Our team's project idea is a moving cut-out of David Ortiz, from the Boston Red Sox, swinging his bat.  His body and arms is going to be a cut out from the Acrylic material we have at our use.  Then the bat and maybe a baseball will be 3D printed.  We plan to use a servo and a linkage in order to create the swinging motion of his arms.  Also, we have planned to use an LCD screen to read out "Red Sox Homerun!!" when he reaches the end of his swing  .Another idea we're playing with is having and audio playing during his swing as well.  We will use our Arduino boards to control the servo, the LCD screen, and possibly the audio. 

Below is an idea we're working on for the movement of his arms and the bat.



 

We're continuing to play with how the linkage of his arms will work and how we will control the movement with the servo.

This image is what were basing our cut out off of.  We're creating an outline of his body to use for the design of our Acrylic cut out.  We also made a table in order to create a reference scale for his body.

 Once we perfect the movement and structure of his body we'll move onto making his LEDs, and surrounding effects that were mentioned before.  In addition we may have a background scenery with fans and LED camera flashes to add to the affect.  The moment we are trying to create is the grand slam Ortiz hit in the ALCS this past post season.  This is where the audio will most likely come from.  Also, we may add a cutout of one special fan that gained attention from this homerun, who is pictured below.