Check out this cool DIY Pandora Player called the PandoraBar that Jianyi Liu built. His inspiration was the Mighty Ohm radio that we saw back in 2009. The initial thought was to use a router as the main processor but in the end Jianyi used the Beagle Board since it had the processing power needed to run the device. The case looks great, and it looks like it works
If you enjoy biking this Open Source Smartbike project will be of interest to you. Luis Cruz who brought us Eyeboards last year is now enrolled in the University of New Orleans and has started this new project. Luis will make the code and schematics available in December so you could make your own. If you would prefer to buy one you could support his Indiegogo. “The Smartbike is
We have seen lots of these word clock builds. Our friend Muris has just completed his word clock build, he is using a ATmega328P microcontroller to command the 248 LED matrix to show the time and a little something special (watch the video at around the 32 second mark). Atmel AT42QT1011 touch sensors add a nice way to interface with the clock and I am impressed by the professional
 John Baichtal from Make shared this cool Cocktail Making Machine that is based on the Arduino. Enjoying a great drink is one thing but watching it being made by this machine would be just as fun. The Inebriator isn’t open source as mentioned by John but I don’t think everything needs to be. It is nice when something is since everyone can see how it was done and
Instructables user bennelson shows us how you can make a Smart Grid using an old UPS. This allows him to charge his 48 volt electric motorcycle using a discarded UPS. When the power fails he can also backfeed his garage or house using his UPS system which would then draw current from the motorcycle battery to generate AC power. He unplugs the UPS AC power from the wall, connects
If you have one of the new Raspberry Pi microcontrollers there may come a time where you need to print something. Tobias sent in his Raspberry Pi Printer Interface project where he does just that. He built a method of capturing web sites as an image which allowed them to be printed. Tobias has made the code available for you to have a good starting point for your printing
How would you like to know when your doorbell is pressed even when you are out of the house? If you have a camera system you could even see who is there and if you know them you might as well give them a call to let them know when you will be back in. 🙂 Martin’s Hobby Projects site has the details on the Wireless Doorbell sends SMS
