November 23, 2009

Miniball Solar Robot
DIY Hacks

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  Jerome Demers who is currently an intern at Solarbotics created this Miniball Solar Robot.  Since it doesn’t just drive around it seems to have a mind of its own. "This robot uses a solar engine circuit. A small solar cell by itself generally doesn’t have the power to make a motor move, so you have to store this power up in a capacitor, which is a small battery-like storage

Hack a Sketch - Computer based Etch a Sketch
Computer Hacks

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  The guys over at the Project Lab have made a cool Computer based Etch a Sketch project called Hack a Sketch. Looks like it works just like a real one. This project is basically the reverse of this Etch a Sketch hack that we have seen before. Thanks for the tip Jack. "An Arduino board reads the inputs from two potentiometers (the knobs), and sends the information via USB