This Week in Making: Hackaday 2017 Grand Prize Winner and DIY Pinball Machine
This week, check out the Grand Prize winner of Hackaday 2017: an open source underwater drone that’s both cheap and easy to make.
Arduino
As the preeminent tool for makers, Arduino is a versatile platform that covers almost every type of creative making. With its simple-to-use coding language and fun programming concepts, Arduino enables users to create modern electronics with ease. From beginner level projects like flashing LED lights to more advanced builds such as interactive robots, there are an endless number of possibilities when it comes to building projects with Arduino. Whether you are new or an experienced builder in search of fresh ideas, these posts will provide interesting Arduino tutorials and unique ideas that may spark your creativity and motivate you take on any type of maker project!
Build a Thermoelectric-Cooled Drinkibot
John Park uses a Peltier cooler, a Trinket M0, and CircuitPython to build a drink-dispensing and cooling robot.
Control Your Light Switches from Your Phone
Ahmet Akif Kaya built a system. that incorporates an Arduino, Bluetooth module, and servo. to control his light switch from his cel phone.
MOVI Adds Voice Control to Arduino Projects
MOVI is designed to provide onboard speech recognition and synthesis, making it easy to add voice control to your Arduino based project.
When Things Start to Gossip and Other Computational Matters
What are the implications of our devices exchanging information about our identities, abilities, and actions? They’re all quite the gossip.
Arduino Widens Wireless Offerings with Two New Boards
Today at World Maker Faire New York, Massimo Banzi took stage to unveil two new Arduino boards, the long-range radio (LoRa)-equipped MKR WAN 1300 and the cellular-capable MKR GSM 1400.
Maker Spotlight: Daniel Zimmerman
An engineering manager, Daniel Zimmerman enjoys tinkering on basement tech projects that further automate his home.
