Spicy Roller

Spicy Roller

Spicy Roller

Spicy Roller

🍽️ What to Eat? Let Chance Decide!

🍽️ What to Eat? Let Chance Decide!

🍽️ What to Eat? Let Chance Decide!

tYPE
tYPE

Class Project @ SVA

Class Project

@ SVA

Class Project

@ SVA

Class Project @ SVA

ROLE
ROLE

Maker

Maker

Maker

Maker

Team
Team

Wren Wang

Wren Wang

Wren Wang

Wren Wang

TIMELINE
TIMELINE

4 Weeks

4 Weeks

4 Weeks

4 Weeks

🌀 What Is It?

Spicy Roller is a DIY slot machine that helps you answer life’s biggest daily mystery: what should I eat today?

Spin the rollers, watch the LEDs flash, hear the sound effects, and let the universe (a.k.a. Arduino) decide your destiny—ramen, tacos, or maybe... something spicy 👀

Spicy Roller is a DIY slot machine that helps you answer life’s biggest daily mystery: what should I eat today?

Spin the rollers, watch the LEDs flash, hear the sound effects, and let the universe (a.k.a. Arduino) decide your destiny—ramen, tacos, or maybe... something spicy 👀

Spicy Roller is a DIY slot machine that helps you answer life’s biggest daily mystery: what should I eat today?

Spin the rollers, watch the LEDs flash, hear the sound effects, and let the universe (a.k.a. Arduino) decide your destiny—ramen, tacos, or maybe... something spicy 👀

Spicy Roller is a DIY slot machine that helps you answer life’s biggest daily mystery: what should I eat today?

Spin the rollers, watch the LEDs flash, hear the sound effects, and let the universe (a.k.a. Arduino) decide your destiny—ramen, tacos, or maybe... something spicy 👀

🧠 How the Idea Was Born

This whole thing started because I’m the kind of person who stares at five food apps and still can’t decide what to eat.

So I thought—what if I gamify the struggle?

I wanted to create something silly, dramatic, and fun, that turns indecision into entertainment. Add some cardboard, a little tech, and ✨spicy chaos✨—and Spicy Roller was born.

This whole thing started because I’m the kind of person who stares at five food apps and still can’t decide what to eat.

So I thought—what if I gamify the struggle?

I wanted to create something silly, dramatic, and fun, that turns indecision into entertainment. Add some cardboard, a little tech, and ✨spicy chaos✨—and Spicy Roller was born.

This whole thing started because I’m the kind of person who stares at five food apps and still can’t decide what to eat.

So I thought—what if I gamify the struggle?

I wanted to create something silly, dramatic, and fun, that turns indecision into entertainment. Add some cardboard, a little tech, and ✨spicy chaos✨—and Spicy Roller was born.

This whole thing started because I’m the kind of person who stares at five food apps and still can’t decide what to eat.

So I thought—what if I gamify the struggle?

I wanted to create something silly, dramatic, and fun, that turns indecision into entertainment. Add some cardboard, a little tech, and ✨spicy chaos✨—and Spicy Roller was born.

🧰 What I Used

  • Arduino Uno

  • Adafruit Audio FX Sound Board

  • Ping pong balls + LEDs for the disco vibes

  • Bearings, wood sticks, wires, and lots of cardboard

  • A dash of ✂️ cutting, 🔩 fixing, and 🎨 decorating

🔧 How I Made It

Step 1: Make the Roller

Cut cardboard circles and used bearings to make smooth-spinning reels.

Step 2: Manu Stickers

Collected free food icons and arranged them into neat sticker layouts using Illustrator, then printed and wrapped them around each roller.

Step 3: Rotating Structure

Constructed a sturdy (and slightly wobbly) box from cardboard, with slots to hold the rollers in place.

Step 4: Arduino and Code

Wired up the Arduino, LEDs, and sound board so that every spin lights up and plays a dramatic ta-da! sound.

Step 5: Final Flair

Added hand-drawn doodles, LED ping pong bulbs, and a big red spin button—because every decision machine needs a dramatic button.

💡 What I Learned

This was actually my first time sharing a project on Instructables, just because our teacher asked us to. I honestly didn’t expect anything to happen—

but then it got featured and even received some lovely comments from strangers!

This was actually my first time sharing a project on Instructables, just because our teacher asked us to. I honestly didn’t expect anything to happen—

but then it got featured and even received some lovely comments from strangers!

This was actually my first time sharing a project on Instructables, just because our teacher asked us to. I honestly didn’t expect anything to happen—

but then it got featured and even received some lovely comments from strangers!

This was actually my first time sharing a project on Instructables, just because our teacher asked us to. I honestly didn’t expect anything to happen—

but then it got featured and even received some lovely comments from strangers!

Lesson learned:
Even if an idea feels goofy, simple, or too “childish,” just make it and share it.
You never know who it might inspire, or where it might take you.

Lesson learned:
Even if an idea feels goofy, simple, or too “childish,” just make it and share it.
You never know who it might inspire, or where it might take you.

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