  Check out this cool Hard Disk Drive Midi Scratch Table. It uses the sensor from an optical mouse to look at the movement of a hard drive platter. There are a number of buttons that can change the midi output of the device to allow it to adapt to your DJ needs. The optical sensor is used to read a pattern on the underside of the platter to
The prize this week is an Arduino Mini Clone. This contest will run for one week (August 3 – 9, 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 @
3D printers are all the rage. Not sure where things will be in 10 years but I can’t wait to see what it will be like when you can pick up a 3D printer in Walmart beside the Lexmark all in 1 printer for $150. Printing door knobs and clothes pins will be second nature, just like printing a garage sale sign is today. I am not sure we
  Just imagine not having sight to see what is around you. This DIY Visual Impairment Aid project allows the user to use it to look around using the ultrasonic finder that detects how far things are in front of it and provides this information to the wearer by beeping at different intervals. I am wondering is some type of low speed vibration motor or pressure feedback would be
 The Sugar Lab 3D sugar printer started as a cool project and has now exploded into a finely tuned sugar printer. “The Sugar Lab is a micro-design firm for custom 3D printed sugar. With our background in architecture and our penchant for complex geometry, we’re bringing 3D printing technology to the genre of mega-cool cakes. 3D printing represents a paradigm shift for confections, transforming sugar into a dimensional, structural
This project will get funded at $200,000. They are hoping to get it flying across the ground at 450mph! With dual 2000 horse power engines it has tons of power to get the job done. Good luck on Danny Thompson continuing what his father Mickey Thompson started. More Details “Streamliner Facts: The skin of the car is made-up entirely of 68 hand formed aluminum panels. They are connected to
AnalysIRÂ is an Arduino based IR Remote Control Analyzer. This system will help you get some use from the mountain of IR based remote controls most of us have laying around. Via: Arduino Blog “AnalysIR is made up of 3 components: AnalysIR Windows PC application. An Arduino (or other MCU type platform such as Raspberry Pi, Pic, MSP, AVR etc) with an inbuilt serial over USB, connected to the
