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Webcam Hacks |
 | Stream Webcam Video to an LED Matrix
We've seen some projects in the past which display patterns or games on an LED matrix, but they're not nearly as complex as this project. Using a webcam, a video stream is processed via MatLab for edge detection and the results are displayed... |
 | Defend Your Cubicle with a DIY Robotic Turret This DIY robot turret comes as a easy to setup kit or you can build it yourself. The multi-role robot comes with a webcam for watching your back, a fan for keeping cool, and a pellet gun with laser sight plus color tracking for some harmless target... |
 | Simulate Internet Chess with an Interactive Board
Playing chess against a robotic arm or an interactive surface adds a whole new element to a standard internet chess match. Instead of playing through your complete screen, this DIYer built an interactive board enabling you to play online, but use... |
 | How To: DIY Arduino Balancing Surface
Here's another superb Arduino project using just a few simple components (which are available in our DIY projects store). It's a pretty simple setup using a laptop, webcam, servos, and an Arduino to monitor and balance a ball bearing on a flat... |
 | Internet Enabled Pet Feeder
Learn how to build an internet enabled pet feeder with streaming video. Now you can feed your pet from work or on vacation directly from your computer or phone. The whole system is fairly simple and is controlled by the status LED on a Cisco... |
 | Free Professional Grade Webcam Security Software
The problem with most motion detection software for personal or business use it that they're triggered by a leaf, animal, or other insignificant events. Vitamin D, on the other hand, can detect movements of people, doors opening and closing,... |
 | Incredible Hexapod Robot with Claws and Webcam
Just when you thought that Hexapod robots were the best, the guys of at the Tekkotsu lab at Carnegie Mellon University develop the Chiara robot, a fully articulated 6-legged robot, which claws and high-end webcam for precision navigating and... |
 | How to View your Webcam on your iTouch or iPhone
In this tutorial, we'll be showing you how to watch a live feed from your webcam on your iPhone or iPod touch from anywhere in the world. Setup is pretty simple, basically just download and install a windows program and the necessary app... |
 | Arduino & NunChuck create Real Time DIY Pan & Tilt Camera
Learn to create your own DIY pan and tilt camera which is controllable (in basically real time) by using a Wii nunchuck and the Arduino. Â By moving and rotating the nunchuck, two servo motors match your movements allowing you to control your... |
 | Build a Motion Activated Spy Camera
By hacking a motion detector and soldering it to a tiny pinhole 4GB USB Stick Camera (cheap on eBay) you can secretly record video whenever someone enters the room. When motion is detected, the motion sensor sends out a signal which is instructs... |
