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It's less than 5 days away from Halloween and the projects to scare small children are pouring in. [Noel] sent in his robotic Halloween mask he's been working on, and the only way his build could be any better is by placing it underneath a child's bed. [Noel] took the mask he used last year and stuffed a few styrofoam craft balls inside to 'fill it up.' Two LEDs and a PIR sensor were fitted … [Read more...]
If you’re trying to lose some weight, [Grissini] has got the just the thing you need! He recently tweaked his refrigerator to throw out insults each time its opened, though not for his own physical well-being. While we imagine that an abusive refrigerator would help curb your appetite for late night snacks, [Grissini] makes no bones about the fact that he simply wants to effortlessly and … [Read more...]
A few weeks back we ran a piece about the convergence of making and baking in an attempt to create a cake festooned with working LEDs. The moral was that not every creative idea ends in victory, but we applauded the spirit it takes to post one’s goofs for the whole internet to see and to learn from. [Craig]’s LED matrix proved unreliable…and the underlying cake didn’t fare much better, … [Read more...]
In our hands-on review of the Digilent chipKIT Uno32, we posed the question of what the lasting appeal might be for a 32-bit Arduino work-alike. We felt it needed some novel applications exploiting its special features…not just the same old Arduino sketches with MOAR BITS. After the fractal demo, we’ve hit upon something unique and fun… … [Read more...]
Last Friday, Friday we caught wind of [gvillenave]'s running accessory inspired by Rebecca Black, and we we we so excited, we so excited to bring this to you on Saturday, which comes after Friday. [gvillenave] came up with the idea of using a song on the annoyance level of "Friday" to encourage a runner into keeping up a good pace. The concept is simple: if the wearer is running fast, the song … [Read more...]
As many of you are probably aware, Portal 2 was released last week, and gamers have been going crazy over it. Over the years, people have constructed replicas of their favorite in-game items and “characters”, including portal guns, companion cubes, and turrets. After playing Portal 2 for a bit, [Jonathan] wanted a turret of his own quite badly. Rather than construct it from hard plastics … [Read more...]
[Chris] Writes in to tell us about his motion sensing, Arduino powered Creeper. As if these buggers were not frightening enough in game, [Chris] had to go and make the closest (legal) real world facsimile. The Creeper utilizes an Arduino Uno with a wave shield to playback creeper noises, PIR sensor to detect victims, and an RC car as a motorized cart. The creeper sits and waits for a signal … [Read more...]
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