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Chris from Pyro Electro sent in his latest creation, it’s a IR prox sensing musical device. As usual he has provided enough information to make your own. ” IR sensors used to detect the distance between the sensor and an object are a perfect fit for a DIY Theremin because they are low cost and they are reliable enough to get the project working. The idea here is that instead of using antennas, we’ll use infrared proximity and be able to play an instrument, the IR Theremin!”
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The new format of the name the thing contest 178 is still open to be won. We have had some close guesses but haven’t had a winner yet so there is still a chance to toss in your best guess. There are now 7 image sections to help you decipher what it might be. More images will be added until it will be very obvious or it is guessed correctly. |
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Lots of us have smart phones in our pocket, why not use the power of the phone to control things around us. Troy Collinsworth uses his to control his garage door, start his car and turn on the sprinkler system. This is all done using bluetooth. This Daisy Works board and this Android software if the heart of what makes the system tick. The outputs of the board are used to simulate button presses. Thanks for the tip John. “Materials:
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Arthur Benemann who is an Electrical Engineering student sent in his picChess game which uses a DSPIC33F128MC804 Microcontroller. The PIC based game can communicate using a speaker to talk and a monitor to show the game board and chess pieces. If Chess wasn’t enough Arthur also added Conway’s game of life and a music player to the system “For the hardware the main challenge is to select a processor with power to handle the audio and video, and still have enough power to run the chess engine. The most powerful micro that i had at hand was a DSPIC33F128MC804 from microchip, that i bought to start playing around with the DSPIC33F family. And this seemed a good project to do this. The clock is run at 80MHz this makes the use of the full processor power, and also can be scaled to get a 10MHz clock for the SPI module this is necessary by the video routine. This clock rate is obtained by the PLL block in the DSPIC33F.”
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If you want to see Jesus Walking on water I think the closest you will get is watching the video that Rodger Cleye made showing his robotic platform that he made for operating in the water. You probably remember his Skeleton Riding a Skateboard that we featured here. I am hoping that Rodger sends in some pictures of the rig so we can see how he built it. “I have added a robotic aquatic platform to my arsenal of robots. This is my first boat. It used dual H-bridges to differentially control 2 12V trolling motors overvolted at 24V. Just the right balance of floatation and submersion is obtained by careful calculation of the water displaced by the PVC frame. Overall it is rather lightweight (sans the SLA batteries that mostly sit underwater to act as a counterbalance at the water-line fulcrum). Speed is slow but turns on a dime thanks to the differential “Segway style” turning. This enabled me to make a radio control flag pole and Jesus walk on water.”
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Steven Rodriguez sent in some information about a project they are raising money for using Kickstarter. Have a read about the Wave Manual and give them some support to make this a reality. As with all Kickstarters there is a deadline to get funded and their funding deadline is 10 days from now. “WAVE MANUAL will not simply be a theoretical exercise but a documentation of our complete immersion into the Micro-FM movement that includes travel to Mexico and around the U.S. to work with and interview participants of various Free Radio collectives. Beginning July 5th we will be in Mexico City working alongside the FREE RADIO COLLECTIVES to produce this bilingual for creating and maintaining free radio operations on either side of the border. We need you assistance with funding the project and promoting the project into the hands of other potential contributors. Your donations go to travel expenses, the procurement of materials, and the publishing costs of WAVE MANUAL. We are extremely excited about the potentials of this project and we thank you for your donations. VISIT our Kickstarter page at wavemanual.com to learn more and donate in exchange for pre-orderd copies of the WAVE MANUAL project, A WAVE MANUAL SIGNATURE MICRO FM TRANSMITTER KIT- A Tetsuo Kogawa style MICRO FM transmitter kit. Comes with all components (including microphone jack) and instructions for your own micro FM radio transmission. With WAVE MANUAL logo artwork printed on circuit board! These Micro FM kits are currently completely unavailable anywhere online. + check out the many more incentives to donate. THE FUNDING CAMPAIGN FOR WAVE MANUAL ENDS ON JULY 14th”
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I saw a cool bike on Zedomax today. It’s a Beer Bike by City Cycle that lets you have a few drinks while touting around the city, cool idea until someone gets real drunk and falls into the path of a oncoming truck. I think a larger version about the size of a real tour bus would be a great business in tourist locations. I was wondering how many other people had this idea, turns out there are a ton of these around the world, have a look at the other designs below. “The City Cycle is the result of an extensive design process. Development included form studies, product benchmarks, market and field research and product refinement based on user feedback and engineering analysis. A small team of expert design/engineer/fabricators took a no-holds-barred approach to the project, putting creativity and design excellence as a project priority. The result of this adventure into ergonomics, socializing, function, form and materials is a device unparalleled in the world today.
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