We have seen quite a few Nintendo Nunchuck hacks. The Nunchuck is a great piece of hardware for hackers since it packs lots of great sensors and switches in a nice looking, functional package and best of all they are cheap! The LVL1 Hackerspace decided to use a Nunchuck in a Fire Breathing Pony project that they brought to Maker Faire Detroit. There isn’t much details on the build yet
This DIY Animatronic Eye tutorial by PyroElectro might be just the thing your next Halloween project needs! “This tutorial will present a single method for controlling 2-axis of robotic eye movement using an improvised gimbal system. This will give us control for the animatronic eye to move up and down as well as left and right, just like a human’s eye. Four micro Servo Motors will be used to acuate
I remember before small CNC machines became popular I would see engraving pantograph system in all of the small engraving stores in the mall. They had large letter blocks which could be traced and the result would be a tiny accurate letter engraved onto whatever was under the cutting head. When I first saw the picture of this Electronic Sketching Pantograph by Laura Harris I was wondering what the wires
Marklar who is a senior member over at the Arduino forums converted a junked radio into a fantastic RGB LED controller. When he looked inside an old radio to salvage some IR parts he spied a Rotary Encoder, these are a bit tricky to setup for the first time but they are great when you are done. For those who aren’t sure what a rotary encoder is, be sure to
Midwest Engineering in Pewaukee Milwaukee has put together a great video showing the robotic technology they implemented for this Robotic Bottling Automation Line to allow it to go from bins of raw goods to a finished product. I am curious how many man hours are needed to keep this machine humming away. I think I would enjoy programming this type of equipment until a customer needed an Automatic Chicken Breast
While at the All Energy 2011 conference in Aberdeen Scotland we stopped by the Langlee Wave Power booth. Thanks to the team from Langlee Wave Power for taking the time to explain how their power generating device works. This system is towed into the ocean and uses the natural undulation of the waves to move some massive water wings. These wings are directly connected to generators to produce energy. It
We are all aware of global warming,but what can we do. I think everyone agrees that we need to make drastic changes to avoid an environmental imbalance. One of these drastic changes was demonstrated to me by Stuart Dunbar from SCI-FUN Fusion at the University of Edinburgh. I met Stuart at the All Energy Conference in Aberdeen Scotland. Their idea is to capture the CO2 gas that would normally be
