Anyone know / have hobby electronics meet-ups?
Looking for hobby electronists and college students for a personal build / project.
I've come across recently a wall-mounted board with individually addressable LEDs laid out to match a city's subway and train maps, where each LED lights up in real time to show exactly where trains are on the network right now. Data pulled live from the actual live published transport authority data feed. It's basically a living, glowing transit map you can hang on your wall. There already exists something similar already, and I'm hoping to improve upon it, obviously. If this goes well, I'd like to make a couple of units and gift it to friends.
What's in it for you? Obviously - I'd pay for all the resources you'd need. I'd support interesting experiments, and love to see where we can take this creatively. We can also come to an agreement on what your time spent on this is worth as well. I have a few more ideas around scaling/coordinating this but for anything around cost breakdowns, timelines, or actually coordinating a build group — best to message me directly.