Adafruit donated a Raspberry Pi kit to the Milwaukee Makerspace. To determine what to do with the kit, the board requested proposals for projects based on the kit. Here's the winning proposal by Eric Berna:

As an outgrowth of the Travelling Gnome Prank, many groups have adopted their own traveling mascot, where a statue, doll, gnome, or action figure voluntarily travels with various group members to far off places. The group documenting the travels of the mascot collects photos and travel reports

I propose that a Milwaukee Makerspace traveling mascot be equipped to report on its own travels. Built around a Raspberry Pi, with the addition of a battery, GPS unit, and a camera sensor, the traveling mascot could take its own photos and report its own location.

I believe that with this kit, a few additions, and the tools at the Milwaukee Makerspace, I could pull off making a working self-reporting traveling mascot. With the help and input of artists, designers, developers, and makers of any kind, we could make this thing great.

This project can help build the Milwaukee Makerspace community by keeping the space in our member’s minds as they travel, sharing with our community. Also, the traveling mascot will encourage frequent additions to our website.

The project is making slow progress. It could really use additional help. Here are some sub-projects that volunteers could help with:

• Web page design and implementation
• Battery subsystem
• Camera subsystem
• Physical design.

• Eric Berna - Lead