This is our server area in the basement. The two computers on the wall are dedicated SETI@home crunchers and the white server on the platform is a test box and CD ripper. The main COJ server is the black server, hidden behind the test box. It's running a 2.8GHz P4 with 512MB DDR memory. It runs parts of the network and also acts as a fileserver/webserver. This server handles image serving for COJ and takes control requests from the website. The actual COJ website is hosted on a dedicated server in California.

So here's the new version of the COJ Controller we spent many hours working on. The servos are mounted so that they can press down different buttons. Each button controls something different on COJ. We don't have a ton of stuff connected right now so there are quite a few empty servo holders. Our new controller allows us to connect external servos and easy change things around. The controller connects to an ethernet cable which is then routed back to the server where it is adapted to a serial connector.

This is our pan/tilt prototype. It's been working great for quite some time now. We've had to tweak a few things with it now and then, but it allows users to get a huge viewing area of the basement.

This is the camera located in the loft of our house. There is a thermometer on the windowsill, lights around the window, and a lamp next to the window. You can control both of the lights. There is also a nice view out the window of the 2nd story of the house.

An overview of the COJ area.

A picture of our old train set that used to be controlled on Control Our Junk. This was the original project that started it all. We're not sure what to do with the old train set yet, so it sits here.

At this point we were beginning construction of the train tracks.

Now we were getting somewhere with the train tracks.

We finished the plexiglass enclosure that would go inside of the train tracks.

Everything was done. This was version one of the new COJ control area.

Later, the electrical taped pop cans for the R/C Car were replaced with these new covers that Eric created.

Here's a picture of the original train controller that started Control Our Junk. We now have a new version of the controller, seen above.

A side view of the old train controller.