Gingerbreadtron: A Gingerbread House That Transforms into a Candy Robot!
Posted By Lori Zimmer On December 27, 2011 @ 6:16 pm In Architecture,Art,Green Holidays,News,Sustainable Design Organizations | No Comments
We’ve seen some pretty epic gingerbread houses [4] this holiday season but this Transformer Gingerbread House, aptly called Gingerbreadtron, really takes the cake. The crazy candy-clad house slowly transforms into a motorized candy robot [5] right before your eyes! With a little help from an Arduino Uno board, some glue and cardboard, creator Brian Hall [6] made his gingerbread house like no other.
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Fresh baked gingerbread [8] was not the key ingredient in Hall’s masterpiece. That honor goes to the six servo motors concealed under the delicious rafters, along with a cardboard foundation for support. Hall created the sophisticated system to basically function as a robot [9], which could accept simple programming for movement and transformation.
After constructing the interior robot with moving arm and head pieces, Hall baked the gingerbread [10] and cut it into complementary parts. Traditional frosting glue was used on the edges of the gingerbread and gumdrops, non-pareils, peppermints and M&Ms were glopped on to decorate the roof and sides.
But don’t let the child-like candy-coated exterior [11] fool you! With the flip of a switch, the kiddie house actually lurches forward and rises up. Then the roof splits open, and either side of the house falls aside to form robotic arms. Finally, the gingerbread [12] and frosting chimney rotates 180 degrees, revealing Gingerbreadtron’s rather delectable face.
+ Brian Hall [6]
Via Gizmodo [13]
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[4] epic gingerbread houses: http://inhabitat.com/harry-potter-gingerbread-house-is-a-magical-sugary-delight/
[5] motorized candy robot: http://inhabitat.com/this-edible-gingerbread-star-wars-at-at-will-go-down-with-a-glass-of-milk/
[6] Brian Hall: http://brianhall.ca/gingerbreadtron
[7] Image: http://inhabitat.com/gingerbreadtron-a-gingerbread-house-that-transforms-into-a-candy-robot/gingerbreadtron5/
[8] Fresh baked gingerbread: http://inhabitat.com/diy-how-to-make-a-gingerbread-brooklyn-brownstone/
[9] function as a robot: http://inhabitat.com/nano-hummingbird-is-a-tiny-flying-robot-that-moves-like-a-real-bird/
[10] baked the gingerbread: http://inhabitat.com/crumbling-gingerbread-houses-highlight-homelessness-in-stockholm/
[11] candy-coated exterior: http://inhabitat.com/hometta-unveils-modern-gingerbread-wedge-house/
[12] gingerbread: http://inhabitat.com/top-6-delectably-modern-green-gingerbread-houses/
[13] Gizmodo: http://gizmodo.com/5871250/transforming-gingerbread-house-is-the-greatest-of-all-time
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