Here we are with the classic RFID door lock. It’s classic in that whole, “We live in the future and take it for granted at this point” sense. In this tutorial, we will set up a door latch that can be opened with the swipe of an RFID Tag! We will program a list of […]
I pull my curtain up and down a couple of times a day. If I watch a movie I pull it down and then, I pull it up to get better lighting. I also pull it down when I go to sleep and I pull it up again when I wake up. I want this
Motorized Pulldown Curtain (Phone & Radio Controlled) Continue Reading
This Arduino-based pager by Mike Schaus will allow you to send and receive real SMS text messages. This messaging device has its own SIM card and phone number. In order to build this project you need the following parts: 1* Arduino UNO 1*Hologram SIM Card w/Device Management 1*Arduino GSM shield V2 1*Adafruit LCD Shield Kit
Make An Old-School Arduino-Based Two-Way Pager Continue Reading
Smartphones are pivotal to our day to day activities. They help us in many ways, but too often they become a time-consuming burden we carry with us all the time. Due to this, Mudita addressed this problem, through designing Mudita Pure phone. The Mudita Pure phone has a minimalist design for simple living. The company says: Designing Mudita Pure was
MUDITA PURE PHONE, HELPS YOU MEDITATE AND AVOID DISTRACTIONS Continue Reading
If you want your kids to get off of their tablets and phones this summer, you need something exciting to spark their interest. And what’s cooler than a robot dog you can build and code yourself? The previously featured Petoi Bittle is a DIY kit that allows you to create your own open-source bionic robot dog(opens in a
Save 20% on this DIY robot dog to keep the kids busy this summer Continue Reading
Sensors are one of the crucial things when it comes to building projects/robots. Many a times the sensor might be not available locally or it might take too long to ship. Smart phone have most of the basic sensors like proximity, accelerometer, light, magnetometer, gyroscope, etc. embedded and we can in fact use these sensors
Sensors in Phone and Arduino Serial Communication Continue Reading
Affordable and reliable cell phones have revolutionized the way we communicate over the last two decades or so, and this change was only accelerated by the adoption of the smartphone. This is all well and good if you’re living in a place with cellular infrastructure, but if you’re in more remote areas you’ll have to
[Kevin] has long wanted to do something musical with a vintage rotary phone and an Arduino, and has finally done so and committed the first of several experiments to HTML in a five-part series. He found a nice old British Telecom number, but it had been converted to plug and socket wiring to work on the
ROTARY PHONE MIDI CONTROLLER STILL MAKES CALLS Continue Reading
The concept of vending machines in hackerspaces is nothing new, but [iooner] took it a step further – as hackers ought to. Putting HDDs into the rotating spring of a repurposed vending machine, right where you’d expect to see a Granola bar, isn’t revolutionary – but we don’t remember anybody doing it before this. And, with how
HDD VENDING MACHINE WORKS LIKE A VENDING MACHINE SHOULD Continue Reading
Student and hacker [prusteen] recently fell in love with the Pomodoro method of time management. That’s where you concentrate on your task for 25 minutes, then take a five-minute break, and repeat this four times with a longer break at the end. Initially, [prusteen] was keeping track on their phone, but hated having to change
WORLD’S CUTEST POMODORO TIMER IS ALSO A CLOCK Continue Reading
