HaDuino: An Arduino That Opens Beer Bottles
The HaDuino is a joke project by Brian Benchoff of Hackaday: an Arduino with a bottle opener shape cut into the PCB.
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!
Laser-Cut Octorotor
Jared Reabow’s sweet multirotor is made entirely of laser-cut parts, other than the electronics, and it took only 8 hours to build, including a dinner break…
Build a Basic IR Motion-Sensing Camera with Weekend Projects
Combine some common components and several pieces of software into one, and assemble this microcontroller-driven motion-sensing camera that records VGA resolution pictures to SD card.
A Neophyte’s Path Through the DARC
Join me as a take a neophyte’s walk through the DARC and attend introductory workshops on making and using personal drones at the Drones & Aerial Robotics Conference.
Silicon Chef Female-Focused Hardware Hackathon
San Francisco-based Hackbright Academy offers 10-week software engineering fellowships for women, and last weekend, on October 5, they hosted their first female-focused hardware hackathon called Silicon Chef.
Weekend Projects HOA – TV-Go-Sleep Universal TV Timer LIVE NOW
Join us today at 3:30pm PT/6:30pm ET for a quick 20-minute Hangout On Air with Tom Rodgers, maker of the TV-Go-Sleep Universal TV Timer, an Arduino-powered sleep-timer that will turn off any TV in range after a countdown.
Use an Oscilloscope to See Your Pulse
MAKE reader Scott recently built a modified version of the IR Pulse Sensor by Sean Ragan by combining it with elements from the original circuit, as designed by Let’s Make Robots user MarkusB.