arduino
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If You Have A 3D Printer You Can Make Yourself A Cheap Robotic Lawn Mower
A decent robot mower will set you back a couple thousand dollars, considerably more than the robot vacuum that’s patrolling your living room for dust. But if you’ve got access to a 3D printer and a bit of electronics know-how, you can print and build a robotic mower for a fraction of the cost.
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A Tiny Tetris-Playing Business Card Is Your New Discreet Distraction
It all started with a one-0f-a-kind Tetris playing business card, but as Kevin Bates‘ tiny Arduboy gaming console nears production, there’s now a new version that’s custom-designed to finally play an official version of that famous tetromino-stacking game.
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This Arduino-Style Board Uses Intel’s 37-Year-Old 8086 Chip
Card-based computers keep getting more powerful, unless you’re Matt Millman. Because this chap has decided to build an Arduino-style board that’s powered by a giant of computing history — Intel’s 8086 processor, which is now 37 years old.
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These 5 Gadgets Are Now In MoMA’s Permanent Collection
A microcontroller. An experimental synthesiser. A kit for building game consoles. You can read about these things online, you can buy them online, and you can build them yourself. But starting this year, you’ll also find them in arguably the most important modern art museum in the world.