There are a surprising wealth of parts inside of old laptops that can be easily scavenged, but often these proprietary tidbits of electronics will need a substantial amount of work to make them useful again. Obviously things such as hard drives and memory can easily be used again, but it’s also possible to get things […]
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Those of us who to textile work may own a sewing machine and even if we’re really into it and have the funds, an overlocker. But there’s another machine in that field that few of us will have, and that’s a knitting machine. These machines have a sliding carriage over a long array of needles,
KNITTING MACHINE REBUILD TAKES IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL Continue Reading
Magnets (especially those ball magnets!) are endlessly fascinating, aren’t they? It’s almost dangerous to combine them with LEDs, because how are you supposed to get anything done with something like [andrei.erdei]’s Arduino Magnetic Board beckoning from beyond your keyboard? This tons-of-fun board uses ball magnets to light up RGB LEDs as they roll around on the sexy
ARDUINO MAGNETIC BOARD IS ANYTHING BUT BORING Continue Reading
Musicians, makers and Arduino enthusiasts may be interested in a new project created by Max Danilin, showing a DIY automatic barrel piano, powered by an Arduino micro-controller and capable of outputing MIDI signals. A sheet is pulled under an array of 40 optocouplers using a hand crank and converted to sound using a MKR Zero
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Graffiti is a controversial subject, and whether you see it as art or vandalism usually depends where and how you come across it. From the scribbled tag on a house wall, to highly sophisticated murals, they tend to have one thing in common though: making a statement — whether that’s political, showing appreciation, or a
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE: BICYCLE TRAILER ON A MISSION Continue Reading
Cyclists share the road with other vehicles, often leading to problems when drivers fail to see or respect the rider’s space. To try and alleviate these issues, [Matlek] built the Smartglove to help cyclists communicate their intentions to other road users. The project consists of a glove fitted with an Arduino Nano 33 BLE sense, featuring
SMARTGLOVE HELPS CYCLISTS BE SEEN Continue Reading
Bowling has been around since ancient Egypt and continues to entertain people of all ages, especially once they roll out the fog machine and hit the blacklights. But why pay all that money to don used shoes and drink watered-down beer? Just build a tabletop bowling alley in your spare time and you can bowl barefoot if
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In this post, we will teach you Microphone-Sensor-With-Arduino-and-Cubesat: Mars is an awe-inspiring planet, and it is up to you to discover what is out there! We are Radiance Inc.- the team compiled of four high school physics students here to inform the world on the audible waves surrounding Mars. Our names are Becca, Kylie, Malia,
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Cablecams are a lot of fun, but they’re not inexpensive, even if you need just something small for your action camera. There are commercial solutions out there, like the Wiral Lite, but they’re pretty expensive for what they are. Perhaps even more so than the camera you’re mounting to it. When Kasper at MAKESOME was asked by his friend
THIS GUY BUILT A DIY CABLECAM USING A CHEAP RADIO CONTROLLED CAR Continue Reading
One of the disadvantages of having cheap WiFi-capable boards like those based on the ESP32 is that you have to update them. If you have even a few in every room of your house, it can be a pain to pull them out and connect them to a cable for programming. Over the air programming
OTA ESP32 GUI MAKES UPDATES SIMPLE Continue Reading
