Charming components
I love jewelry and art objects made out of electronic components. Here are some really sweet robot charms made mainly from capacitors and resistors. 21st Century Folk-Art by oBVIoUS FRoNT – [via] Link
Year: 2007
Doom 3 case mod is better than the game itself
This PC case mod in the style of “Doom 3” is more impressive than the game it is supposed to be honoring. The design combines steampunk with Lego Land aesthetics and an integrated 12 channel infrared relay board that controls a blast door on its front. Pretty cool, but might be a little distracting when […]
Haystack Meets Sheep
I was dedicated to keeping an eye on that little haystack at Mochimochi Land. It looks like he has made a sheep friend (enemy?). Anna promises that patterns for both will be available soon. Link. Related Haystack Pincushion
Motion-triggered paintball gun
Rather roughshod tutorial (e.g. I think he gets his wires crossed) on adding a motion detector trigger to a paintball gun using a BASIC Stamp HomeWork board, a laser pointer and a servo. How to build motion detect to fire a paintball gun – [via] Link
End of the Weekend – Start Making a Repstrap!
Update: There’s an interesting chicken and egg problem with Reprap robots and the Zach emailed me to mention that this DIY 3D Printer isn’t officially a Reprap, but that more of a Repstrap. A Repstrap is a machine to bootstrap the self replication process! If you haven’t watched the video or read the PDF, check […]
Yetis Love Strawberry Milk
Heidi from My Paper Crane shares a new creation, Yeti-pie. Yeti-pie will be debuting at the upcoming Welcome To Dollywood show. Link.
Making Arduino sing, Part Three: Playing a melody
Dave from uC Hobby writes: This is the third in a series of articles about generating sound with an Arduino. In this article we bit-bang our way through Jingle Bells. It’s almost Christmas so why not make a festive microcontroller project? Arduino Sound Part 3. Playing a Melody – Link Related: Making Arduino sing – […]