, we bring you the geekiest cat owner in history. Lee Holmes, of Ontario, Canada, recently combined his Ubuntu Linux (http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/03/ubuntu-h2-another-bootable-usb-linux-distro/) server to create a Rube Goldberg machine of a cat feeder. By running a script on his server, the CD-ROM tray pops open, a trap door opens, allowing cat food to flow down a cardboard chute into his cat's bowl.

[nvteighen]

Doesn't that damage the CD-ROM drive's electric motor? When it pulls back, it has to break the inertia due the baby... more than a CD-ROM drive is supposed to be designed for.

[signifer123]

Doesn't that damage the CD-ROM drive's electric motor? When it pulls back, it has to break the inertia due the baby... more than a CD-ROM drive is supposed to be designed for.

Maybe, but a more expensive drive may have a better motor, or you might be able to replace the motor with a better one. Then again i shove my drive bay shut half the time and it hasn't burnt out it's 4 years old. It also doesn't look like it's applying too much force.
I've also wanted to use my desktop with a lego mindstorms to do nifty stuff \\:D/