Steve Hoefer has completed version 2 of his Dice Reading project (Version 1 can be found here). I was surprised to see that only 5 locations of the dice are looked at to determine what number is present since there are actually nine locations where the pips could be located. It obviously works but for some reason isn’t obvious to me at this moment! "This version uses 5 IR
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
Our friends over at Brico Geek are having a cool Arduino based contest called Let Arduino Play. All you need to do is make a cool game using an Arduino and enter. There are lots of cool prizes to be won so it’s sure to be a fun contest. I am one of the judges and am looking forward to seeing all of the entries! Note that the main
If you want to test your hand eye coordination this Lunar Lander Game is sure to help you out. Best of all it isn’t like all the games that we see today where you are staring at a screen. This game allows you to see a real object moving around based on your talent. Thanks Iain. The electronics for Lunar Lander are based around ATMEL AVR microcontrollers. An Arduino
If you are looking for a compact, rugged, and cheap sensor filled package there is nothing better than a Wiimote. This Wiimote was Hacked to Analize Tennis Serves. It’s great that there is an abundance of creative people working to make interfacing to devices like the Wiimote a bit simpler than it could be if everyone was starting from scratch. Via: Hack a Wii "So if you are a
Ben Heck has just finished his latest hack which is version 5 of the XBox 360 Laptop. This time it looks even more polished than the previous versions. Unfortunately the laptop is spoken for so if you want one of these special units you may have to shell out some big bucks. Via: Techeblog “A few months ago I announced that I would be building a few more Xbox
Remember the 64 RGB-LED Color Table that was featured last week? Well believe it or not there has been a tremendous amount of work completed on the project since then. Now you are able to connect the table to a computer and turn it into a low resolution TV or play a game of Tetris! It will be interesting to see what the final project that Edo is working
