 Playing Table Tennis is fun but some automation can make it a bit more fun. Taylor Pritchard, Pol Rosello and Frank Xie just completed this Automated Table Tennis Score Keeper for their ECE 5760 Final Project. The project uses a Altera DE2-115 FPGA to monitor for the ball color to watch the game play and score accordingly. “We use a Sony Handycam DCR-DVD108 as the camcorder to monitor
There are lots of expensive Solder Paste Dispenser options but there will come a time that you just need to do more than is practical to do with a syringe and your fingers. That is when building a quick and dirty machine would come in. Good thing there is a system that you can model your endeavors after. The tricorderproject.org has a nice and simple DIY Solder Paste Dispenser
Yes you can purchase weather stations that are ready to go but where is the fun in that? The Raspberry Pi Weather Station is designed for people who like to take control of their technology.  “WeatherPi is a solar powered Raspberry Pi WiFi connected weather station designed for Makers by SwitchDoc Labs. This is a great system to build and tinker with. All of it is modifiable and all
The prize this week is a HMC5883L Triple Axis Compass Magnetometer Sensor so you can add some directionality to your next project. This contest will run for one week (May 10 – May 15, 2015). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item above and what it can be used for. Please do not give the answer in the comments. Send an email to
 Alvin Phyo built this quadcopter using Ardunio Nano and a GY-87 3-axis Gyro, this way he has total control of how the flight control works. There are lots of off the shelf control systems that would have been easier to get working but would not have the same ability to make it work exactly way Alvin would like.
If you have a spare Arduino that is looking for a purpose this DIY Home Automation Box might be something interesting to build. “A DIY project that is a home automation box created with what as brains but pcduino and arduino combo. Nice! This home automation box allows the maker to turn on or off the lights in a room or select color of a hacked oil diffuser (the oil
Eric William made a Gas Sensor Project that uses an Arduino to send out spoken words to a cheap transmitter that can send the current levels of the sensors direct to a radio. This is a very adaptable idea that could be used for many things, best of all the parts of the project are very affordable!  “Using the Arduino I was able to easily measure the gas levels. Using
