If you have been listening to the latest episodes of The Amp Hour you have probably heard of Club Jameco. Chris from Pyroelectro has checkout it out, he purchased the 8X8X8 LED Cube to check it out. It is Arduino based and looks like a well thought of design. If you decide to give it a try it looks like you will need to set aside a large amount
We have seen RoboBrrd before but very soon you may be able to purchase your very own RoboBrrd kit! Check out this Indiegogo. If you can please support RobotGrrl (Erin Kennedy) in her quest to have this kit become reality since I can see this platform helping all sorts of youngsters get excited about electronics and mechanics. You can pledge as little as $1 and you will still get the warm
The prize this week is a credit card knife, it has a ton of features to get you out of a jam in a network closet or your next camping trip. This contest will run for one week (November 10 – 16, 2012). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item above and what it can be used for. Please do not give the
Using a transformer for an old audio amp and a case made from an old computer power supply sure does make for a good looking DIY spot welder. It also has some smarts built in to detect when the welding electrode has been lowered to allow for a slight delay before the welding power is turned on. A pot is adjusted to change the actual weld time so you
Dan sent in a cool Automated Dartboard Score Monitoring project that he just completed. It is based around a dartboard that already has a ton of smarts built into it. The cheap ($15) dartboard has built in sensors that can detect what score area was hit and keeps track of the score on a built in LCD screen. How can this system be made better? Well you could install
Martin Raynsford has built a cool looking laser cut walking robot. It was cut from 3mm plywood which is also a favorite of mine. In the video you can see how smooth the action is. Looks like the built might have taken quite a bit of time since there are a ton of small pieces and each one was connected using bolts and locking nuts. The motor sounds a
Matt Richardson has taken some NXTChuck LEGO MINDSTORMS Wii Adapters and built a pong game out of the NXT system. I have never had a close look at the LEGO NXT language before, it looks much more robust than I would have expected. As most other platforms have chosen, it looks to be a variant of C. If you are planning on interfacing some nunchucks to your LEGO NXT and
