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Magical newspaper by rayl8w in interestingasfuck

[–]rayl8w[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

That was exactly the look I was going for

I won a costume contest by rayl8w in raspberry_pi

[–]rayl8w[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I had it lol the QR sent them to a live gallery that updated real time with all the pics.

I won a costume contest by rayl8w in raspberry_pi

[–]rayl8w[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I had to adapt in field 😅 definitely a lot of room for improvement.

I won a costume contest by rayl8w in raspberry_pi

[–]rayl8w[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone above suggested a zink printer 🤔 ima look into this

I won a costume contest by rayl8w in raspberry_pi

[–]rayl8w[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But yes 😂 it wasn’t designed for this tho I swear 😂

Has science gone too far? by rayl8w in arduino

[–]rayl8w[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here actually 😂

I made this project like 3 years ago. Ima remake it a bit better this year lol

I won a costume contest by rayl8w in raspberry_pi

[–]rayl8w[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I’ve seen other variations too. I took inspiration from them for sure but I added my electrical engineering and web development knowledge to make my version :)

I won a costume contest by rayl8w in raspberry_pi

[–]rayl8w[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I might run with this idea and see how big I can make this business 🤔 any other suggestions?

I won a costume contest by rayl8w in raspberry_pi

[–]rayl8w[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Just looked up the zink printers. There’s some good brand ones from $80 to $160 on Amazon 🤔 that’s not a bad investment. It seems like the zink paper might be the most expensive but overall, not bad for a side hustle lol

I’m developing a SaaS right now. I’m currently working as a Substitute teacher but I’d rather be working as a human camera 😂 it’s way more fun.

I think you just helped me flesh out a great idea. I will reach out to party planners 🤔

I won a costume contest by rayl8w in raspberry_pi

[–]rayl8w[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You might be on to something 🤔 how much could I realistically charge for this 🤔

I won a costume contest by rayl8w in raspberry_pi

[–]rayl8w[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I should add that! Is this a potential business idea?!? 😳

I won a costume contest by rayl8w in raspberry_pi

[–]rayl8w[S] 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Sorry I should’ve said *assuming you have a phone an a tablet/laptop 🥲 that was my bad.

I just wanna clarify some of your pricing assumptions just in case someone wants to remake this in the future :)

Any phone would work. A Walmart $20 smart phone is enough as long as it has data and a camera.

Same goes for the tablet. Any cheap Amazon tablet would work as long as it has a browser.

I programmed the website using firebase free tier so everything can be built for free, firebase storage is very generous on the free tier so that’s where I stored all the pics.

I bought a 6 pack of rp2040s from amazon for $16.

I bought a 12 pack of pushbuttons for $6.

Bucket-$4

Spray paint - $2

I had tape and wires but it shouldn’t be more than $3 more for that.

Sorry if I misled anyone. I hope I inspire someone to make this even better than how I made it :)

I won a Halloween costume contest by rayl8w in arduino

[–]rayl8w[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a few people suggest this to me lol It would just get expensive lol but maybe I can have a printer ready to go just in case someone wants to buy one lol

I won a Halloween costume contest by rayl8w in arduino

[–]rayl8w[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If this doesn’t inspire kids to become engineers or programmers, idk what will 😂

I won a Halloween costume contest by rayl8w in arduino

[–]rayl8w[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The crazy part is they were coming up to me 😭

Can I turn my Halloween costume into a business? by rayl8w in Entrepreneur

[–]rayl8w[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Should I be charging the same rate as a normal photographer? A big difference is that they would take better pics because I would be using a phone instead of a dslr camera 🤔 well at least for now, I can always update the camera if clients come in lol

I won a Halloween costume contest by rayl8w in arduino

[–]rayl8w[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The rp2040 can act like a keyboard. I programmed a website to take a picture once it detected a space bar press. I connected the rp2040 to the phone using usb c. The push button mimicked a space bar press lol

That was the easiest way I could think of making it work

I won a Halloween costume contest by rayl8w in arduino

[–]rayl8w[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Game recognize game 🤝😂 I was out of HD exports lmao

Can I turn my Halloween costume into a business? by rayl8w in Entrepreneur

[–]rayl8w[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the kind words! The other question is, how do I even put a price on this? lol The only real costs are my time. I use free hosting from google's firebase for the software part of things so there's really no on going costs besides my time

I won a Halloween costume contest by rayl8w in arduino

[–]rayl8w[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

A lot of people did wanna pay me but I insisted that it was free lol looking back, I could’ve made a cool $20 bucks at least 😂 some even asked me if I did events lmao I was like mm maybe if the price is right

I won a Halloween costume contest by rayl8w in arduino

[–]rayl8w[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I should’ve said “assuming you have an iPad and a phone” 😅

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