![]() | DIY 3D Printing at Home with MakerBot
If you've ever dabbled in 3d modeling, creating a design from nothing is an outstanding feeling. If only you could somehow export it to the real world...but 3D printers cost thousands of dollars, right? Wrong! While most high end 3d printers... |
![]() | iPhone Controlled Tank using Arduino
Here's a neat project featuring an iPhone controlled tank which has an Arduino for a brain. The data is transferred wirelessly to Processing and then to the Xbee wireless serial communication module. Oh, and did we mention it's solar... |
![]() | Make a DIY Sonar System using Arduino
Learn how to build a robot with built in visual sonar using sensors, an arduino, and Processing. The author supplies the code for Processing, an easy to learn programming tool for visualization. Processing gathers the sonar data from the... |
![]() | 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
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
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)
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... |
![]() | 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
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... |
![]() | 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... |








































