December 28, 2011

DIY Home Automation - using Voice activated commands
Crazy Hacks

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  Check out this wonderful project that you can use to automate your home using voice commands without spending big bucks. To build this, you will only require few popularly used components like: a VRbot voice recognition module an AVR ATtiny2313 a 433MHz RF send module low-cost wireless light swiches (or relays)  VRBot speech recognition module is basically the core of this project. It recognizes 32 custom voice commands.  Once a command is recognized,

Pulse Sensor monitors Heart Beats and easily interfaces to an Arduino
Complex Hacks

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  Check out this Pulse Sensor which monitors Heart Beats and easily interfaces to an Arduino. This could be used for lots of creative applications. Think of cool clothing that blinks to your heart beat. It would be neat for fitness instructors to be able to look at the ear lobe of their students to determine their approximate heart rate and if the exercise plan should be altered to optimize