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
Have a look at this Talking Halloween Tombstone for a cool spooky Halloween idea. “After putting down the Latex gray base I sprayed the tombstone with American Accent stone effect paint from Home Depot. The above photo was taken before the paint fully dried. After it dried I did loose some movement in the mouth (see video). In the end the use of a latex sheet may have worked out
Check out these Gigantic LED Alarm Clock build instruction and build you very own if you’re like me and fumble around for glasses to see what time it is in the middle of the night. You and your neighbors will always know exactly what time it is without much trouble. 🙂 I think these clocks are the biggest things that these Super Bright LEDs have made!
Trossen Robotics just had a project contest and the winners were all great. The second place Computer Controlled BBQ Smoker is my favorite out of the lineup! It uses the same logic that I use, anything can be improved with automation and electronics. 🙂 “Details: I/O: Phidgets 8/8/8 Inputs: Standard Meat Probe Thermistor Outputs: Phidgets Servo controller, Futaba Servo Software: Custom VB.NET application Software Process: Thermistor generates resistance with
For about a dollar in parts you can make your own Spooky LED Halloween Eyes! Other than a few things you would have around the house this is all you would need. Resistor Two Red LEDs 9 Volt Battery Snap Crimp Connectors (optional) “The two red LED’s are soldered to speaker wire, and then black taped to two short pieces of coat hanger wire. These are suspended in front of
Jascha van Pommeren created the Unibot, a robot that pivots on a single wheel. Video after the jump. “The Unibot is a self balancing unicycle robot. This robot combines the principles of the famous wheeled inverted pendulum and inertia wheel pendulum. A well known application of the wheeled inverted pendulum is the Segway. Take one wheel off the Segway and add an other one perpendicular to and above the remaining
This creative hack turns an old mouse into a camera trigger. You can buy one from the manufacturer but that isn’t much fun. “Dave Schlier had a spare oldie (mouse that is) that he recycled into a shutter release cable. Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t think that clicking a mouse is the most affective way to take a shot. But if that what it takes for you computer
