Here’s a retro hand-held gaming console I built with my son. It uses an Arduino micro-controller, a small LCD screen, push-buttons, a 3D printed case and home-grown “PC” board. It’s really pretty easy to solder and put together. My son & I wrote two games and a drawing program for it. See the video for
Magpi: The Micro Arduino Gaming Platform Interface Continue Reading
One day I was sitting behind my desk at work and I got that weird need to build something, after looking around for a bit I got my eye on an LED matrix and that sparked an idea in my head : “I WANNA MAKE A TAMAGOTCHI”. So for those of you that don’t know
Make a Desktop Tamagotchi Using Arduino Continue Reading
The domain of haptics has immense potential as a technology to assist visually-impaired individuals with their navigation of the physical world. In this project, we sought to develop a 2-DOF haptic joystick to provide force-feedback to a user as she attempts to navigate a maze – with no visual feedback whatsoever. The proof of concept
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My kids wanted to have a head controlled mouse for playing Minecraft – they wanted to move their heads and have the field of view move. I decided that was a challenge I couldn’t resist, so I decided to build a movement controlled mouse using an arduino and a gyroscope chip. Components A-Star 32U4 Micro
Head Mouse – Game controller or disability aid using Arduino Continue Reading
This is a project I worked on for my electronics class at Pomona College. Thanks to Professor Dwight Whitaker and Tony Grigsby for their help and guidance throughout this project, and credit to Jonathan Wong for the idea for this project! Also, here’s a list of Instructables I looked at for ideas/inspiration while working on
Speech-controlled Game Boy Advance using arduino Continue Reading
Rave Rover was designed and built to be a portable dance platform for parties, raves, and any other trouble we can get into! I will go into as much detail as I can explaining the entire build process, and where to find parts and other accessories. Be sure to check out more information, including party
Rave Rover – Mobile Dance Stage Continue Reading
This instructable was made as part of the CS graduate course “Tangible Interactive Computing” at the University of Maryland, College Park taught by Professor Jon Froehlich. The course focused on exploring the materiality of interactive computing and, in the words of MIT Professor Hiroshii Ishii, sought to “seamlessly couple the dual worlds of bits and
Tracking Cat Eyes via Kinect using Arduino Continue Reading
High Level Description: For part 3 of the lab, our group decided to build a “Simon” game. Our game setup uses 3 buttons and 4 LEDs. Each button corresponds to one LED and the 4th LED is used to indicate an error. The game starts with the Arduino flashing one of the 3 lights, chosen
Build Simon Game Using Arduino Continue Reading
People love listening to music while exercising. Music provides the motivation needed for individuals to keep exerting energy and get in shape. So, because people enjoy listening to music while exercising, what if an MP3 player only played an individual’s music while they are active? Using music as an incentive to continue exercising would encourage
Musical Exercise: Workout Shirt MP3 Player Powered by Exercise using Arduino Continue Reading
Here at Mikamai, we often organise events and hackathons. After the last hackathon, someone left an old doll, and it was kinda creepy… so why not make it even creepier? I decided to put two red LEDs instead of the eyes, and a vibration sensor to turn on the LEDs when you shake the doll.
The Creepy Doll using Arduino Continue Reading
