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
 This Robot Bug is very elegant. It has an Arduino for a brain and PING sensors for the eyes. “Software is quite straight forward, a giant state machine, that takes input from the sensor, every now and then. halfbug has 5 different movements, one regular forward movement, one turn (left and right) and one turn hard (left and right). In addition to that halfbug has a head movement
 Steve from Rimstar.org has build an illumination system for his bike. Most of us would use a battery and a light right? Well Steve is using the bike power to generate thousands of volts and spark gap to warn people that a bike is coming. It has the added benefit of keeping people from wandering too close to the front of the bike! “Want to make your bike
