When someone rings your doorbell wouldn’t it be nice to know about it when you aren’t home? Well this project will do just that. Pressing the doorbell will send a message to your cell phone and send you a picture of who is there. You often hear that robbers often ring the doorbell to make sure no one is at home before breaking in. I am thinking that a
 Check out this great looking Binary Burst Clock that Mike Szczys from Jumptuck has built. At first glance you might be a bit confused on how to read the clock but it is actually quite simple. Mike ordered the boards from Seeed Studios and had a good experience and it was cheap! In this design a MCP7940 RTC chip is keeping track of time with the help of
This project by some 4th year engineering students will get them ready to build the next Segway. “This project consists of prototype lab module for Control Systems II. The purpose of this lab is to teach 4th year electrical engineering students how to implement control systems to a real life mechanical system. The controller seeks to balance the ball on the beam. It is also possible to set a
If you are getting a bit tired of driving your car manually this hack might be for you. 🙂 The guys from Waterloo Labs built this car that can be driven around using an iPhone. They are using a CompactRIO controller as the brains of the system which might be considered overkill and does come with a hefty price tag of almost two grand! Thanks to Jody for sending
Ben shows us how to get rid of phantom power to save a few bucks. Thanks for the tip Stephanie. “In this environmentally friendly episode, Ben channels his inner “Captain Planet†persona and provides viewers with simple energy-efficiency tips. Using recycled parts, Ben also creates a new version of a wall wart that can power several devices simultaneously, such as cell phones, computer monitors and Arduino boards, while still
This Interactive Mirror project by OpenGadgets is based on the IOIO Microcontroller which looks like it is very flexible. A 32X16 pixel matrix display is mounted behind a 2 way mirror, this display is connected to the IOIO microcontroller and talks to the Android phone using bluetooth. With the current implementation you are able to send things such as low resolution pictures and video to the display. There is
Thanks to Lior Elazary for sending in this great project. It accomplished a few things, he was able to justify the purchase of a laser cutter and his kids learned come computer basics. His Mechanical Bit Adder Clock is sure to be built by many since he also made a detailed Instructable for it. “The inspiration for this project came from trying to teach my son and daughter about
