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Grab some stiff paper and get to work building your own paper claw. [Dombeef] posted the instructions to recreate the claw above because he was unsatisfied with his previous design which was flimsy and unable to pick up just about anything. This version is a bit larger and it internalizes all of the parts. Being paper craft, you don't need much in the way of materials or tools. A push-pin makes … [Read more...]
Hackaday forum member [nes] was training for an endurance race, and rather than having someone verbally call out his lap times, he wanted something he could keep in-vehicle to help keep track of his performance. With the race budget running dry, he and his teammates needed something cheap, if not free, to get the job done. He scored a “broken” GPS receiver on eBay for a measly £4 and found … [Read more...]
There is a plethora of electronics tutorials scattered about online. Sometimes it can be hard to separate the good ones from the bad, and the enlightening from the misinformed. We recently came across a pair that we found helpful, and thought they would appeal to anyone starting off in electronics. In this video tutorial, [Dave Jones] at the EEVblog covers soldering, detailing good practices … [Read more...]
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s.... A flying RC super hero? No, you’re not imagining things. Maker [Greg Tanous] loves both RC airplanes and super heroes, so he thought it would be awesome to combine his two loves into one spectacular toy. The RCSuperhero comes in two flavors, measuring 75" and 57" tall. The larger plane can be purchased as a kit, but the smaller unit is only … [Read more...]
The team over at the Flying Machine Arena has been busy combining two of our favorite toys - quadrotors and Kinect. Like many other hacks, they are using Kinect to monitor their joint positions, mapping a handful of actions to the operator’s movements. Once the quadrotor is aloft, it can be directed around the room using the operator’s right hand. The gesture recognition system responds … [Read more...]
[Jeff] sent in a build of a voice controlled robot he just finished based on the Android ADK and an iRobot Create. The robot is able to obey voice commands telling it where to go. Currently the robot responds to forward, reverse, left, right, stop, and 'whistle while you work.' It's a creative use of the Android ADK with some obvious applications, but this project really shines with the write … [Read more...]
[Niklas Roy] sent in a project he just completed called PING! Augmented Pixel. At first glance the entire build is just a plain jane retro video game stuffed into an ATmega8 but looks can be deceiving. The video game is actually an augmented reality device that inserts a pixel into a video feed. The bouncing pixel can be manipulated with a camera - push the pixel and it goes off in another … [Read more...]
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