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High Voltage Person Made from Electronic Components
Proto G made a nice soldered together figurine out of electronic components. I thought the design ended there with an interesting piece of art, but there is more. You will notice that Anthony is...
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ESP8266 Brodcasting Analog TV while running a Web Server
CNLohr has been playing with the inexpensive IOT device for quite a while. Check out the ESP8266 Brodcasting Analog TV while running a Web Server. Hard to believe that this small chip is only a...
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Fast Workers winding Coils
There are some electronic components that you just assume are cranked out of a machine that has a hopper of raw materials on one end and finished goods coming out of the other. Check out the...
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Nixie Alarm Clock With Time Updated via GPS
This Nixie Alarm Clock project gets the Time Updated via GPS. Not only is there GPS to get an accurate time, this clock also has an SD card that is used to play audio files. “The firmware for the...
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Novena Laptop Build
Novena is an open hardware computer by Bunnie that recently raised over $780,000 in a crowd funding campaign. The Ben Heck Show is building a custom computer around this platform. Everything is...
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Air Hockey Robot
This project uses a vision system that looks for puck and determines the best location to move the mallet. The processor power is coming from a Intel MinnowBoard Max. Details and code can be found...
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Automated Telemarketer Blackhole
We all hate telemarketers and scammers. They often call us and have a script that they go through with a point of not taking no for an answer. It is very hard to nicely tell them that you are not...
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Name the Thing Contest – 292
The prize this week is a relay module to get your next project started. This contest will run for one week (Feb 7, 2016 – Feb 12, 2016). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter,...
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Lego Paper Airplane Maker
You can build some really cool stuff with LEGO. With enough gears and bendy bits you can make this Lego Paper Airplane Maker which can take some paper in one end and shoot our a paper airplane out...
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Soft Robots
When most people think of a robot it contains hard fixed parts that move with certainty and could cause some damage to things around it if there was a collision. These soft robots are the opposite...
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Glass Sculptor
Making things out of glass can be very fast and efficient. Have a look at this video that shows how glass bottles are produced, after watching this you will appreciate how versatile glass is as a...
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Emergency Personal Locator Beacon Teardown
AvE got his hands on an Emergency Personal Locator Beacon. This is one of the few things made in Canada! Looks like no expense was spared in the build. The lithium batteries are still operational...
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Microchip MPLAB Xpress Cloud-based IDE
If you have ever installed MPLAB on your development machine you know how heavy this software is. Microchip has now given you a nice light weight option. MPLAB Xpress Cloud-based IDE is now...
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Name the Thing Contest – 293
The prize this week is a relay module to get your next project started. This contest will run for one week (Feb 15, 2016 – Feb 19, 2016). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter,...
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DIY Attack Dyno Project
This DIY Attack Dyno Project is designed to fit in the dash of a car and will give you measurements such as horse power and torque based on just a few car connected sensors. “The Attack Dyno is a...
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We all hate telemarketers and scammers. They often call us and have a script that they go through with a point of not taking no for an answer. It is very hard to nicely tell them that you are not...
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Name the Thing Contest – 292
The prize this week is a relay module to get your next project started. This contest will run for one week (Feb 7, 2016 – Feb 12, 2016). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter,...
View ArticleLego Paper Airplane Maker
You can build some really cool stuff with LEGO. With enough gears and bendy bits you can make this Lego Paper Airplane Maker which can take some paper in one end and shoot our a paper airplane out...
View ArticleSoft Robots
When most people think of a robot it contains hard fixed parts that move with certainty and could cause some damage to things around it if there was a collision. These soft robots are the opposite...
View ArticleGlass Sculptor
Making things out of glass can be very fast and efficient. Have a look at this video that shows how glass bottles are produced, after watching this you will appreciate how versatile glass is as a...
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