QWOP was a flashgame released by [Bennett Foddy] in the distant past. Players would use individual keys to trigger muscle spasms in their character’s legs, attempting to sprint as far as possible without hitting the ground. Hackaday alumus [The Hacksmith] wanted to recreate this in real life, and set to work. Initially planning to hack some […]
REAL LIFE QWOP PROBABLY STINGS A FAIR BIT Continue Reading
[Max] had a rotary dial from an old telephone and — unsurprisingly — had nothing in particular to do with it. The simple answer? Use an Arduino Leonardo to turn it into a USB keyboard device. Of course, the Leonardo can easily impersonate a USB keyboard, so that’s the easy part of the project. Interfacing to
ROTARY DIAL BECOMES USB KEYBOARD Continue Reading
The great thing about being a maker is that when the market fails to meet your needs, you can strike out on your own. [GuzziGuy] did just that, building a bespoke mechanical keyboard that’s stylish to boot. The aim was to create a keyboard well suited to working without a mouse, and with a keypad on
IF YOU CAN’T BUY THE KEYBOARD YOU WANT, BUILD IT INSTEAD Continue Reading
When the Raspberry Pi 4 was first launched, one of its few perceived flaws was that it had a propensity to get extremely hot. It’s evidently something the Pi people take very seriously, so in the months since they have addressed the problem with a set of firmware updates. Now they’ve taken a look at the
NOT-QUITE-SO-HOT STUFF: A THERMAL EXAM ON THE LATEST RASPBERRY PI Continue Reading
Hello everyone. I am a graphic designer with a restless soul (my site www.inoace.com). I loved doing electronics years ago and than got busy with life and job. I am now blessed with some time ( rare now a days 😛 ). This is my first microcontroller / arduino based project. Edit: Just a tip, I was
Sparrow – My Assistant Continue Reading
Hi everyone, here it is my new project, a mouse controlled with the movement of the head!I decided to make this project once I received my accelerometer/gyroscope MPU6050 from IC Station, and I wanted to do something useful with this.Then I found out that a “Head Mouse” already exists, made by Martin Millmore with another
Head Mouse With MPU6050 and Arduino Micro Continue Reading
Don’t you just hate it when dev boards have some annoying little quirk that makes them harder to use than they should be? Take the ESP32-CAM, a board that started appearing on the market in early 2019. On paper, the thing is amazing: an ESP32 with support for a camera and an SD card, all
ADD-ON MAKES ESP32 CAMERA BOARD EASIER TO PROGRAM Continue Reading
In this Instructable I will be teaching you how you can create your own (b)ambilight for under $40!Keep in mind that the Ambilight will only work on a PC running the Bambilight software. You will need the following components: Individually addressable RGB LED strip – Available on Aliexpress Arduino Nano Mini breadboard A few breadboard cables 12V DC
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This project will show you how to build an irrigation controller for a home garden. Capable of measuring soil moisture readings and activating irrigation from a garden tap if the soil becomes too dry. The controller also includes a temperature and humidity sensor. The controller will not activate the garden tap if the temperature is
DIY – Automated Garden Irrigation – (Arduino / IOT) Continue Reading
– The first wearable technology for blinds – Using ultrasonic waves to detect the obstacles – Notifying the user through vibrations/buzzer sound Third eye for blinds is an innovation which helps the blinds people to navigate with speed and confidence by detecting the nearby obstacles using the help of ultrasonic waves and notify them with
THIRD EYE FOR THE BLIND – an Innovative Wearable Technology for Blinds. Continue Reading
