Posts with «electronics» label

The Living Orb Glows Bright When the Sun Goes Down

Artist Daric Gill used an Arduino, LEDs, and solar power to transform this wooden desk into a Living Orb.

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6 DIY Star Trackers for Perfect Night Sky Photos

To photograph the stars, you need a gadget that can track the revolving night sky in a perfectly timed arc. Otherwise all you’ll see is streaks and blurs.

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Yet Another Cool BB-8 Droid Project

A clever design for a homemade, radio-controlled BB-8 droid replica.

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New Project: Use an Arduino and Relays to Control AC Lights and Appliances

This plug-and-play rig will make it easy to control high-voltage outputs from a low-voltage Arduino.

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Get Media Alerts from Your Lamp with This Ikea Hack

Mate Marschalko, who gave us the recent RC car over wireless and a racing wheel project now has a cool Ikea hack to share. He took an Ikea lamp and used a WiFi-enabled Arduino compatible microcontroller to create an alert notification light for his desk. He writes: This IKEA lamp […]

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New Project: Ye Olde Brushless Motor

3D-print this 1872 replica Electro-Magnetic Engine that works like your drone's modern motors.

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Locked In: Behind the Scenes of the Escape Room Craze

Escape room games, or mystery rooms, or puzzle rooms, are trending, and many rely on Makers and Maker tech to make them work

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New Project: Build Your Own Android-Powered Self Driving R/C Car

Learn how a team of students created the first Google Android-based autonomous R/C car, able to detect lanes, avoid obstacles, self-park, and more.

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3D Print Your Own Stepper Motor

Learn how one Maker created his own stepper motor using a 3D printer, an Arduino, and a few materials picked up from the hardware store.

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New Project: Build an Automatic Photo Rig for Perfect Panoramas

Make an automatic camera rig for shooting high-resolution panoramas with a point-and-shoot camera.

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