If you want to put on a complex fireworks show you need some way of controlling a bunch of fireworks with precision. This system has the ability of controlling 144 individual fireworks circuits! Have a look at the great build log, the system was built with some great care.. Thanks Dustin. “I just finished building the main unit. It has a 144 cue capability; there are 48 on the main
The prize this week is a multi tool that is sure to help you MacGyver your way out of trouble. This contest will run for one week (April 17 – 23, 2010) . 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 the answer in the comments. Send an
This Playstation Portable LED Controller Board project that is sure to make your PSP stand out from the crowd. A tiny surface mount PICAXE microcontroller was mounted to a tiny custom board and custom programmed to provide a nice LED display. Doesn’t seem to be much details of the build, hopefully there is more detail to come. “I wanted the board to fit snugly inside the psp so that if
With this Motion Feedback MP3 Player you need to keep moving otherwise your tunes will get turned down. It uses a SparkFun MP3 Trigger , Parallax PIR Motion Sensor , and an ioBridge IO-204 Controller. Could this be the end of the mint tin cases? The French Vanilla Cafe tin looks to be a winner. 🙂 “I wanted the IO-204 to change the volume of the MP3 track as motion
Some lucky winner will be getting a free MakerBot! MakerBot Industries has a contest running where all you need to do is upload a cool design to Thingiverse and enter it as part of the contest. Unfortunately we all can’t win a MakerBot but for those who can’t wait to win one Ponoko has recently teamed up with MakerBot Industries to allow you to customize the bot and have Ponoko
Laser cutters are all the rage right now. Prices have come down quite a bit over the past 10 years but they are still not nice and cheap so it would still be a purchase that would hurt a bit. Interestingly there are lots of people who are making DIY CNC machines but not that many making DIY Laser Cutters and DIY Laser Engravers. Have a look at this DIY
Over at the Arduino X10 Collection site there is a two part series in the making of a DIY Geiger Counter Project which is built with an Arduino Microcontroller. Part 2 can be found here. I can’t think of a time I was looking for a geiger counter but you never know. The project is built around a Russian Military SBM-20 Hard Beta and Gamma GM Detector. If you are
