You can spend $50 on a store bought golf training aid, but Zedomax shows you how to make your own for about $5. There is also a video of the thing in action on his site. “It’s getting near Christmas time and I needed to prepare some Christmas gifts for my parents. Since my Dad does not get much time on the golf course these days, I figured I
Play the video to check out the cool effects of the VGA Expropriator. There are lots more videos and pictures in the creators site. “Video synthesis tends to be dominated by digital technology these days however analogue video synthesis techniques can still offer a great many advantages in terms of aesthetics, performance, simplicity, and adaptability. Not to mention the non-linear surprises which can come from working in the analogue
How do you make a better mouse trap? Easy add some electronics to it and shake well… Check out the results. “A bait will be placed inside the trap with a hair trigger originally designed for Humpa the Robot (a story for another day), connected to the inputs of a PIC microcontroller board, which is in turn connected to a stepper motor controller. Both the pic board and motor controller
The ultrasonic sensor and computer software provide a convincing illusion of direct interaction. “Another installation exercise. Idea copied from another installation for ease. Ultrasonic range finder is used to detect distance of object form it and data is processed in flash, and displayed in form of grass. Same technique can apply to many other skin like running people (from the UFO… )”
Driving your Roomba around using your phone is so last month… Today the cool way to do it is by tilting your Apple MacBook. I wonder what Todd will come up with next? “This project shows you how to use the built-in tilt sensors of the MacBook to control a Roomba. Since Perl hasn’t been used to program a Roomba yet, it seemed like a fun task to show
Doug Wilson has built a cool Altoids battery pack! Not sure what it is about the Altoids tins, but it seems that projects make great use out of them! This one seems to have all the bells and whistles. If you are looking for inspiration there are full build details on the site. “I have a 10 cell ‘AA’ NiMH battery pack (12V @ 1.6AH) that I use for backpacking.
10. Microcontroller Christmas Music This project will allow you to create your own music using a microcontroller. “With Christmas fast drawing near, I thought it appropriate to create a project that has a festive theme and also shows what the humble PICmicro is capable of doing with a little imagination and the right tools. i.e. PROTON+ Compiler. Everyone and their reindeer has created Christmas projects in the past but most
