Sphereo Flares

This project is solving the Solar Flare challenge.

Abstract:

Use a Sphero's color LED [1] to mimic solar flare activity data provided by the STEREO image gallery [2] and related data.

Generate a macro for use by the Sphero MacroLab application [3] that mimics a timelapse photo set of solar flare activity.
Convert image data [2] provided by STEREO into RGB color sets for use in macros and other projects.
Generate custom macros on-the-fly based on the above RGB color sets.
Generate an online cache of image sets to RGB color sets to make the color data available without the image processing overhead.
Program Sphero directly using the Artoo micro-framework for robotics [4]. Display the 'latest' image [5] provided by STEREO, or query for a custom set of images, or poll the data for realtime updates as new images become available.
Push realtime solar flare activity to a Sphero instead of using a pull mechanism.
Cause the Sphero to rumble for notifications of major solar flare activity.

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License: Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0
Source Code/Project URL: https://github.com/aevans/Sphereo-Flares

1. Sphero - http://www.gosphero.com/bsh/
2. STEREO gallery - http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/gallery.shtml
3. Sphero MacroLab app - http://www.gosphero.com/apps/
4. Artoo micro-framework for robots - http://artoo.io/
5. List of latest STEREO images - http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/beacon/latest/