Melka demonstrates how to use a Nintendo Nunchuck to control 3D Studio Max with the help of an Arduino microcontroller. The code is available so that you can play with it yourself. "Here’s my setup under windows : – Arduino using a WiiChuck adapter from todbot (thanks kurt ^^) and the WiiChuck library from Tim Hirzel – Data sent to Processing via serial connection and translated to MIDI CC
Sixerdoodle has created a bunch of cool projects, this Automatic Cat Water Dispenser is one of cool! Why not automate some of your pet tasks. 🙂 "Somehow our cats learned to drink from the faucet. We’d turn the water on for them, but they never turn it off when they were done! I’m sure there are other cat owners out there with a similar problem. So, I built the Cat
New Zealander based Andre Harley has come up with an interesting concept, an automated vehicle would be able to rescue you to when you get into trouble on the water. Having a bunch of these ready to spring into action could be better protection than a few lifeguards watching over a huge section of water. "Each swimmer wears a GPS unit which can be activated should the swimmer become
This Nintendo Gamecube WALL-E Case Mod looks just like the robot in the movie WALL-E. "So, you have an old Nintendo Gamecube just sitting in your house. What should you do with it? Maybe try something like this. I can’t think of a better way to show your old, dusty Gamecube some love, than to mod it into an adorable robot from the latest Pixar success, WALL-E." Via: Digg
If you are interested in seeing what is going on with your garden this Garden Monitor Project is something you should take a look at. It is using a Picaxe microcontroller and has an interesting home brew communication process. All of the schematics and source code are also provided. "One day we had a good hard rain and I could see it the graph of the data; the surface temperature
This Hyperbike looks like it would work well in the long sunny days of summer, the batteries should have a decent charge by the time it is needed for the trip home. "The Hyperbike feasibility study will investigate the influence of emerging storage and electric machinery and control technologies on electric bicycles (PEDELECS and work bikes). New opportunities arise from new efficient and lightweight electric machines, inverters (buck-boost) and
Congratulations to the winner for the last contest. The prize will help you to have a closer look at custom circuit boards, board repairs etc. This contest will run for one week (July 5 – July 11, 2008) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done with it. Please do not give
