RGB Liquid Crystal Display Tutorial
Plug your LCD into an Arduino and experiment with it.
Posted by Jake Spurlock
Categories: Arduino, Electronics | 6 Comments
Soldering iron and solder Projects
Water-to-Wine Cooler
Our sacrilegious illusion converts water into flowing red wine.
Posted by Pierre Micheal and Robert Kaye
Categories: Food & Beverage, Hacks, Home | 4 Comments
World Control Panel
Global domination for the young evil genius.
Posted by Steve Lodefink
Categories: Electronics, Fun & Games, Kids & Family | 1 Comment
Fetch-O-Matic
Several years ago I watched a viral YouTube video that starred Jerry the Dachshund, whose engineer owner had built him his very own automated ball launcher. I had two dogs...
Posted by Dean Segovis
Categories: Woodworking, Fun & Games | 4 Comments
The Electronic Nag
Build a Notification Alert Generator that pesters you to do your chores.
Posted by George Tempesta
Simple Van de Graaff Generator
When I was younger, I spent hours perusing Bill Beaty’s electrostatics web pages. At the time, I didn’t achieve any real successes trying to build his high-voltage contraptions, and so...
Posted by Adam Wolf
Categories: Science | 6 Comments
Homemade Home Security
Build a 4-camera surveillance system and watch from any web browser.
Posted by David Bodnar
Categories: Home, Fun & Games | No Comments
“The Towel” R/C Stunt Plane
Build a robust R/C flying-wing airplane that’s fun to fly and great to learn on.
Posted by Breck Baldwin
Categories: Electronics | 5 Comments
Mendocino Motor
See photons turned into motion with this solar-powered, magnetically levitating electric motor.
Posted by Chris Connors
Categories: Science, Electronics | No Comments
Tacit: A Haptic Wrist Rangefinder
Tacit is a wearable system that translates the distance to anything you aim your hand toward into pressure on your wrist. The closer the object, the greater the pressure. Sweep...
Posted by Steve Hoefer
Spazzi: A Solenoid Powered Dancebot
At BeatBots, we believe that dancing is one of the most worthwhile occupations a robot can have. We like making cute characters move in interesting ways, and as you’ll see,...
Posted by Marek Michalowski
Categories: Arduino, Robotics | 4 Comments
Teleclaw: Remote Robot Gripper
It might have been Robots of Saturn that first got my young brain thinking about building a mechanical man. In that obscure 1962 sci-fi adventure novel, Dig Allen and his...
Posted by Gordon McComb
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Robotics | No Comments
