Hoping to reduce my late-night smartphone use, I got a vintage alarm clock for next to my bed. This beautiful mechanical flip clock has just one problem: a truly horrifying alarm sound. (Witness the first video above.) It’s no wonder what this clock isn’t being used anymore – it’s basically unusable as an alarm; it […]
Here is a Youtube video of me demonstrating the GPS Guided Robot. You can see that I am holding a cellphone and controlling the robot. I am at a tennis court and I am setting a Waypoint for the robot to return to. Once I position the robot where I want it to return to […]
This cool little Pocket Metal Locator is sensitive enough to identify small nails and tacks in wood and compact enough to fit into awkward spaces making it convenient to carry and use for metal locating. The unit has four independent search coils and color LED indicators making it easy to cover a larger search area […]
College is a hectic and chaotic time in ones life, that is why it is very important to keep your stress level low. One way we like to do this is by working out, it helps keep your mind clear and body feeling healthy. That is why we created a portable biosensor that uses the […]
This instructable was created in fulfillment of the project requirement of the Makecourse at the University of South Florida (www.makecourse.com). In this tutorial you will learn how to make a fully automated robot named Rob who is equipped with sensors that allow it to detect obstacles. Rob moves until he comes into contact with an […]
A rotating machine that is controlled by a robotic glove. Neverending fun. Step 1: Concept Our seminar assignment was to design a useless machine. Thinking about absurd tasks, we were inspired by the greek myth of Sisyphus and the idea of gravitational weight shifting in an endlessly repeating mechanism. We wanted to add user control […]
For this project, I wanted to create a winch that would be functional for use in a show in a theatre. Often, we have to fly in and out small objects, like chandeliers. This unit would be ideal for raising and lowering small objects in spaces that did not have a fly system, or for […]
The goal of this project was to make a DMX-Controlled plug box which would allow on-stage effects or devices to be triggered remotely from the lighting console. This could potentially eliminate the need for a separate control system and operator backstage. This controller could be used in a wide variety of applications including: -Triggering FX […]
I built this project because to take to my local Makerfaire In Newcastle, UK. The idea was to make a school yard game that would be relatively cheap and simple to produce. The idea is simple, to win you have to press the button repeatedly until you fill the pixel ring with light. You compete directly with […]
This instructable describes how to create a non-contact range-finder using an Arduino and an HC-SR04 ultrasonic module to measure distances in the range 2cm – 400cm. The accuracy is typically +/- 3mm depending on distance, air temperature, and humidity. Step 1: Parts List Very few parts are required: 1 only HC-SR04 ultrasonic module or similar […]
