This R2D2 robot is a work in progress but in the end the creator will have it working 100% with his iPhone. The first steps video shows the robot under control of a standard remote but that is just a temporary control method. Have a look here for some of the iPhone interface information. We will have to keep our eye on the progress and report back when it
The original intent of this project was to make a MIDI device that would scan in low resolution images on paper and play them as music. Turns out that even though it is only using a handful of LDRs (photo resistors) is makes for a pretty good image scanner also. "It uses LDRs to measure the gray-scale of specific point of a image, and triggers midi notes from a
Daniel Eindhoven sent in his latest creation, this is one killer looking coil gun! The laser effects are fantastic. 🙂 If you love coil guns make sure you have a look at our top 5 coil gun list. "Fully semi-automatic, up to 14 shots. Capable of delivering over 18J kinetic energy, and speeds up to 110km/h! (42 gram projectiles). It’s a single stage gun, using a 8800uF(4×2200) capacitor bank
If you are lucky enough to be in Germany you might want to check out the high tech Shell Eco Marathon Europe 2009 entries. The event will be at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz track from May 7th to 9th. One of the teams competing is Team Aurora from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, see some of their car pictures below. "The current European Shell Eco-marathon record for a combustion engine
