Unfortunately, due to a few unfortunate unexpected time constraints, at this stage we do not look like completing R2 by close of competition.

Hardware-wise a few components we had ordered didn't arrive on time, and a faulty voltage regulator and dc motor made for a few unneeded delays.

Software-wise, it really just came down to a bad estimate of available time, perhaps a just tiny bit of scope creep too.

We will continue to work on this project regardless of that fact however.

So far, we have:

• The basic structure of the PC application completed.
• We have an essentially functional dotmatrix laser display,
• A basic controller firmware

We still have yet to complete:

• A usable PC gui
• A collection of alert plugins (components that check your twitter, email or various)
• A completed firmware
• A lot of code tidy up
• An actual shell so that R2 doesnt just look like a lump of wood and 10 minute epoxy.