DIY Tilt sensing mouse
Here’s a great DIY tilt sensing mouse made with an Arduino – [via] Link. Related: Arduino @ MAKE – Link. Get started with Arduino with the MAKE guide! – Link.
Open Source Hardware
TV-B-Gone tampon case
I had some extra real estate in my tampon case, so I assembled my new TV-B-Gone kit inside. I pulled out the button and aimed it slightly downward, so it can be activated by items on a table like the base of a wine glass or silverware, for going incognito in a restaurant. – Link. […]
The stribe – touch-sensitive mixers with a LED matrix
Interesting touch-sensitive mixers with a LED matrix under the faders, Soundwidgets writes – The Stribe’s original name was “xenome” – a nod to Brian Crabtree’s amazing monome 40h project, which inspired me to build the first Stribe in the summer of ’07. For many years, I’d been thinking about and experimenting with alternative interfaces, but […]
HOW TO – Power a Chumby with a battery pack
Here a bit about powering a Chumby from an external battery pack, Bunnie writes – Recently, someone on the chumby forum noted that the Energizer ER-PHOTO battery pack works with the chumby. The ER-PHOTO is a handy little device that essentially emulates a 12V DC wallwart with a pass-through mode, so you can continue to […]
RepRap PWM Driver v1.1 / DC motor driver v1.1 released
Good news for RepRap makers, Zach writes – I’ve finished two new versions of the boards for the Arduino electronics. These are incremental improvements that offer cool stuff like more blinky LEDs, minor fixes, and such. Full build pix, tester code, and everything you need to know to get started with these boards. The DC […]
Open source hardware in the New York Times
Good to see open source hardware getting some well deserved action in the NY Times, here’s a good read about the Neuros recorder we’ve covered here- รขโฌลHACKERS, welcome! Here are detailed circuit diagrams of our products รขโฌโ modify them as you wish.รขโฌย Thatรขโฌโขs not an announcement youรขโฌโขll find on the Web sites of most consumer […]
BUGbase / BUGmodules – pricing and shipping
BUGlabs announced their pricing and shipping schedule today – AVAILABILITY / PRE-ORDERS The BUGbase and BUGmodules will ship by Monday, March 17, 2008. We’ll begin taking pre-orders through our online store on Monday, January 21, 2008. PRICING / EARLY-ADOPTER DISCOUNT The BUGbase will retail for $349, and the BUGmodules will vary from $59 to $119. […]
