Whenever I go to Citi Field with my kids to see the Mets, they go crazy for the Home Run Apple.To me, the Apple is part of what makes baseball exciting for kids. Even though my kids may not watch most of the games, I still enjoy bringing them along. The Home Run Apple started […]
Now forgive my memory, as this was a few years back now. What started out as a children’s spaceship themed bed, turned into an epic build. Supplies The project started with the purchase of a single mattress. I then walked around the local DIY store and started to find shapes that I thought I could […]
A few members of the Alpha One Labs Hackerspace do not like the harsh light given out by fluorescent fixtures. They wanted a way to be able to easily control the individual fixtures, perhaps with a laser pointer? I got right on it. I dug out a pile of solid state relays and brought them to the […]
A LED chain with multiple patterns. Control Nine LED bulbs to form different patterns using Arduino UNO. Working Video at Google Drive Link. Supplies Arduino Uno Bread Board Jumper Wires LED 5mm 5V (Any Color) 9pcs Resistance 220 Ω A Working PC Step 1: Placing the LED Bulbs Place all the LED bulbs on the bread […]
If your are like me which I am guessing you are, then ever since you got into doing stuff with arduino you have wanted to make your own arduino board. You may be surprised to find out that making the prototyping board is actually very easy, and can have several advantages over using the commercially […]
HydroBuddy is a hydration-promoting device, designed for people who spend most of their day in one place (such as behind a desktop) and tend to forget about hydrating themselves. Once set up, it passively tracks how much water you drink, gently reminding you to drink up when it notices you’re hydrating yourself too little for the […]
Polydexter was the introductory project in the Creative Architecture Machines (CAM) advanced options architecture studio at the California College of the Arts (CCA), taught by Jason Kelly Johnson (co-founder of Future Cities Lab) and Michael Shiloh. Parts developed for this robot would go on to become integral in the second project of the studio, our […]
The Boot Bot Shield lets you burn the arduino boootloader onto a blank Atmega 328 chip. The bootloader is that magic piece of software that turns a mundane chip into the open source programmable miracle known as the arduino. Blank chips cost a few dollars less per chip than bootloaded ones. With the Boot Bot […]
Home automation is a term used to describe the process of automating certain tasks and devices around the home. This can include tasks such as turning on the lights when you enter a room, or setting the thermostat to a certain temperature. Home automation systems can be as simple or as complex as you like, […]
I found my self often trying to plug stuff at home with Arduino. So I thought it would be good to have a system that you can just plug your sensor, plug the appliance and code something to see how it goes. I never liked breaking apart an appliance to find the right spot on […]
