First of all hello I'm new here! I was led here because I'm a senior in high school and in my school we do a senior project. One of the things we must have is a mentor. It doesn't matter if we only talk to our mentors online.
What you'll need to frill the requirements:
Someone who is an expert in this field
Someone who can get a hold of me at least 3x a week.
Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you!;D
Perhaps it would help if you would write a little what field you're interested in, what kind of project you plan to realise and what kind of experience and equipment you bring with you for the project? Or doesn't that matter and an expert hairdresser would also do it?
Korman
ill do it for shure
i am a fucking professional
The project is this: http://www.instructables.com/id/turn-signal-biking-jacket/
I plan on building my own board but I don't know much about it. So I found the main site and that led me here. I thought that hopefully I'd be able to find someone on here who could help me out.
Like i said
I am a total fucking professional
Does your school have a write-up somewhere that describes in more detail the level of assistance and effort required of the mentor? Would the mentor nod 3 times a week and say "looks good", or do they have to teach you electronics theory, PCB layout, electronics manufacturing, and C/Arduino coding?
I'm not sure what "expert in the field" means WRT something like soft-circuitry microcontroller projects based on open source hardware. That's sort of like the job advertisements wanting someone with 10 years experience in a computer language released 3 years ago...
The project is this: http://www.instructables.com/id/turn-signal-biking-jacket/
I plan on building my own board but I don't know much about it.
This is a nice and simple beginner's project. The code is just one step more complicated than the Blink Led example (that's the equivalent of Hello World for microprocessors) and very well in the range of an absolute beginner in programming.
For building your own board, if you insist on it, you can take the Boarduino as an example or look on your favourite search engine (besides Pirate Bay) for the keywords "Arduino breadboard" or "Arduino stand alone". However, I seriously doubt that your home-brew solution will be smaller or much cheaper than a Lilypad. For this, you need access to PCB manufacturing and SMD soldering, both things well beyond the grasp of beginners.
However, as your project is so simple, you might want to design a solution around a ne555 (or ne556 if you need 2) timer chip. That will cut your costs to for the processing to $1 instead of $10 for the Arduino, the costs of driving the LED and the LED themselves stay the same. Anyone versed in basic electronic will be able to support you there and there a tons of samples out there.
As with most projects of this type, the critical part will be the craftsmanship of the sewing and installing of the circuit and keeping everything small. The electronics will be rather simple. Also don't forget to plan how you're going to clean your jacket and how it will hold up in rain and snow.
Korman
However, as your project is so simple, you might want to design a solution around a ne555 (or ne556 if you need 2) timer chip. That will cut your costs to for the processing to $1 instead of $10 for the Arduino, the costs of driving the LED and the LED themselves stay the same. Anyone versed in basic electronic will be able to support you there and there a tons of samples out there.
Yes Agree with Korman...Anyway that's not good school project.
Jeckson
Anyway that's not good school project.
If you mean doing the blinking with an Arduino is a little too simple, that doesn't need to be. If the focus is on the programming, the simple blinking can easily extended to include light shows of any kind, time outs, accelerometer and other gimmicks. If the focus is more on the electronics, then the blinking can stay simple.
Korman
May also be interesting for everybody here to know where you're from, and if this mentor has to be in the same country, or if it doesn't matter.
look seriously i know you have not asked me yet but you can ask me now to be a mentor
i am a fucking professional
You are a troll :
OH SH!T WHERE?1?!1?!?!?!!?!1
Ur not funny. This guy is searching a mentor, not a troll.
They're looking in the wrong place, for sure.
I am just offering my services
whats your problem 
just being kind
No one knows what crappity smacking is, and you're not coming off as a professional either.
its the swear word filter thing for Fking
i am a fking professional
Ah...that explains why I haven't seen that filter very often, professionals don't use it.