Yes, those are my veins. This series of images was generated by the Christie DLP VeinViewer [PDF]. This device projects infrared light onto your hand. A camera detects areas with blood...
Posted by Kipp Bradford | Wednesday June 27th, 2012 4:00 PM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Electronics | 9 Comments
Seems like there are a number of low power ARM SoC boards hitting the market recently. If the Beagle Bone, Raspberry Pi, and Via APC piqued your interest, you might...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Wednesday June 20th, 2012 2:30 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Electronics | 7 Comments
follower posted a new project up on Labradoc: an LED matrix display connected to an Arduino Mega ADK and an Android phone: I was working to get things working for...
Posted by Brian Jepson | Thursday June 14th, 2012 8:30 AM
Categories: Arduino, Computers & Mobile | 1 Comment
We've had Making Android Accessories with IOIO in the Maker Shed for a while now and now we have the IOIO for Android to accompany it. Check out this amazing...
Posted by Michael Castor | Friday June 1st, 2012 8:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Electronics, General | 1 Comment
Here's a fun Android Breathalyzer prototype using the IOIO board, a Seeed alcohol sensor and Li-po Rider power module, and a Li-po battery inside an Altoid tin.
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Thursday May 31st, 2012 4:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile | 2 Comments
Fans of Ytai Ben-Tsvi's IOIO board will be happy to know that there's an update coming. Ytai recently announced that there's an second generation IOIO in the works. The new...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Tuesday May 29th, 2012 2:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile | No Comments
For the price of a cheap date you could pick up Via's new APC all-in-one computer. It's about the size of a smartphone and about as powerful. It comes with...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Wednesday May 23rd, 2012 2:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Craft, General | 17 Comments
This interactive mirror by Open Gadgets uses a IOIO Microcontroller with a Bluetooth module to communicate with an Android phone. There are a few apps such as a picture viewer,...
Posted by Matt Richardson | Saturday April 21st, 2012 6:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Electronics | 1 Comment
Matt Cottam wrote in to let us know about a huge development. Now you can use Android Open Accessory boards like the Arduino Mega ADK without needing to develop directly...
Posted by Brian Jepson | Friday March 2nd, 2012 1:20 PM
Categories: Arduino, Computers & Mobile | 8 Comments
Ziwon Wang's work explores the relationship between human and machine. His works are eerily familiar (uncanny valley, anyone?) and mechanized, with movement apparatuses exposed.
Posted by Michael Colombo | Friday February 24th, 2012 10:00 AM
Categories: Art & Design, Computers & Mobile, Electronics, Robotics | No Comments
To make capacitive touchscreens work through gloves, you need a conductive pathway between the screen and your finger(s). Commercial touchscreen-friendly gloves made with conductive fabric at the fingertips are available,...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Friday December 9th, 2011 6:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, General, Hacks | No Comments
One of the projects featured at the Mini Maker Faire was Ytai Ben-Tsvi’s IOIO, an Android hardware accessory kit that predated the Open Accessory Development Kit (ADK), and is a...
Posted by Brian Jepson | Sunday October 30th, 2011 5:30 PM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Electronics | No Comments
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