Cécile Babiole’s Bzzz! The Sound of Electricity sculpture seems to embody the promise of the Arduino as being a microcontroller that artists can use to develop an idea without a lot of technical gruntwork: The sculpture has a radial form, arranged around a sound wave generator at the centre of a room surrounded by a […]
After a delay from hurricane Sandy, MaKey MaKeys have arrived in the Maker Shed! In case you haven’t heard, the MaKey MaKey is a Arduino based interface for computer interaction. It lets you to turn nearly any somewhat conductive object (like oranges, bacon, or your labradoodle) into a keyboard key.
Mike Pieters shows how to control a table lamp with an Arduino and SimpleVR voice recognition shield.
Being wet weather season, this ambient weather forecasting umbrella stand hack from Simone Marra illustrates just how easy it is to integrate a networked controller with your project. Utilizing a Grove Nest board, a WiFi networking module, a motion sensor, and some RGB LEDs, Marra has built a handy way of remembering to bring an umbrella on your way out the door.
Gregory “Mr. Vacuum Tube” Charvat breaks down an old school police radar.
Designer Kimio Kosaka soldered together an entire Arduino using the difficult freeform method.
Greg Holloway and Al Gray have been working on a proof of concept vehicle for a marine unmanned surface vessel that uses the Rasberry Pi called FishPi. The goal of the project is to “ultimately be able to cross the Atlantic unaided, and take scientific measurements while doing so.”
