Android-controlled robotic blimp
YARB is a robotic blimp controlled using an Android phone. Images are sent over wifi from the blimp to the phone display as it’s maneuvered along using the tilt sensor inside the G1.
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Hello Kitty boost
I love this Hello Kitty bubblegum tin housing a Minty Boost. There’s even extra space to carry two additional AA batteries, for even more boost. And notice the Maker’s Notebook as the backdrop. The builder named it the Minou Boost, after her cat. Minou boost
Make Controller Tweeter library
Liam sent me a link to this interesting Twitter library for the Make Controller. Tom Slejko wrote the code and it’s really well documented. I haven’t had a chance to try it out yet, but it’s on my list of things to do. If any of our readers get a chance to try it out, […]
Laser-cut LCD stand
Spotted on the MAKE Flickr pool: Mark Demers, of SpikenzieLabs, created this simple, handsome laser-cut LCD stand to interface (via I2C) with Arduino. He says he plans on adding some cabinet lighting, via LEDs, to make the etched labels near the buttons more visible. LCD Stands – Wood
Using Skype over 3G on iPhone
Yet another reason why I am glad to have a jailbroken iPhone. Yup, this one is limited to those who are jailbroken, or willing to jailbreak. Anyway, it is possible, even easy to make VoIP calls on the iPhone using a cellular connection, which in my case is AT&T’s 3G network
25 chips that shook the world
IEEE Spectrum has a great package of articles covering 25 Microchips that shook the world. All of your faves are there: the 555, the 6502, the 8088, the TI TMC0281 (which ET used to phone home), the PIC 16C84, the WD1402A (aka the first UART chip), the Z80, and the Sh-Boom coprocessor. The wha? Here’s […]
GPS on iPod nano
Using a GPS reference board and an Atmel ATMEGA324 micro-controller engineer Bengamin Kokes has created a prototype GPS peripheral for his iPod nano.