Alternative energy is a hot topic. If you are looking to lessen your reliance on the grid you might want to look into a windmill or watermill. In this video Buddhanz shows us how a used Washing Machine can be turned into a power generator. Looks to be a cool weekend project. Most people would need to opt for the the windmill version but the water powered type is
Have a look at the Bluetooth Smart Car Project from Elecfreaks. If you are looking for a new project they provide some nice step by step instructions to get you going on this one. Thanks for the tip Kathy “DIY enthusiasts can build their own smart car with simple kits like building blocks, controlled with Bluetooth 4.0 joystick or app. With simple communication protocol, the car can achieve human-computer
 DonEduardo built a Talking Autonomous Robot that has some personality. It wonders around looking around with his ultrasonic sensors, it can look to see if it is enclosed where it can take a nap. Every now and then he speaks. Very cute robot! The brains of the robot is Parallax based, the locomotion comes from a Roomba.
Check out this Color Tracking Hexapod by davidhend in the Robot Shop Forum. The thing is a bit creepy! Not sure if there is a difference in programming but to me the first video looks like something trying to corner some prey and the second is more like a dog excited and ready to go running for a thrown ball. Nice job David. “I am using the Pixy Cam
Steven from Rimstar.org built an interesting spooky Halloween skull to scare anyone who walks by. The video below goes through the construction details. “Two heads on a body are scarier than one so for halloween I mounted an Arduino controlled skull on my shoulder with the electronics in a backpack and a hand controller hidden in my hand with the cable running down my sleeve. The jaw opens, the
Toyota Tarago shows us how he installed some LED center lights on his car. Took a bit of hacking to get them in there, a hot tip of a soldering iron was used to do some cutting through the plastic. I have often done the same but only for some small sections. I think I would have taken out the dremel for that job but it would have made
Electro Labs has a new project posted, this time it’s an Arduino Lithium Battery Charger. With Lithium batteries you can’t just stick a trickle charge on the battery and call it done with a lot of older battery chemistries. There is quite a lot of technology packed into the design to get the job done and lots of room for user customization. “The lithium battery charger circuit is designed
