All: Please look at this Master thesis in EE at Cornell website: MIDI hamster project

http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/eceprojectsland/STUDENTPROJ/2002to2003/lil2/

Software team: Please look over the C code in his .pdf at the link below. Take a look at his asynchronous data transfer code. The markoff chain codes for tuning will not be required for us, since we won't be encountering much randomness in our colors or note position (well, as much as the hamsters generated- though if it was me playing the blocks the rodents might sound better!).

Hardware team: Unit is built! Your HW is to read this article on product design or "Creating A Killer Product". Be prepared to give me a 30 second synopsis of the main principles described here:

http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2003/1013/082_print.html