Watch This Lego Machine Fold and Launch a Perfect Paper Airplane
Master Lego builder Arthur Sacek creates an amazing paper airplane factory that folds and flings planes.
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These Little Robots Will Carry Away Your Car
Sci-fi movies imagine worlds where robots rebel against their creators and try to take over, but in reality there have been several studies and inventions that use robotics to help out humans in areas such as hospitals and schools. One European team of scientists has a created a team of robots that can get you […]
The Bathtub Becomes Automated and Arduino-Compatible
raptor_demon creates an automated bathtub controller using Atmel ATmega328P microcontroller with Arduino compatability. Wireless water temperature sensor housed in a rubber ducky
Automatic chicken coop door opener
Australian maker Mark Stead recently got some chickens and found out the hard way that they’re early risers. In order to accommodate his new avian friends sleeping habits (and reduce the impact to his) he decided to build an automatic door opener using an inexpensive battery operated alarm clock.
Garduino: Gardening + Arduino
I just published my Instructable on getting my Arduino to take care of my plants. Specifically, Garduino waters the plants when their soil resistance level drops too low and turns on supplemental lighting to make total light daily equal 16 hours regardless of outside conditions. It’s not pretty, but it works! Other than de-uglification, let […]
Robot muffin man
Two Industrial Electrical Technician students built this automated muffin-making machine. The video captions are in French and there are no details about the construction, but it’s still kind of cool to watch. Machine à Muffins Automatisée [via]
A different kind of pin bot
A team over at the University of Illinois’ SigArch computer architecture program have fitted a classic 1978 Bally Star Trek pinball machine with a camera, PC board, and relays in an attempt to an answrer the question, “What happens when the computer wants to play a real pinball game?” – A PIC18F452 on the circuit […]
