Arduino Hacks

Make a DIY Arduino Word Clock

Make a DIY Arduino Word Clock

Find out how to build your own 'Word Clock' using the power of Arduino. It's definitely unique and eye-catching clock which literally tells you the time unlike your standard digital clock. The instructions are really easy to understand and well...
Geo-Location Game “Urban Defender” using Arduino

Geo-Location Game "Urban Defender" using Arduino

By using an Arduino, GPS, and an accelerometer, this group put together the "Urban Defender" - A hyper-local geolocation based game which allows users to "claim" various districts of a city by throwing the ball against a wall to claim the...
Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock

Secret Knock Detecting Door Lock

Here's a fantastic project using an arduino, a motor, and a piezo sensor which allows you to both record and detect knocking patterns to unlock a door.  The video below does a fantastic job of demonstrating how it works: It's completely mobile...
GhostBusters DIY Halloween Costume (Arduino Powered)

GhostBusters DIY Halloween Costume (Arduino Powered)

For your DIY Halloween costume this year, Learn how to make your own Ghostbusters Proton Pack equipt with red and green lasers (above).  There is a full tutorial on how to build your own along with a detailed photogallery of the proton pack.  An...
DIY Football Hero Using the Arduino

DIY Football Hero Using the Arduino

We've seen plenty of guitar hero projects and even a laser harp hero, but now we have a football hero (Soccer for us Americans).  Made for the music industry, the director pulled together a team of DIYers and football players to make the game a...
Arduino and Ikea = Superb RGB LED Table Hack

Arduino and Ikea = Superb RGB LED Table Hack

Taking a stock Ikea table, this hacker added a set of 81 individually controlled RGB LEDs to the frame, creating a glowing livingroom centerpiece.  Using the Arduino, he can individually address each LED to control the color change.  Now if only...
Top 5 Custom LED Beer Pong Tables

Top 5 Custom LED Beer Pong Tables

Beer Pong...The sport of choice of college students.  While we would never, ever support over consumption of alcohol, we must admire the engineering and creativity of these outstanding illuminated tables.  If you're new to LEDs, check out our...
Incredible $100 Arduino-Based CNC Machine

Incredible $100 Arduino-Based CNC Machine

CNC machines allow you to mill just about any shape or design you'd like using X, Y and Z axis.  Typcailly they cost serveral thousand dollars, but this man built his own CNC machine and wrote up a tutorial on how you can build it yourself. ...
The Webcycle for the Internet Junkie

The Webcycle for the Internet Junkie

Is your desire/addiction the web strong enough to pull you away from the information superhighway onto an exercise bike in order to keep you plugged in? The webcycle is a bicycle which controls your internet speed based upon how quickly you're...
Remote Controlled Camera Trigger Arduino Project

Remote Controlled Camera Trigger Arduino Project

Controlling the shutter of a camera remotely has several uses. The most important – catching a photo at exactly the right time. Many top of the line digital cameras come with remotes. But what if you wanted to build one for your average digital...