A microcontroller, a computer, a single RGB LED and a handfull of supporting components is all that is required to make this very interesting LED Fan Clock! “While I haven’t found an use for a led-fan yet, the thinking process did give me another idea: It’s possible to create a steady image of a fan using a stroboscope, which is nothing more than a device to create precisely-timed flashes of
If I had one of these Animatronic Eye Mechanisms I could put it to good use this Halloween. “In order to make it possible for puppet eyes to be animated a puppet eye mechanism (commonly called an “eye mech”) must be constructed. Some eye mechanisms are manually controlled by the puppeteer’s hand inside a puppet’s head or externally via a cable control, string or lever. Moving puppet eyes can also
Matt Denton of MicroMagic Systems specializes in animatronics for the film industry. Check out the very interesting (creepy) face tracking robot called i.c Hexapod. “i.c. Hexapod interacts with people by following them around. If his gaze is held long enough, he takes a picture and uploads it to a website: hexapodrobot.com” Some additional information (thanks Matt): “The hexapod was my fourth generation robot, and took around 2 weeks to
Have a look at this cool PIC 12F683 Microcontroller Based Logic Probe. “The purpose of this device is to test a wire to determine the logic state. Two LEDs show the logic state as either high, low, or high impedance (aka floating). Simply attach the ground probe to any ground connection of the circuit you want to test, then touch the test probe to the signal you want to test.
Check out this cool Parallel Port Relay Controller Based Halloween Light Show it shows what some creative thinking and a bit of code and hardware can produce. “The most important thing you are gonna need is the controller. There are many out there, but for this tutorial (its easiest and cheapest) we are gonna use the kit74 parallel relay board. 30$, 35$ assembled. This circuit is going to interface
You might not have enough time to build this LED Hat in time for Halloween this year but if you start now you should be finished by next year! It is hard to understand the complexity of this project without thinking about how it works for a few moments… “Okay, so I bought an AVR STK500 programmer board for about £80 from http://uk.farnell.com, which comes with an ATmega16 and an
Here is a must have item for all of the peeping toms and bird watchers out there. Now not only can you easily snap pictures with your mobile phone you can also take pictures from long distances! The Mobile Phone Telescope is sure to be a popular device. “This Generic Mobile Phone Telescope, with the flexible adapter to mount the 7×18 telescope, can be used on most of mobile phones
