flex, an interactive wall
[Matthew] explained on this blog how he made this interesting interactive wall. more pics after the break
Actuators Category
Life, in colour: The Tinct Lives!
This project has, for a number of reasons, languished unfinished in a box for two years. Now, with encouragement and help from my friends at Hacklab.to and Site3.ca, I’ve finally completed it! In its current incarnation, it is a standalone, full-colour, interactive version of Conway’s Game of Life; with a firmware flash, it can become […]
Sun Tracking Solar Panel with Arduino
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Photoduino: custom camera-cotroller shield
[Nelaco] posted some pics of his photoduino. more after the break.
Intervaluino, time-lapse lovers tool
If you have to chance to test it, give it a try. One of the most useful uses of arduino turning a common camera in a cinema tool. I call it Intervaluino, and it does exactly what I want him to do: Tell my Canon EOS 400D to take pictures at regular intervals. Wanna build […]
Hackea [lamps & codes]
[arkadian.eu] inspired us long ago with his hacking ikea post. We moved it a little bit further, making a whole workshop about it. Here is the report. And here the codes! via [arkadian.eu] [alluvionemediatica]
Getting Started with Arduino! – Chapter Two
If you happen to follow TronixStuff, [john boxall] is posting very simple yet deep tutorials on Arduino. Today’s post has several things: taking temperatures, sending data from the arduino back to your PC, opening a library, using LCD screens, and some exercises that will help to consolidate your previous knowledge and help revise it. check […]
Railway-related German Supremacy Hacked [joke!]
If you happen to be a railway geek, you may know this Intellibox: Between the control computer and the railway is Uhlenbrock’s Intellibox (German site). Its RS232 interface supports Märklin’s P50 protocol, plus extensions called P50X. The extensions include an event system for acquiring information about changes in the railway state. The most important use […]
Motoruino vs Roboduino, the battle of robots
We previously covered the Motoruino project from Lisbon-based maker Guilherme Martins; some days ago I’ve seen another nice kit from Canadian Robotshop, called Roboduino. The dawn of the age of robot… Video of both platform in action after the break. UPDATE: [Julien] submitted a mistake I did in the embedding of images. The first image […]
Ball Balance Machine
This is an impressive use of Arduino, two servos, a webcam and Processing to tilt a ball platform. Via [MAKE]
