Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. And he has a new best-of writing collection and “lazy man’s memoir,” called Borg Like Me.
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
Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. And he has a new best-of writing collection and “lazy man’s memoir,” called Borg Like Me.
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LOL @ -6:27 CapaciTATOR!
Re: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzYdthtTuAE from TeamCynergy.com
FYI: The setup in the tutorial is correct, for those who want to set this up. The Power was mistakenly called the ground.
lol and the capacitor was mistakingly called a capacitator