A web-enabled audio switch
Tired of switching having to manually switch between his headphones and computer speakers, Peter Lavelle decided to go all out and built a LAN-controlled audio switch to solve the problem.
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Text to speech? There’s a shield for that
Galen Raben of letsmakerobots decided to have some fun with a SpeakJet speech synthesizer and TTS256 text-to-speech processor, and built a SpeakJet shield so that he could hook it up to his Arduino
iPhone controlled solar powered Arduino tank
Using TouchOSC on an iPhone alongside Processing and an Arduino, Chris Rojas made this awesome Xbee controlled tank that runs on solar power. He lists all of the parts required for the project on his site and even provides the code to get you up and running with your very own iPhone controlled tank!
Bio Circuit: a wearable soundscape
Using a heart rate monitor, a hacked MP3 player and a LilyPad Arduino, Dana Ramler and Holly Schmidt developed a wearable bio circuit: With each beat of the heart, Bio Circuit connects the wearer with the inner workings of their body. In this sense the garment functions like other biofeedback devices that use sensors to […]
Generating high-quality sine waves with Arduino
Need to generate a high-quality sine wave using an Arduino? The folks over at Lab3 explain how it’s done with their Arduino DDS Sinewave Generator.
Gelatin brain mold with arduino synapses
Several weeks ago, I had a spectacularly bad accident on my bike. There was a dog, a leash and a human. The leash acted kind of like a finish line ribbon, but without the breakaway segment they use in the marathons. I landed on my (helmeted) head. Hard. A few hours later I came to in the ER of the local hospital blabbering to my wife, asking the same questions over and over (and over). They ‘offered’ to let me stay there a while, so I spent the night.
For a long time, I have consistently worn a helmet on every bike ride. It always puzzles me to see adults and kids riding with out proper head protection. I also often see teens with skateboard helmets riding with the straps undone, as if having the protective gear perched on their head is enough to keep it there. Why not clip the straps? If I hadn’t had a helmet on and properly secured to my noggin, I’d still be on the hospital feeding program, if I even survived the crash.
As I was floating in the ER I got a vision: A brain with little toy objects suspended in it like ideas in a mind. Around the objects are blinking lights acting as synapses. As I recuperated in the days after my misadventure, the image continued to return for further refinement. One of the first things I did on return from the hospital was to order a gelatin mold in the shape of a brain.
Arduino in Unity3D
Unity3D hacker Pieter Floris writes in to say that he’s finally got his Arduino connected compass controlling a camera in Unity3D. The barrier of entry continues to be lowered by projects like this. Kudos, Pieter!
