Tuco 1.0: a digital door plate
In his blog, Andrea (a student in computer science from University of Napoli “Parthenope”) describes how to make a smart door plate with Arduino.
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Hamburg Maker Meeting 2012 and Arduino Due preview
Hamburg Maker Meeting 2012, which took place last week and involved about 200 visitors and more than 20 exhibitors, has been a fantastic opportunity to meet and share experience regarding several topics, such as 3D printing, hacking, retro gaming and so on. At the Attraktor Makerspace, several projects have been presented and demonstrated by their […]
Mathematica, Arduino and quadricopters at Maker Faire
On his blog, Stephen Wolfram, worldwide known as the creator of Mathematica (a widespread computational software) and Wolfram Alpha (a knowledge engine), describes his experience at last NY Maker Faire, where he was supposed to give a public talk. One of his sons, Christopher (13 years old) suggested him a very cool way to improve […]
Arduino-controlled blinds: a tutorial
Have you ever wanted a smart home that can automatically adjusts the blinds for you? If so, this project is for you. In this instructable, the author describes his approach to “smart blinds”, by using an Arduino board, an ethernet shield, a motor shield and a couple of sensors. By means of a simple web-based […]
Workshop on "Physical and Wearable Computing": projects and outcomes
Last July 23-27 2012, the workshop on “Physical and Wearable Computing”, organized by SUPSI within the summer school in “Digital Fabrication and Interaction Design”, has took place involving about 20 participants. This workshop has proved to be a very good approach to introduce future makers to the concepts of digital fabrication, prototyping and design of interactive objects. On the workshop’s homepage, […]
Workshop on “Physical and Wearable Computing”: projects and outcomes
Last July 23-27 2012, the workshop on “Physical and Wearable Computing”, organized by SUPSI within the summer school in “Digital Fabrication and Interaction Design”, has took place involving about 20 participants. This workshop has proved to be a very good approach to introduce future makers to the concepts of digital fabrication, prototyping and design of interactive objects. On the workshop’s homepage, […]
Labview and Arduino: 3Dmicro Toolkit Arduino Expansion (beta)
3D SuperVision Systems is an italian spin-off from “Università Politecnica delle Marche“, whose mission is to design and to develop new solutions for embedded applications. Few days ago, they published the latest release of 3Dmicro toolkit, a software add-on to NI Labview usable for firmware rapid prototyping on 32-bit PIC microcontrollers, by using Labview’s easy-to-use graphical programming language; […]
An Arduino-enhanced espresso machine: the "Naked Espresso"
Reborn is an australian digital creative agency whose mission is to design smart and innovative ideas. Among their works, a very nice one regards a hack consisting in the re-engineering of a sofisticated espresso machine, to show its peculiar features in the process of coffee making. By means of an Arduino board, the team can collect real-time information such […]
An Arduino-enhanced espresso machine: the “Naked Espresso”
Reborn is an australian digital creative agency whose mission is to design smart and innovative ideas. Among their works, a very nice one regards a hack consisting in the re-engineering of a sofisticated espresso machine, to show its peculiar features in the process of coffee making. By means of an Arduino board, the team can collect real-time information such […]
A simple Arduino-based tachometer
Chris, from PyroElectro.com, proposes a comprehensive tutorial on how to make a simple, yet effective, Arduino-based tachometer. The circuit is very simple: an IR led is coupled with an IR phototransistor to detect possible interruptions of the light beam, while the Arduino is responsible to calculate the time interval between two such events. Finally, a LCD is used […]
