[senit] Vibrating switch

I'm sorry about this but have you thought of Ann Summers!!!!

I don't know of anything directly working as a switch.. I do like the 
Ann summers thought.. ! Seriously though, "vibrating devices" are all 
over the place - here are some other thoughts that may be of use..

If you have a friendly hardware hacker there are quite a few guides on 
how to pull the vibrator out of a nokia phone for your own usage.. Be 
careful on what you are googling though. This is the common method of 
making a remotely triggered IED (Improvised Explosive Device) - most 
famously used in the Spanish Train bombings.

Maybe somewhat easier though is the is vibeboard from sparkfun/arduino. 
Designed as part of the wearable devices (Arduino Lilypad) project the 
schematic looks straightforward enough. See here for the vibeboard - you 
can get it for a tenner 
<http://tinker.it/ukstore/product_info.php?cPath=29&products_id=77>
(the Lilypad by the way is a microcontroller board designed for 
wearables and e-textiles. It can be sewn to fabric and similarly mounted 
power supplies, sensors and actuators with conductive thread. nifty)

Something else that springs to mind is a game controller with rumble 
pack inside them. 
<http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=115372&doy=20m5> for example.

hope that helps in some way! would love to see the expenses form for a 
shopping trip to ann summers!

will

chris white wrote:
> I'm sorry about this but have you thought of Ann Summers!!!!
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> [mailto:senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of Imogen Wedgewood
> Sent: 18 May 2008 20:21
> To: senit at lists.becta.org.uk
> Subject: [senit] Vibrating switch
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> Does anyone know of a supplier of a switch that gives some sort of
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> Imogen Wedgewood
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