 Have you ever wanted to play around with an Enigma Machine? Well if you act fast you can get one of your very own. This Open Enigma Project Kickstarter by S&T GeoTronics still has 28 days to go and is already over half funded so it looks very promising. It uses an Arduino Mega to run the show so customization of the system would be very simply. The design
Adafruit recently took on production of the Fadecandy project that Elizabeth Scott developed. The video above is How the Fadecandy LED Controller is Made using the automated PCB production machines. There are 3 basic machines in the equipment path, the panelized PCB goes through a solder paste machine where a laser etched stencil is used to put solder in just the right locations. The board is then moved through
When you want to make a project small you might grab an Arduino Pro Mini instead of a full sized Arduino board but what if your project needs to fit into a blood vessel? F. Levent Degertekin, a professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology is developing some miniature technology that will revolutionize how medical doctors will look at the heart and blood
 Steve from the Big Mess o’ Wires blog has built a Home Made CPU called the Nibbler. Why the name? Because it is a 4 bit CPU (half of a byte is a nibble). Other than a creative name the project is quite an undertaking, it is built using 7400 logic all wire wrapped up for easy debugging. 🙂 “Some specs: 4 bit custom-made CPU 12 bit addressing,
  Air Hockey is a fun game, fast paced and can be very challenging with a seasoned opponent. What happens when you build a robot that can move faster than you and calculate where the puck will travel? A robot that is tough to beat! Via: Hack a Day “One of the main problems I’ve had is that the power of the NEMA17 motors are pretty fair for this
 Ok, it isn’t actually not a Long Nose Robot of Death even if that is what it looks like… 🙂 It’s a Raspberry Pi controlled Tank that can shoot BBs. This tank was mostly 3D printed and uses a Raspberry Pi since the original idea of using an Arduino was shot down due to lack of processing power. “What features I want this tank to have? Remote controlled
If you plan to compete in a knitting competition any time soon you need Agnes the Knit Bot in your corner. Via: Make  “DC motors drive her joints, using homemade gears. In fact, almost every part of her body was handmade, including her silicone face and her hands — latex made from plaster casts of a real person. The original plan had her knitting with needles, but after Noyes
