The Imperializer makes quick work of metric conversions
When you work in a machine shop, you often need to convert numbers from metric to imperial. As long as you have to do this on a regular basis, why not make a tool to do so easily? Instead of pulling...
View ArticleSanta’s Shop is an animated storytelling installation
Santa’s Shop is an amazing Christmas display consisting of trains, animated figurines, a rotating tree, and several other interesting holiday-themed gadgets. The decoration features hundreds of...
View ArticleCreate a beat by nodding your head
If you are really enjoying a song, you may start to bob your head to the tunes, but what if you could instead create actual music with this subtle movement? That’s exactly what Andrew Lee’s “Nod Bang”...
View ArticleThis DIY machine mixes your favorite three-ingredient cocktail
Do you and your friends have a favorite cocktail? If so—and if it has three ingredients—then this Arduino-based cocktail machine from YouTuber “GreatScott!” may be worth checking out. The device is...
View Article3D-printed miniature roller coaster powered by Arduino Mega
While many enjoy roller coasters, few can claim the same dedication of engineer Matt Schmotzer, who 3D-printed a 1/25th scale replica of Invertigo, a boomerang coaster at Kings Island in Ohio. As...
View ArticleNew search engine and Arduino reference!
The Arduino web team has working hard behind the scenes improving our legacy systems. Now, it’s time to work on something more interesting for the team and more useful for our community! From here on...
View ArticleSlide the “time clock” into position with Arduino
Years ago, if you wanted to track employee hours, you needed to have them punch a time card. Saunders Machine Works, however, uses a facial recognition system running on an iPad for this purpose,...
View ArticleAutomatic trash can optimized for battery life
If you have a trash can with a lid, you’ve probably accepted the small inconvenience of opening it with your hand and foot. YouTube hacker MadGyver, however, came up with a different solution using an...
View ArticleThis control panel references your favorite sci-fi films
While you may question if some of the blinking lights and buttons in science fiction movies actually do anything, you’d still really like to hit those buttons just to see what happens, right? If that...
View ArticleStar Wars fan creates an Arduino-powered rebel pilot chest box
If you’d like a rebel fighter pilot suit, complete with the automated chest box, then look no further than this excellent build from “badjer1.” It features a chest box with the same dimensions seen in...
View ArticleCreate a custom Secret Santa trivia box with Arduino
Participating in Reddit’s Secret Santa this year, hacker “Haxxa” decided to go all out, picking out not only several gifts for the recipient, but an Arduino-powered trivia box to house them in. In use,...
View ArticleInteract with the virtual world in a whole new way
As reported by the Creative Applications Network, “Tangibles Worlds explores the effects of tactile experience as a catalyst for full immersion in VR.” The project by Stella Speziali takes the form of...
View ArticleThese students made their own Guitar Hero-like video game
If you’d like to create your own simulated guitar from scratch, you’ll want to check out this project by Cornell ECE students Jake Podell and Jonah Wexler. It uses four conductive strings on the neck...
View ArticleTurn a flatbed scanner into a PCB UV exposure device
If you want to create your own custom PCBs, you could design it and wait for a fab house to send it back, dealing with any errors, or you could do it yourself. Hacker Andras Kabai decided to go for the...
View ArticleMonitor your sleep quality with Arduino
While it can be difficult to get enough sleep, at least you can try to make it as restful as possible when you are in bed. That’s the idea behind this project by Julia Currie and Nicholas Sarkis, who...
View ArticleUltrasonically levitate particles and liquid
If you thought the power of levitation was only available to magicians (and perhaps magnets) then check out this amazing project from Asier Marzo. It uses an Arduino Mega to control an 8×8 array of...
View ArticleDesigning an Arduino-powered Braille generator
Did you know that embossing machines needed to generate Braille characters can cost thousands of dollars? After finding this out, hacker Carlos Campos decided to design and build his own using...
View ArticleControl lights and sounds with the Arduino-powered LED Eclipse
If you need a MIDI device that can be programmed as your own unique light and sound controller, then Jon Bumstead’s LED Eclipse may be just what you’re looking for. The circular device, roughly the...
View ArticlePlaying chiptunes on an old reed organ with Arduino
After finding an organ left outside to rot, hacker “tinkartank” decided to use it for his own purposes, adding push buttons under each key as inputs to an Arduino Mega. He also reused the control rods...
View ArticleRoboGlove assists users with gripping objects
The RoboGlove project is a robotic glove by students at the Université Libre de Bruxelles that is designed to assist the wearer when continuously gripping objects. This is accomplished by a series of...
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