Carlos Asmat just let us know about a Cloud Robotics Hackathon that will be taking place in Montreal from March 2nd to the 4th. If you are around drop in and participate! “I just wanted to let you know that we are organizing a Cloud Robotics Hackathon that will take place from March 2nd to March 4th. The idea is to bring programmers together (whether they have robotics experience
 If you have a junk box full of all sorts of motors from printers, scanners and other discarded tech you need to know what you have so you can use it in your next project. Thanks to Steaky for sending in this info that was written to help you determine what type of stepper motor you have and how to use it. “Not only do stepper motors come
One of our happy Alan’s Electronic Projects customers sent in a picture of their completed Gear Clock. This isn’t a project that goes together in 5 minutes since you first need to build the controller which will drive the stepper motor. Like most DIY kits the controller comes as a bunch of parts and a board that they all need to be soldered to. There is of course a
 This Spatial Sounds interactive audio installation could hurt if you get a little close! Thanks to Koen Coppens shot some video of it in action and sending it in. “Spatial Sounds (100dB at 100km/h) is an interactive audio installation by Marnix de Nijs and Edwin van der Heide. In this engine-powered installation, a speaker is mounted onto a rotating arm that is several meters long. Like a watchdog,
  If you are looking to pimp your ride you might want to consider adding a Capacitive Touch Sensor controlled Footwell and Glove Box LED Lightning. The code for the ATTiny85 is available so you can have a head start instead of having to figure out everything from the ground up. I think some of the major car manufactures should wake up and move away from the old click
I really like to automate everything around me. Adafruit has featured this cool Automated Curtain system which uses an Arduino to handle the control. You can also carry out this idea to bring an innovative change for your house by hiding this arduino based system somewhere behind your curtains.   Via: Adafruit “I built a controller so that I can open and close my curtains from the command line!
Want to be a bit closer to a super hero? Here are some useful yet interesting tricks to use a magnetic ring for some of your daily routines. Some of these useful tricks are discussed by Mikey Sklar from Holy Scrap who has mastered the use of his.  “Magnet rings are useful for more than just detecting the presence and shape of a magnetic field. My four latest tricks
