This GPS Dog Collar by Adafruit Tracks how far your Dog has Walked. This is great to make sure your dog is getting a healthy amount every day. It is based on a small microcontroller board, a GPS module and a cool OLED display. Becky Stern shows us how she put together the project in the video below. That ribbon material that is used to make the electronics look
 If you are like us you have a cat that roams the house and pushes the boundaries. When our current cat came home for the first time he was often seen sleeping in the middle of the table, chasing him off the tables for a week or so did the trick and now he knows that the tables are off limits. Very occasionally he still sneaks up on
So you thought that your camera gear was kick ass? Have a look at the rig that Pedro Guimaraes has put together. If a 3D RED camera system wasn’t enough he has linked in his steadicam onto a Segway so that he can drive around by simply leaning and effortlessly swing around the huge monstrosity of a camera to capture the optimal smooth shot. I can’t wait to see
Jeri shares some interesting build details of the C64 Bass Guitar. The brains of the system is a Spartan FPGA, I was surprized to see that the pickups were made using round disk piezo elements that were cut into rectangles. I didn’t think that a piezo element would work properly if it were cut like that. I guess they are much more robust that I had thought! If you
The prize this week is a non contact AC test pen. This pen can be used to test if AC voltage is present in a wire without needing to touch the bare conductor. This contest will run for one week (July 8 – 13, 2012). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item above and what it can be used for. Please do not
 This Remote Control PVC Pipe is one of the strangest remote control projects I have ever seen. This RC vehicle is using drill motors to provide the get us an go. We have seen drill motors used in an RC project before but it was more of a motor replacement situation. “Smooth start required something to push the speed control of the drills. I used one of the
Ever forget a load of clothes in the washing machine? Most washing machines have a setting that buzzes loudly when the cycle is done but what if your model doesn’t have that feature? Our friend Viktor had that exact problem so he built a simple electronic Washing Machine Cycle End Signal Project as the solution. He didn’t want to hack the actual machine to include this functionality since it
