arduino
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Arduino’s New 3D Printer Will Cost Less Than $US1000
Arduino is at the heart of do-it-yourself electronics, and now the company wants to make inroads into additive manufacturing with its 3D printer: The Arduino Materia 101.
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Unravel The Mysteries Of The Arduino With This Crash Course Starter Kit
If there’s one common feature among all the cool hacks and DIY projects you’ll find online these days, it’s that they’re usually made with an Arduino microcontroller of some sort. But if you lack the programming and electronics know-how to use an Arduino to bring your own creations to life, this simple starter kit will…
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Playing Flappy Bird Inside This Box Is Way More Fun Than On Your Phone
Missed out on your chance to download Flappy Bird? It’s OK. You can just make a DIY box version of the same game. It looks way more fun. That’s what Fawn Qiu did. She made an IRL version of Flappy Bird using an Arduino sensor, two servo motors, a reed switch and magnets. Oh and…
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Why Is A Cheap Colour Sensor Such A Big Deal?
We expect our devices to know what’s going on. Automatic doors, smartphones, temperature control systems and beyond all perform actions when they detect certain conditions. And it seems like it would just be convenient to put cameras on everything so devices could have eyes on all different situations. It would also be creepy, but we’ll…