With this simple IR receiver you are able to take command of your computer from across the room using a simple IR remote control and WinLIRC. Best of all the receiver should cost you less than $15 to build. “WinLIRC allows you to transmit and receive standard infrared remote control signals. This allows you to control your computer using almost any standard infrared remote control. It also allows your computer
If you want to put on a complex fireworks show you need some way of controlling a bunch of fireworks with precision. This system has the ability of controlling 144 individual fireworks circuits! Have a look at the great build log, the system was built with some great care.. Thanks Dustin. “I just finished building the main unit. It has a 144 cue capability; there are 48 on the main
With this Motion Feedback MP3 Player you need to keep moving otherwise your tunes will get turned down. It uses a SparkFun MP3 Trigger , Parallax PIR Motion Sensor , and an ioBridge IO-204 Controller. Could this be the end of the mint tin cases? The French Vanilla Cafe tin looks to be a winner. 🙂 “I wanted the IO-204 to change the volume of the MP3 track as motion
Some lucky winner will be getting a free MakerBot! MakerBot Industries has a contest running where all you need to do is upload a cool design to Thingiverse and enter it as part of the contest. Unfortunately we all can’t win a MakerBot but for those who can’t wait to win one Ponoko has recently teamed up with MakerBot Industries to allow you to customize the bot and have Ponoko
Over at the Arduino X10 Collection site there is a two part series in the making of a DIY Geiger Counter Project which is built with an Arduino Microcontroller. Part 2 can be found here. I can’t think of a time I was looking for a geiger counter but you never know. The project is built around a Russian Military SBM-20 Hard Beta and Gamma GM Detector. If you are
Strobes are an effective way of creating atmosphere. Wizz Engineering designed a huge Strobe Array which used 24 small strobe lights that were controlled using custom DMX stage lighting equipment. “The Strobe Array is a matrix of 8 x 3 small 10W stroboscopes. Each strobe has a relay soldered into it which forces it to flash, and the relays are controlled independently by a MPLI DMX512 interface. Patterns where selected
Our friend Edo who brought us the cool 64 RGB LED Table has just installed some stair lights into his stairwell. Edo has started a new Youtube account which will contain all of his interactive furniture creations. I spoke to Edo about his creation and he didn’t know about the stair lighting controller that we sell, all I can think is that creative minds think alike. 🙂 Our original prototype
