FozzTexx shows how he built a system that allows a Raspberry Pi to act as a Commodore 64 Disk Drive. His C-64 is tricked out with an Ethernet card so he shows us how he can pull a directory listing from the Raspberry Pi drive and loads an internet browser. It works but isn’t really usable for anything modern. The drive access is very slow due to the speed
 This is a neat project. The DIY Analog VU Meter and Clock can move to the music when in VU mode and also act as an analog clock to let you keep track of time. “I made an old style analog VU meter and Clock using 2 analog panel meters, an Arduino, a real time clock, and other simple components. How it works: The unit plugs into a standard
If you have a project that needs to talk have a look at the Network Speech Server by Viktor Criterion from Super Fun Adventure Quest Time. This design uses a Wifi module that listens for messages on a port. When a message comes in it is passed to the text to speech module so it can be spoken. This would make a great addition to an online business
 Max Thrun shared his latest project with us called the BeagleBone GamingCape. Wow, what an undertaking. The video below takes you through a time lapse view of the design of the custom PCB and the custom enclosure. The enclosure was tested by doing a print on a 3D printer before it was cut on a laser machine. The case design is an interesting layered design that is constructed
 Gavin Hannah from Kilmarnock, United Kingdom has documented his Ultrasonic Anti-Collision Robot Build that he just finished. He discusses the issues that he has along the process and has all of the parts that were used in the side bar of the site. “I’ve also coined a name for my project. SARRRO, which stands for Search & Rescue Reconnaissance Rover.  I’ve updated the site title to reflect this.  From now on,
Mike McMaster is interviewed by Norm from Tested.com about his full sized Wall-E build. Even though the movie is animated and the size of Wall-E does change here and there in the movie there were some good key scenes with things such as a Rubik’s Cube which allowed him to get a good idea of the approximate robot size. There have been lots of Wall-E builds over the years
  Check out this cool Hard Disk Drive Midi Scratch Table. It uses the sensor from an optical mouse to look at the movement of a hard drive platter. There are a number of buttons that can change the midi output of the device to allow it to adapt to your DJ needs. The optical sensor is used to read a pattern on the underside of the platter to
