netflixAndChill

Just a silly chrome extension to make popcorn when you start a binge sesh.
Will bring it right to you. And clean up. Eventually.

Flow:

• You watch Netflix, Chrome sends a server running on a local raspi a requests to make popcorn.
• The raspi, connected via GPIO controlled relay, starts up a popcorn maker
• The popcorn maker pops directly into a receptical placed upon a Roomba
• An Arduino, connected to the raspi via serial port, listens for the end of kernel popping as let's the popper know to STOP
• When popping is timed-out, or no more kernels are popping, the server contacts an Android phone connected via serial ports to the Roomba
• The Android controls the motors of the Roomba, guiding the popcorn to you, cleaning up what it (and you) spill along the way.

In summary: Netflix -> Chrome -> Raspi -> Popcorn Popper, Arduino -> Raspi -> Android -> Roomba -> You

Simple, no?

This was made for the Stevens Institute of Technology IEEE Home Hackathon
1 weekend
21 Nov - 23 Nov 2015

Second Prize

Team:

Austin Cawley-Edwards
Christopher Blackwood
Jesse Stevens