July 14, 2008
Robotic Dog Fetches the Ball!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Remember the Automatic Ball Throwing Machine for your dog? Well, get one of these Robotic Dogs and you will have a complete dog throwing/fetching automation. Why not? This robot uses an Acroname CMUcam2+ for its eye and an Acroname BrainStem GP 2.0 microcont ... More
July 3, 2008
DIY Duck Cam is a walking Polaroid Camera!
Check out this Duck Cam, a walking Polaroid camera that captures pictures and prints them out for ya. video after the jump. Therefore I am making a ‘Magical Image Digesting Duck’, by hacking digital camera, printer, vacuum cleaner, mp3 player and connecting them by a single microcontroller. The duck, Charlie travels to many tourists ... More
May 23, 2008
Evolux LED Lightbulbs let you control the Lumens!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Ha, this has to be the most technologically advanced light bulb that consumers can buy right now. It’s basically got LEDs and a microcontroller to control the whole schbang. EvoDim allows for maximum energy conservation by allowing the user to cycle the ... More
May 15, 2008
DIY Homemade Gate Controller using Picaxe Microcontroller!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a fun little DIY homemade gate controller for all you DIYers! here are the gates i put in when we had are first child so she would not run out on the road i had this idea i would put motors on them this was not as easy as i thought i started wit ... More
May 7, 2008
DIY Phone Unlocking - Use Universal SIM Unlock Card
Lol, this little Sim Unlock Card fits between your SIM card and the phone. There is even a microcontroller on the freakin’ thing, which probably does the unlocking job. It supposedly works for many phones as listed on the product site at usbfever.com. This SIM unlock is made of a very thin piece of FPC (0.10mm) with a Microcontroller moun ... More
April 27, 2008
DIY - How to build your own G-Force Meter!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Remember I did a G-Force Meter couple years ago? Here’s another cool DIY G-Force meter. The only difference it that it uses 7-segment display and a PIC18F series microcontroller. After seeing so many applications using acceleromters making a simple proje ... More
March 4, 2008
Giant Volume Meter!
Wow, check out this GIANT volume meter! So cool lookin’~ Looks like it’s some type of microcontroller with bunch of replays… Looks pretty simple to build… (the controls i mean) “Volumen”, a giant graphic equalizer built by Argentinian artist, Sergio Avello relays the ambient urban noise levels around the Re ... More
January 26, 2008
Atmel AVR HACK - Temperature Controller using Microcontroller AVR
Check out the Atmel AVR temperature controller hack, although I made a better one last year that can be controlled via ethernet, the case looks awesome! Wine doesn’t like subzero temperatures, and during wintertime, my “winecellar” got pretty cold. There was an electric heating element, but the thermostat was broken, so it was ... More
November 24, 2007
DIY HACK - HOWTO make some sounds with Arduino! Sound Part 3 - Playing a Melody
Check out the Part 3 of “HOWTO make sounds with Ardunio” and learn to play melody. Bit-Banging Sound To bit-bang sound we toggle an output pin at the desired frequency. To play a musical note, we need to use specific frequencies and play the sound for a specific amount of time. Generating the desired frequency big-bang style means figu ... More
November 23, 2007
DIY HACK - HOW TO Control an Arduino remotely with your browser!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode This is kinda cool way to control an LCD hooked up to Ardunino with browsers including your mobile phone. In conclusion, this code may be pretty ragged, but the concept is what is important and it should be enough to get you started. You obviously can’t do any ... More
November 14, 2007
DIY HACK - HOWTO make some sounds with Arduino!
So, you want to make some sounds with the Arduino you just bought last Friday? Check out uCHobby as they show you how to do some basic stuff with sound and Arduino including how to make “Hello World” sound using a PC speaker. This is the second in a series of articles about generating sound with an Arduino. The first article co ... More
November 7, 2007
DIY HACK - HOWTO make your own 360 panoramic photo-bot
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wow, check out this instructable on HOWTO make your own 360 degrees panoramic photo-bot! this is my 360 panoramic photo robot, the idea is shooting in 360 degrees in the smaller time as possible without errors, take the panoramic in a hard conditions and fun!. t ... More
November 5, 2007
DIY HACK - HOWTO convert an Arduino into AVR chip programming hardware for use with AVRDude
Into AVR chip programming? Check out how you can convert an Arduino into an AVR chip programming hardware for use with AVRDude! By the way, AVR is microcontrollers from Atmel. Check out AVRFreaks for good AVR info. (Thanks David for the tip! ) I ported the Atmel AVR910 In System Programmer protocol to the Arduino. Now I can write programs to my ... More
October 28, 2007
DIY balloon sent up 30km
a href=”http://vimeo.com/359554/l:embed_359554″>Launch and Retrieval from natrium42 on Vimeo.Check out this DIY Balloon that made it 30km! High altitude ballooning is an emerging hobby, since price of GPS and communications equipment has gotten quite low. It is an excellent hobby for people fascinated by space flight and telerobotic ... More
October 11, 2007
Wii DIY HACK - Wiimote Lego Tank Surveillance Robot
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Cool nice little wiimote Robot… This robot is composed of Legos and uses a handyboard as the control hardware. It has 4 wheel drive each controlled by a lego motor, and a pan tilt mount for directing light and the video camera. The Wii Remote talks to a Ma ... More
October 8, 2007
DIY HACK - HOWTO make a Arduino Beer Thermostat
This project deserves an A++ for making something related with beer! As I am gulping a Budweiser 40 down my throat, I find this email in my inbox about HOWTO make a Arduino Beer Thermostat! Cool… Keep up the great work David and thanks for the tip! I belong to a diverse group of amateurs who have a fascination for brewing our own beer. I ... More
October 4, 2007
DIY HACK - HOWTO build An Internet Controlled Security Robot with GPS!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Looks like Shelto has been updating his internet robot project from couple months ago. Check out this cool internet controlled security robots made with some CUBLOC PLCs an ... More
October 3, 2007
DIY HACK - HOWTO sense Squeeze!
Ohhh….. here’s a really cool DIY HACK that can sense your squeeze. (This might be good for making an adult-related game…then again…) I’m researching squeeze sensing as a mode of tactile interface. Here I will cover the process of developing a squeezeable sensor and the firmware/software concerns associated with interpre ... More
October 2, 2007
Robotic flowers respond to SMS and web input
Cool, check out these artistic robotic flowers that can respond to SMS and web input. Matt Gardiner’s recent incarnation of his “Oribotics” (robotic origami flowers) project adds a networked component that allows visitors to send SMS messages to the cyborg buds from their cellphones as well as input control messages through a web ... More