video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j72cPRk1vo
video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqJ7x72D2_A
Here’s a cool IM-bot, which let’s you know when your friends are online. This one is for Linux but it shouldn’t be too hard to make it yourself using a PIC 16F628A or any other microcontroller.
To make the device, you first need a push puppet. A push puppet is a small articulated character composed of several body parts held together by several strings that run through them under tension. The strings