d_stilgar
05-25-2006, 11:16 AM
I've been thinking about doing a really cool HAL 9000 mod. As it is right now I'll just work on the case cuz I have no money for hardware. I think I may also build a chair like one from the movies. It may turn into a HAL 9000 desk for all the stuff I want to do. At a minimum it's gonna be in a cube server case.
The reason for the elctrochromic glass thread is because HAL 9000 did not and would not have a window in my oppinion, but the internals and cooling deserve to be seen. So I thought of this as a good way to do it. Plus, that glass would have that futuristic look that the movie 2001 was looking for. here (http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/Lab-RD100-awards-2004.html) is where you can see the glass in action. (This link actually works)
For the cooling theme I was thinking "The cold of space." The CPU and both the GPUs would be cooled by peltiers and would never get above freezing hopefully. The liquid cooling would be in black tygon. I've also been trying to find a way to get cold air to blow out the front of the case, showing off how cold it is. My only concern with that is the dewpoint, I don't want condensation forming in my PC. I also want the case to show off the silence of space and produce almost no noise (none if possible).
I want to have fibre optics for simulated stars on the inside and on the outer right side of the case. I also want the right side to have a painting of the sun, earth and moon, like in the opening sequence of the movie.
The front would have a HAL 9000 model that possibly could have a Logitech Orbit Cam in HAL's eye (I'll have to see how that works).
On the inside behind the elctrochromic plexiglass (or whatever I figure out) would be a diorama or model of the moon when they excavate the monolith. The monolith would actually be a modded 60 gig iPod video. I would square it off with bondo and paint it to look like the monolith from the movie. There would be little poeple standing under it like in the movie.
The res for the water cooling would be Dave after he is reborn by the monolith and is a fetus floating through space.
Anyways, my ideas aren't set, and I have no money for hardware yet. I think I will start on the case and if it looks good I will maybe try to get some sponsors.
Anyways, tell me what you think.
The reason for the elctrochromic glass thread is because HAL 9000 did not and would not have a window in my oppinion, but the internals and cooling deserve to be seen. So I thought of this as a good way to do it. Plus, that glass would have that futuristic look that the movie 2001 was looking for. here (http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/Lab-RD100-awards-2004.html) is where you can see the glass in action. (This link actually works)
For the cooling theme I was thinking "The cold of space." The CPU and both the GPUs would be cooled by peltiers and would never get above freezing hopefully. The liquid cooling would be in black tygon. I've also been trying to find a way to get cold air to blow out the front of the case, showing off how cold it is. My only concern with that is the dewpoint, I don't want condensation forming in my PC. I also want the case to show off the silence of space and produce almost no noise (none if possible).
I want to have fibre optics for simulated stars on the inside and on the outer right side of the case. I also want the right side to have a painting of the sun, earth and moon, like in the opening sequence of the movie.
The front would have a HAL 9000 model that possibly could have a Logitech Orbit Cam in HAL's eye (I'll have to see how that works).
On the inside behind the elctrochromic plexiglass (or whatever I figure out) would be a diorama or model of the moon when they excavate the monolith. The monolith would actually be a modded 60 gig iPod video. I would square it off with bondo and paint it to look like the monolith from the movie. There would be little poeple standing under it like in the movie.
The res for the water cooling would be Dave after he is reborn by the monolith and is a fetus floating through space.
Anyways, my ideas aren't set, and I have no money for hardware yet. I think I will start on the case and if it looks good I will maybe try to get some sponsors.
Anyways, tell me what you think.