October 2009

Robot plays Rockband on the iPhone with Simulated Fingers

  Rockband is lots of fun. What can be more fun than rocking out with Rockband on your iPhone? Well the answer is making a robot that is better than you at it! This robot uses sensors to look for the blips streaming down the screen and cool simulated fingers to jam on the touchscreen.  The Arduino code is available so you can make your own iPhone Rockband robot. Thanks

Half Car Driving Around

  Who says you need a entire car to drive around in. This two seat car looks nice and comfortable. The only issue looks to be that it stops quite abruptly when reversing. 🙂

Name the Thing Contest - 105

Thanks to Screen Sleuth for sponsoring the contest this week. They will be providing a $30 gift certificate so you can get some great swag over at Adafruit Industries. Screen Sleuth is there to save you money by listing all the best prices by various categories, it doesn’t matter if you’re looking specifically for Samsung HDTVs or only Best Buy TV deals. "If you’re in the market for a new

Open Source Sentry Gun

  This Open Source Sentry Gun project is not as advanced as some of the Sentry Gun Projects that we have seen but it is something that can be built on and has the ability to become a robust platform. If this is something that you would like to contribute to why not contact the author and see how you can help. Thanks Diederick "What can you attach to your

TV Clean Review - Monitor and TV Cleaning System

The folks at TV Clean sent in a cleaning system for us to review. It’s a cleaning device that is used to remove dirt and dust from your monitors and TVs. I have always been very careful when cleaning LCD monitors because unlike the old CRT ones then new flat screens are quite easy to damage. The TV Clean comes housed in a clam shell which keeps the dust out

Multi Color Remote Controlled LED Pumpkin

  Ian from Dangerous Prototypes has made a high tech Multi Color Remote Controlled LED Pumpkin. It uses a remote control to change the inside glow color. Schematics and code are provided so you can make your own. Via: HG Forum. "It uses a minimal PIC 18F2550 circuit that decodes the remote control signals and drives a ShiftBrite color changing LED module. The F2550 is a USB PIC with a

Switchital - Moving 7 Segment Digital Wall Clock

  Swiss designer Matthias Pugin has made a crazy clock called Switchital which is a Moving 7 Segment Digital Wall Clock that works by moving hidden magnets which arrange bars of 7 segment displays. At first I thought this was a design simulation but I think it’s real! I would like to have a look at the guts inside the clock and the controller that is an amazing choreographer. EDIT: