Project Idea: Berkeley Ridiculously Automated Dorm Room (BRAD)

Ankita Katdare

Ankita Katdare

@abrakadabra • Oct 26, 2024
Here's an unique project idea that hostelites or students staying in dorms can try out as a mini-project.
During his freshman year at UC Berkeley, this guy set out to create the most ridiculously automated dorm room in the school ever. Three months and several hundred dollars later, BRAD has been completed!

Take a look:



If you ask, why does the motor make my ears bleed?
Well, It was designed to move drapes up to 35 lbs.

You can automate your rooms and show them as your projects. 😁 What a cool way to do your engineering project, eh?
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  • Harshad Italiya

    Harshad Italiya

    @harshad-ukH5ww • May 1, 2012

    Amazing ! I have implement idea of Turn ON and OFF lights using Remote. looking forward to make my Home fully automatic. 😀
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  • silverscorpion

    silverscorpion

    @silverscorpion-iJKtdQ • May 1, 2012

    They allow the students to do all these things to a dorm room? We couldn't even hit a nail into the wall in our hostels when I was studying.. To think about all the missed opportunities 😁 😛

    Seriously, a neat project indeed.. That too, if it can be controlled by so many devices, then the states of all appliances in the room should be synced across all the devices.. Good one.
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  • Ankita Katdare

    Ankita Katdare

    @abrakadabra • May 1, 2012

    silverscorpion
    They allow the students to do all these things to a dorm room? We couldn't even hit a nail into the wall in our hostels when I was studying..
    I sure was amazed by it. With the party mode on, the lights and the music at the end of the video was way too much for a dorm.
    Voice recognition was cool though - Homework mode. 😁
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