November 2013

Name the Thing Contest – 245

  The prize this week is an Arduino Pro Mini. This contest will run for one week (November 30 – December 6, 2013). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item above and what it can be used for. Please note the image above is a side view of the thing. Please do not give the answer in the comments. Send an email to contest

Wireless Arduino Platform - LightBlue Cortado

    Punch Through Design which includes Colin Karpfinger who has been featured here before have been working hard on the next project. They have come up with an interesting product concept called LightBlue Cortado that already has almost 1500 backers and has surpassed their goal of generating $20K in pre-orders by more than $66K. You still have 25 days to jump in at the pre-order price of around $20. This

Arduino based Bike Shock Project Allows the Shock to be Programmable

  Lots of things are programmable these days. If you hop into most modern cars you will see switches for things like ride comfort, traction control, performance style etc. When you hop on a bike you would expect the ride to stay consistent. John Brack, David Dang and Broc SommerMeyer from Colorado State have built this Arduino based Bike Shock Project which Allows the Shock to be Programmable. It uses

Friction Heater used to Heat a House

  oilpiggy is heating his 1200 square foot house with his home made friction heater. The heater is simply located in a central area at this time and it naturally radiates heat to the house. He has it plugged into a smart thermostat that controls the run time and temperature of the heater based on time of day. Currently he is heating his house to 75 degrees (with an outside

WiFi Robot

  Check out this great WiFi Robot project that used an app called Wifi Bot Control. “Features Uses WiFi only to control the robot and view the IP Camera stream Configurable camera URLs (up to 3) 3 Joystick Modes: Default, Simple Mode and Orientation Sensor Supports up to 8 additional commands via Command Buttons. Configurable WiFi packet interval. Supports a number of micro controllers – requires WiFi module/capabilities. Sample Arduino

CM 360A Solder Pot Review and a Look Inside

    I ordered a cheap solder pot from Ebay a few months ago. I didn’t want to spend a fortune since I will only need it 5 or 10 times a year, just to take care of the jobs where using a soldering iron to tin a bunch of wires would be a pain. I had used it 4 or 5 times prior to this review and was very

Chilean Drinkbot Pees out your Drink

  Not sure why so many cultures have funny characters with big penises but it looks like Chile also follows this tradition. Nathan Pahucki and Pablo Castro made a neat looking drink bot that has a Indio Pícaro doll that will pee out your drink order. If a doll penis offends you please skip the video below… Via: Make “The user chooses their drink from a tablet which is connected to a