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You can take the guy out of the frat house, but you can't take the frat house out of the guy. [Evan Flint] proves this with his incessant need to have a beer pong game at all of his parties. But now that he's growing up, and living in nicer places, he doesn't necessarily want to have the oft-messy game in his home. So he found an electronic solution to his problem. Electropong is like an … [Read more...]
[Bluewraith] built himself an electronic dice using a 555 timer and 4017 counter. This is a classic project and he enjoyed doing it but wondered about making a 20-sided dice. So he grabbed his Arduino and got to work. A switch on the final project selects between 20 or 100 sides. He used a MAX7219 to control the 7-segment displays, and a standalone AVR chip for the rest of it. If you missed it … [Read more...]
Some of you may remember when we introduced you to [Kyle's] Electronically Modified Didgeridoo. Those same members will have their hearts warmed knowing he's still playing and advancing on his Didgeridoo, now including real time video processing. There isn't too many details aside from it being controlled by an ATMega168 and an unknown analog switching chip, and in its infancy it just looks like a … [Read more...]
[thomph-zhu] sent in this interesting project. If you've ever wished for cat like senses, you'll dig this. It's a set of electronic whiskers - it uses IR to detect nearby objects, and vibrates against your head upon detection. It's definitely an interesting use of tactile feedback. The initial idea is for construction safety, but this could be useful for plenty of other applications. (Robotic … [Read more...]
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