Here’s a great HOW TO on controlling an iPod with the Arduino, Jonas writes – This tutorial will describe a way of controlling an iPod remote, and thus, an easy way of getting some music and sound out of your Arduino project. The remote we used was an unofficial remote I found on the worldwide […]
Here’s how to turn an iRobot Create learning bot into a personal WiFi scanner and optimizer!- Link.
Little bugs… for bugging people – A life-size, robotic fly has taken flight at Harvard University. Weighing only 60 milligrams, with a wingspan of three centimeters, the tiny robot’s movements are modeled on those of a real fly. While much work remains to be done on the mechanical insect, the researchers say that such small […]
These talking CD cases from Pre.vu might be fun to hack up / bend… – [via] Link.
France based CrowdSpirit is in beta mode, you can put your ideas for electronics/gadget and they can be voted on or developed. If it gets developed you can also get a share of the revenue. Interesting idea, not sure how/if it will work out – I wonder what the first product will be from this […]
Erling Ellingsen figured out how to retrieve high sample rate measurements from the iPhone’s built-in accelerometer: As it turns out, the iPhone has a built-in LIS302DL, a tiny 3-axis accelerometer. While some have attempted to use it from within the Safari browser (the Tilt game detects changes to the width of the browser page; it […]
Now that iRobot’s vacuums and poolbots are firmly ensconced in the marketplace (and in many of our homes), what do they want to clean next? Our gutters. The Looj robot is designed to auger out leaves from your gutters. Cool idea, but do you really want to spend the money on a robot you only […]
