How would you like to know when your doorbell is pressed even when you are out of the house? If you have a camera system you could even see who is there and if you know them you might as well give them a call to let them know when you will be back in. 🙂 Martin’s Hobby Projects site has the details on the Wireless Doorbell sends SMS
Andy Rawson built an open hardware Thermal Imaging Device for use with Smart Phones (the code and details will be posted soon I am assuming). We have seen the commercial version of these Thermal Imaging Cameras used on home renovation shows to pinpoint insulation issues. As Andy mentions these cameras are much more than the average home owner could afford to spend to learn where his house is lacking
Jon Bennett from JBProjects.net has just completed his latest creation. He purchased a cheap $9 remote control car, added a bit of electronics and now has a car that allows complete control using an Arduino. He has PWM control over the motors to give the car some refined control. All of the code has been made available so you could make your own.
  IronJungle was inspired by my Multimeter Clock when he built his Voltmeter Clock that also displays Temperature. He used a PicAxe as the microcontroller and has interfaced to a DS1307 Real Time Clock and a DS18B20 Temperature Sensor. Three trim pots were used to adjust the meters to full scale in setup mode.
You probably remember those fun Light Bright boxes that were so much fun to play with. This one looks a lot different than the plain white wedge that I had when I was young, but the concept is the same. Over at Mean PC you can see how a simple Lite Brite was turned into a Lite Brite LED Clock. You can see the numerous build videos that take
Hallstudio has been flying RC planes since 1989, lots of things have changed since then. Check out this great Cheap Tricopter Build that he put together. It comprises of a bunch of inexpensive parts that total around $100 but give you the a great tricopter base that you can fly and modify. There are lots of interesting tricks that he demonstrates in the video such as the use of
Rambo build a great way to automatically control his window blinds using a MSP430 Launchpad. It doesn’t do much more than just spin the rod in one direction or the other fully when the buttons are pressed but that is just the beginning. It would now be trivial to add things like light sensors that allow the blinds to close when the light level is too high or open
