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![]() | The 4 Player LED Pong Coffee Table
Previously, we've featured a variety of Pong projects including the LED Pong clock. Now the 2D arcade game gets new life by adding two more players and being built into a coffee table. The coffee table holds 900 LED's arranged in a 30 x 30 matrix... |
![]() | DIY RC Airsoft Gun Turret using Recycled Parts
Just a few modifications and you can turn a harmless tupperware cake dish into a DIY airsofturret. All it takes is a microcontroller, servo, IR receiver, and an airsoft pistol to transform an everyday item into a turret Airsoft gun. It can also... |
![]() | Arduino Powered, Chess Playing Robot
Arduino DIY-ers have built another superb project. This chess board looks like any chess board except the chess pieces are metallic and moved by a magnet below the board controlled by a robotic arm. The microcontroller controls stepper motors and... |
![]() | Superb Mechanized Android Toy Speaks Morse Code
By now, you may be familiar the superb Android figurines we sell our store. While they look fantastic, and are a must-own for any Android fan, they don't actually move. This reader decided to do enhance the static toys by making them "speak"... |
![]() | How To: Build an Infrared Receiver
We have seen several infrared projects in the past that used IR and IR receivers to seamlessly work with other electronic devices. IR is among the most popular methods of communications for home electronics (specifically TVs and stereos). The... |
![]() | "FireHero" - Flame Thrower version of Guitar Hero
This Guitar Hero fan and innovative DIYer took a Guitar Hero guitar and interfaced it with an Arduino microcontroller which controls relays that activate solenoid valves on five individual 'flame throwers.' Whew, that was a mouthful, but the... |
![]() | USB Controlled DIY Home Automation
Wireless home automation is all about control and convenience. This home automation project reverse engineers a remote so that it recognizes inputs from a computer or a microcontroller. He used an oscilloscope to decode the remote so that the... |
![]() | How to: DIY Liquid Magnets aka 'FerroFluid'
Ferrofluid is a magnetic liquid with astounding properties. We've posted a few neat videos about ferrofluid in the past and while it's fun to look at, it's probably super expensive and unobtainable for the average person, right? Wrong! You can... |
![]() | Electric Organ Hacked into an 8-Bit Synthesizer
This innovative Swedish engineer converted an old electric organ into an 8-bit synthesizer which can play fantastic renditions of your favorite NES theme songs. For modern 8-bit music, check out this collection.
With all the original tone... |
![]() | DIY Halloween Dual-Copter Ghost Project
We have floated lots of DIY copter projects. Take that and mix it up with some out-of –the box creativity to put together this remote controlled Evil Flying Ghost. Just imagine this thing chasing frightened kids down the street on Halloween!... |








































