Category: Electronics

BeagleBoard Gives New Power to Open Source Gadgets

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Open source hardware hobbyists now have a chipset to play with that’s comparable to the powerful processors found in smartphones such as the Nexus One or HTC Incredible. … Read More

Nerf Gun Hack – Secure Area and Fire on Intruders – Part 2

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This is part 2 of the Nerf Gun hack, you can see part 1 of the project here. Last time some wiring was done to allow us to remotely control the three internal motors. … Read More

Light Lunch Box by Craig Hickman

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Physical Computing art by Craig Hickman.

From Craig:

When left on its own the display randomly displays patterns and alphanumeric characters that dissolve by way of some random shenanigans… … Read More

Ball-balancing robot is a master show-bot

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We’ve seen soccer players balance themselves over a ball for our appreciation and their personal fun. Now, it’s time to extend that praise worthy applause we’d reserved for our favorite soccer star to the BallP, or Ball Inverted Pendulu – a ball-balancing robot developed by Dr. Masaaki Kumagai, director at the Tohoku Gakuin University’s Robot Development Engineering Laboratory. … Read More

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