The Arduino Yún is a curious addition to the Arduino family. There is a fairly widespread community surrounding the Arduino concept, platform and software. There’s another popular community dedicated to hacking and improving inexpensive wireless routers, which often run Linux. The Yún combines the two…it’s basically an Arduino Leonardo housed on the same PCB as […]
Projects
Interactive Stereoscopic Installations: visual rupture with the Diplopiascope
What is it? This is an ongoing project that i’ve been working on to see the potential of interactive stereoscopic installations in examining the perceptual process. I use a setup that i’ve called a Diplopiascope to investigate this. The Diplopiascope has gone through a few changes but basically it is a stereoscopic viewer that allows […]
Arduino-Based Blue Box (Phone Phreaking)
History and Story In the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and even up into the 1990s phone phreaking was an amazingly cool way to explore an unknown world of phone switching networks. To “phreak” a telephone switch, can be done by using frequencies, or tones to manipulate the switching hardware. In doing so, taking control of […]
DIY a Spelling Game with an Interactive Robot using Arduino
Did you hear before about Social Robot? Did you you see the Pepper Robot or Jibo robot? These kinds of robots that can hear you, understand you and make a social contact with you via sound, facial expressions and body gestures. Social robots have various applications, specifically with elderly people, children and children with a […]
DinoCalc Version 1.0
(Arduino Pro Mini Protoboard Version) Latest Release: http://code.google.com/p/dinocalc/ Development: https://github.com/WeaselJones/DinoCalc This is a calculator without a LCD that tells you if your math answer is right or wrong, without giving you the answer. This instructable will show you how to make this simple math checking calculator using “off-the-shelf” items. [UPDATE: A TUTORIAL SHOWING HOW TO […]
Virtual Etch A Sketch
The Etch A Sketch: famous, creative, and unique. Unfortunately I have no clue where the one from my childhood is, so I decided to make my own virtual one! Check it out (and my awful drawing skills) below. This Etch A Sketch is quite like the original, (while it will never replace it, it’s still […]
Home Automation: Drapes using Arduino
Hate having to manually open and close your drapes? Hate getting back from work/school and your room is dark and dreary? Do you want curtains that open and close themselves? Then you need Dr. Drape! Dr. Drape is an easy DIY project using an Arduino and servo to open and close your drapes at the […]
Convert a toy piano to work as a midi device and use it with Synthesia
Goal of this project: Convert a cheap toy piano to work as a midi device and use it with Synthesia (http://www.synthesiagame.com/) Other programs that use midi inputs can also be used. Approach: The pushbuttons of the piano are used to make a simple pull-down circuit for the arduino mega. The arduino interprets the keystrokes and […]
Guitar Tuner for the Blind (using an Arduino)
How to modify a guitar tuner so it can be used by a blind person This build uses an Arduino Pro mini microcontroller, (all code is provided). This project was undertaken for the charity Remap, which provides custom-made equipment for people with disabilities. Summary Begin with an LED electronic guitar tuner. I used a Cherub Guitar […]
A Facebook-Connected, Arduino-Powered Music Party
Music party is a new way to listen to music with others. By tapping an RFID/NFC device that is synced to a Facebook account on an Arduino RFID reader shield and sending that unique ID to Music Party server using the Arduino WiFly shield, we can automatically listen to the favorite music of everyone who […]
