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Posted January 1, 2011 by Chris

Using a novel gesture-based improvisation and motor control system, the robot listens to the human play and tries to match its beat, sync, and themes. It uses choreographic gestures to generate both motion and sound. Take a look!

Posted December 31, 2010 by Chris

This project write-up shows you how to use a modified dvd laser to make your own laser death ray. This isn’t some puny laser either, it can burn through paper and etch away at materials. Take a look at the project to see the build instructions and action vid.

Posted December 30, 2010 by Chris

We have all read the news stories about people seeing jesus and other saints faces on bread, danishes and on water damaged walls, now learn how to make your own! Using a laser engraver you can draw practically anything on your toast, so why not jesus? Read the project write-up to learn how.

Posted December 29, 2010 by Chris

The sea water antenna is a very innovative idea that was recently brought to life. Although the linked video is lax on the very specific details, enough is explained to give even an antenna newbie a direction to duplicate this technology.

Posted December 28, 2010 by Chris

While perhaps dull to the lay-man, generating vga signals is more difficult than it seems. This ATtiny cranks out the proper signals to display a few test colors on a vga input monitor. The code is short and sweet and the schematic is even more simple.

Posted December 27, 2010 by Chris

Here we have the ganzbot, an arduino robot that reads (outloud) your latest twitter status update and he even moves! Why anyone would need this…who cares, check the website for action shots and the project write-up.

Posted December 26, 2010 by Chris

If you don’t need precise control over a motor you want running, this project will interest you. A motor is basically allowed to either turn on or off by using a potentiometer combined with a power transistor. Nothing ground breaking here, just back to the basics.

Posted December 25, 2010 by Chris

Slapping in a wifi unit to your project is easier than you think. This project uses a pair of cheap ($14) wifi modules to do wireless in the 100’s of Mhz range. Beware, there is no packet structure by default, so some data might get lost in transit. See the write-up for schematics and how-to’s.

Posted December 24, 2010 by Chris

Taking a break from the hardcore stuff, here’s an old classic: older cell phones were much more (hardware) hackable compared to newer cell phones. Getting received SMS messages out of them to control electronics was easily achieved. This project shows you how to control elecotronics via SMS, old school style.

Posted December 23, 2010 by Chris

USB has come to the forefront of importance and so knowing how to build firmware to interface properly is important. This hack brings to the ATtiny USB capability and while only USB 1.1, it still opens up a world of opportunity. Check the project write-up for source code and hardware schematics.