Chris from Pyro Electro sent in his latest creation, it’s a IR prox sensing musical device. As usual he has provided enough information to make your own. ” IR sensors used to detect the distance between the sensor and an object are a perfect fit for a DIY Theremin because they are low cost and they are reliable enough to get the project working. The idea here is that instead
The new format of the name the thing contest 178 is still open to be won. We have had some close guesses but haven’t had a winner yet so there is still a chance to toss in your best guess. There are now 7 image sections to help you decipher what it might be. More images will be added until it will be very obvious or it is guessed correctly.
Lots of us have smart phones in our pocket, why not use the power of the phone to control things around us. Troy Collinsworth uses his to control his garage door, start his car and turn on the sprinkler system. This is all done using bluetooth. This Daisy Works board and this Android software if the heart of what makes the system tick. The outputs of the board are used
Arthur Benemann who is an Electrical Engineering student sent in his picChess game which uses a DSPIC33F128MC804 Microcontroller. The PIC based game can communicate using a speaker to talk and a monitor to show the game board and chess pieces. If Chess wasn’t enough Arthur also added Conway’s game of life and a music player to the system “For the hardware the main challenge is to select a processor with power to
If you want to see Jesus Walking on water I think the closest you will get is watching the video that Rodger Cleye made showing his robotic platform that he made for operating in the water. You probably remember his Skeleton Riding a Skateboard that we featured here. I am hoping that Rodger sends in some pictures of the rig so we can see how he built it. “I have
Steven Rodriguez sent in some information about a project they are raising money for using Kickstarter. Have a read about the Wave Manual and give them some support to make this a reality. As with all Kickstarters there is a deadline to get funded and their funding deadline is 10 days from now. “WAVE MANUAL will not simply be a theoretical exercise but a documentation of our complete immersion into
I saw a cool bike on Zedomax today. It’s a Beer Bike by City Cycle that lets you have a few drinks while touting around the city, cool idea until someone gets real drunk and falls into the path of a oncoming truck. I think a larger version about the size of a real tour bus would be a great business in tourist locations. I was wondering how many other
