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 | How to: Controlled Levitation using Magnets & Microcontrollers
Here are four superb examples of combining electricity and magnetism to create wirelessly powered, levitating objects. Typically using two copper coils for induction, the some methods in the tutorials below transfer electricity through thin air. ... |
 | How to: Get Free Electronic Parts for your Projects
Don't you hate it when you're working on your next project and realize you're short a resistor or capacitor? You have two choices: Buy online, pay for shipping, and wait a week or go to your local Radio Shack and pay ridiculous prices to... |
 | Back to the Future 'Auto-Lace' Sneakers
If the Nike Wiis aren't an extreme enough shoe mod for you, check out these self-tying Power Laces. Inspired by the Back to the Future films, the Power Laces Prototype features a motor and an Arduino microcontroller. When your foot hits the... |
 | Illuminated LED Air Quality Check Balloons
Students from Carnegie Mellon University have taken the idea of an LED floatie further with an air quality sensor. The DIY air-sniffing balloon project can be built fairly easily and on the cheap. All it takes is a bit of circuitry skill.
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 | Solar and Wind Powered Wi-Fi Repeater
It’s a no-brainer that you can live off the grid with the help of DIY free energy sources such as wind and solar. And as our How to: Run Your Gadgets on 100% Green Energy proved, you do not have to ditch your electronic devices either. So if... |
 | Custom Magic 8 Ball features internal OLED Screen
Remember those Magic 8 balls growing up and how the stupid bubbles and purple liquid always got in the way of reading the prediciton? With a bit of electronic modding, it display custom messages by replacing the normal message die with an OLED... |
 | A Self-Docking Telepresence Robot
Web controlled surveillance robots are common robotic projects these days, but here's one which comes with self docking capabilities is far less common. This "RoboCam" uses the iRobot for a base and incorporates a Parallax Propeller... |
 | Cornell's Top Microcontroller Projects 2010
The students of Cornell have posted their year end microcontroller projects for us to admire. Some projects involve creating commercially available products, but a few definitely stood out from the crowd. With a budget of $75, the students... |
 | Incredible Robot Balances Perfectly on a Ball
We've featured some basic segway-like self balancing robots with two wheels but we haven't seen anything like this. This unique robot uses three omni-wheels to maintain its balance on a spherical ball. As demonstrated in the video below, it... |
 | Build a Self-Balancing Segway Skateboard
This low cost self-balancing skateboard project is a mix between the Segway-like scooter and Electric Segway Skateboard we've covered before. Add an Arduino microcontroller, a motor, and some sensors to a standard skateboard and you get a... |
