Beer launching refrigerator.

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Here is a gadget I would love to go buy, a mini fridge which loads upto 24 beer cans. No need to open up the fridge to crave your thirst, as the fridge will throw beer cans at you using a mini catapult located at the top. The beer launches and angle are controlled remotely, and by looking at the video I can say that it is very accurate. Sadly it is not available for purchase.
(Video after the jump)


Almost all of the raw materials for the refrigerator were purchased from McMaster-Carr, some motors came from Jameco, and the switches/potentiometer were purchased at RadioShack. In total the beer launching refrigerator uses 3 limit switches. Two of which are triggered when the elevator reaches the top or bottom of its travel, and one is triggered when the catapult arm is fully cocked. I also have a potentiometer that is connected to the rotating catapult platform. The voltage across the potentiometer is read by the microcontroller to sense the angle of the catapult platform.

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