[Eric] has put together a basic python script to scrape election results from CNN.com. It utilizes urllib2 to return the prominent as well as electoral votes for every celebration as well as throws an ElectionWon exception when CNN phone calls the race. He’s planning on hooking this to DMX managed RGB LED illumination that will shift to either blue or red as the night progresses. It’s a excellent starting point if you want to pull off something similar.
You may keep in mind [Eric] for building the IKEA MAME table as well as the TRS-80 wireless terminal.
[photo: skenmy]
UPDATE: [Garrett] of macetech is putting the completing touches on his version which utilizes 32 ShiftBrite modules as well as 2 4-digit screens managed by a CuBLOC.