If your next office party needs a tiny amount of fun added you could whip up this cool disco ball. Yes, the same effect could have been created in about 5 minutes with no complexity but what fun would that be? "For fun, Sid created a disco-ball wired to a servo-mechanism by a switch. Then, added a microcontroller (from a WSNnode) and some helping FETs. Then, controlled the node
If you are into audio and kit building have a look at this cool JAN6418 Valve Preamplifier Kit Build. Not very many areas of electronics have kept tubes alive but this kit uses two of them as the heart of the circuit. "Oatley Electronics in New South Wales Australia makes a few kits based around the Raytheon JAN6418 sub-miniature valve (tube). These 6418 valves look like small Christmas Tree
If you have been thinking about making some of your own DIY LED lighting have a look at this DIY LED Tube Light project for some inspiration. There is lots of build details and tons of good pictures to get some great ideas. "The LEDs in the lamp designed are driven using a linear current regulator. The following is a parts list for this circuit. This website will not
The EyeWriter is a cool piece of hardware that serves an important task. Tony Quan was diagnosed with ALS in 2003. The disease has left him almost completely physically paralyzed except for his eyes. With EyeWriter Tony can now draw with his eyes. "The EyeWriter project is on ongoing collaborative research effort to empower people, who are suffering from ALS, with creative technologies. The project began in Los Angeles,
If you like Guitar Hero and had some long hair in the 80’s that you are missing this game is for you. Tiago Martins, Ricardo Nascimento and Andreas Zingerle have been working hard on a system that will bring your headbanging memories back. Strap on the long hair wig controller, load in the game software and rock out with your hair. When you are done have a look at
If you need to send some wireless data from one microcontroller to another have a look at this Cheap Microcontroller IR Data Transmission project for inspiration. It uses an IR LED, a resistor and an optional visible LED for the transmitter. The receiver is just a IR receiver with no extra components. These receivers are the same that you find in DVD players other remote controlled electronics. Rentron has
Using some Parallax processing power Joe was able to monitor his garage doors to make sure it wasn’t forgotten in the open position. Using a Parallax Pink module the system is able to produce a Web page so that the door status can be checked from anywhere. "Parts: Parallax Basic Stamp 2 Parallax Board of Education Parallax PINK Parallax 4×20 Backlit LCD Radioshack Project Box Piece of Plexi Glass
