If ever there was a quintessential weapon of science fiction, it would have to be the ray gun. [lonesoulsurfer] built this one-of-a-kind stunner from his impressive collection of junk. It’s centered around a vintage Bakelite soldering gun, a vacuum tube, and a portable stove burner, all of which contribute to the fantastic mid-century look. Inside is a […]
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These 6 easy steps will tell you how to make a wooden claw machine controlled with Arduino. Step 1: Print All of Your Pieces Either handcut or laser cut all of your pieces Step 2: Aquire Your Parts You will need 4 SG90 servos, 4 Potentiometers, and a box of half inch nuts and screws.
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Virtual reality is a slow-moving field in some respects. While a lot of focus is put on optical technologies and headsets, there’s a lot more involved when it comes to believably placing a human being in a virtual environment. So far, we’ve gotten a good start at the visuals and head tracking, but interaction technology
VIRTUAL REALITY GLOVES AIM TO IMPROVE INTERACTIVITY Continue Reading
The Indigo Butterflies looks so awesome, Aren’t they? Colors, Colors, Everywhere. Some are here, and some are there. Mood Lighting to be Happy, Relaxed, or Focused. In this Instructable I’ll show you how I build an Acrylic LED Lamp with WS2812B addressable RGB LEDs, Acrylic Cylinder with engraved butterflies and flowers on it and Wooden base with
DIY ACRYLIC INDIGO BUTTERFLY LAMP. Continue Reading
I’ve done some work with Arduino controlled cars, but the ones I’ve worked on have always been slow and methodical. This is great when learning arduino, but I wanted something a bit more…fun. Enter the RC car. RC cars are literally designed to be as fun to drive as possible – they’re toys! I went
A New Way to Arduino Control an RC Car Continue Reading
Despite the lingering reality that most of us don’t have what it takes to make it to the upper reaches of the Hit Parade, there remain many who still harbour a secret desire to make music. What better way to realise this dream, than by making [Blog Hoskins’] $20 MIDI synth project! The write-up goes into
A SYNTH OF YOUR OWN, FOR NOT A LOT Continue Reading
[Attoparsec] has been building intriguing musical projects on his YouTube channel for a while and his latest is no exception. Dubbed simply as “Node Module”, it is a rack-mounted hardware-based Markov chain beat sequencer. Traditionally Markov chains are software state machines that transition between states with given probabilities, often learned from a training corpus. That same principle has
STOCHASTIC MARKOV BEATS Continue Reading
In this instructable I will show you how to make a basic MIDI instrument using an Arduino Uno. This instrument plays three notes (a triad) in a row. Using the different potentiometers, you can move up and down the notes as well as up and down a scale. You can also control the delay between each
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Flight yokes are key to getting an authentic experience when playing a flight simulator, but [Michel Rechtin] didn’t want to pay big money for a commercially-available solution. He ended up building a design using a lot of parts he had laying around, which saved money and worked out great. The build is based around an Arduino
BUILDING A DIY FLIGHT YOKE FOR FLIGHT SIMULATOR Continue Reading
But was I really? Something was missing… It’d been a while since I last went to a festival. Y’know, that whole pandemic thing? It had also been some time since my last “personal project” and I was feeling like I needed some “creative outlet”. Several years ago there had been another Mozamboogy, and at that one, I’d
Cthulhu Party Lamp/Accessory Using NeoPixels and ESP32 Continue Reading
