Wire cutter/stripper Archives

Little Big Lamp

Add bright lighting to your space with powerful LEDs housed in PVC.

The desk receives event notifications over the network and alters its color and pattern to provide those notifications to the user. The combination of color and location can be used to communicate a wide variety of information. Simple flashes of different colors inform me of new e-mail, phone, or chat messages. It is also possible […]

Optical Tremolo Box

Plug your guitar into light-programmable waveforms with this unique effects box.

Sun Logger

A data logger is a device that is left to run for long periods of time, making regular measurements of external sensors. We’ll be using the Arduino microcontroller and a homemade “shield” (an Arduino accessory board) to create a device that gathers data on light-brightness in an area and how it changes over time.

Using a Kinect as an Infrared Camera

The Kinect is a peripheral for the Xbox 360 console that allows a user to interact with the Xbox 360 without touching a controller. A general description of the Kinect is that it is a depth camera. This means that you can place objects in front of it, and it will compute the distance from […]

A Touchless 3D Tracking Interface

Create a 3D touchless interface with Arduino, six resistors, and some aluminum foil!

IR Jammer Kit

These directions were adapted from alan-parekh.com. The IR Jammer project is microcontroller-based; what this means is there is a small self-contained computer that controls the unit. The IR Jammer will cause most infrared remote controls to stop working. This means that you could prevent someone from changing the TV channel or adjusting the volume on […]

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