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Toyota's e-Palette concept is a self-driving store that comes to you
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Toyota e-Palette concept will bring the store to you no matter where you are. More Toyota (TM) is one of the world’s largest automakers. But at CES 2018, the company showed off a concept that has little to do with selling cars, and more to do with selling sneakers, delivering Italian…
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Gadget, product highlights from CES Unveiled 2018
Reading Time: 4 minutesSunday night’s CES Unveiled, which just wrapped up, is a sneak preview for CES 2018 itself — the tech expo extravaganza that draws well over 150,000 people from around the world each year. At this year’s CES Unveiled, where we pored through hundreds of gadgets and services, there was no shortage of…
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ADT wants to secure your home, phone and health
Reading Time: 3 minutesADT wants to secure your home, phone and health. More ADT is best known for home security systems. But now the company is expanding beyond that with a suite of services including an app that helps you keep track of your family members, an app to notify folks of an emergency and…
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Build a block balancing game with Arduino and servos
Reading Time: 2 minutesBuild a block balancing game with Arduino and servos Arduino Team — January 8th, 2018 If you’re tired of classic tower building games like Jenga or stacking cards and would like a new challenge, “mr_fid” has come up with a game where you balance blocks on a tree assembly. The nicely crafted device…
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Sennheiser unveils $3,000 glass-covered headphones for hardcore audiophiles
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Sennheiser HD 820 arrives this summer, retailing for $3,000. Source: Sennheiser More Sennheiser announced on Monday at CES 2018 its priciest headphones yet — a pair of $3,000 glass-covered portable headphones aimed at the hardcore audiophile. Arriving this summer, the HD 820, is a pair of wired $3,000 headphones that go…
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Add colorful effects to your 1980s boombox with Arduino and LEDs
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAdd colorful effects to your 1980s boombox with Arduino and LEDs Arduino Team — January 5th, 2018 While ’80s-style boomboxes have their own unique character, per hacker “Dancorp’s” excellent mod, it’s clear that they could be improved dramatically with programmable LEDs. This build uses a capacitive filtering arrangement to feed line out…
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Rick and Morty fans will love this butter robot
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRick and Morty fans will love this butter robot Arduino Team — January 4th, 2018 Up until the present day, if you need butter, you simply ask another human to “pass the butter,” leading to minor inconvenience and awkwardness. Engineering students in Brussels have come up with a novel solution: a…
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Build a six-wheeled RC vehicle for any terrain
Reading Time: 2 minutesBuild a six-wheeled RC vehicle for any terrain Arduino Team — January 4th, 2018 In order to create the ultimate off-road RC rig, “asrebro” designed his own six-wheeled vehicle, operated with the help of Arduino. To give it decent range and reliability, the hacker turned to a stock transmitter and receiver, but routed…
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RoboGlove assists users with gripping objects
Reading Time: 2 minutesRoboGlove assists users with gripping objects Arduino Team — January 3rd, 2018 The RoboGlove project is a robotic glove by students at the Université Libre de Bruxelles that is designed to assist the wearer when continuously gripping objects. This is accomplished by a series of three servos that transmit force through cables…
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Playing chiptunes on an old reed organ with Arduino
Reading Time: < 1 minutePlaying chiptunes on an old reed organ with Arduino Arduino Team — January 3rd, 2018 After finding an organ left outside to rot, hacker “tinkartank” decided to use it for his own purposes, adding push buttons under each key as inputs to an Arduino Mega. He also reused the control rods with…
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Control lights and sounds with the Arduino-powered LED Eclipse
Reading Time: < 1 minuteControl lights and sounds with the Arduino-powered LED Eclipse Arduino Team — January 2nd, 2018 If you need a MIDI device that can be programmed as your own unique light and sound controller, then Jon Bumstead’s LED Eclipse may be just what you’re looking for. The circular device, roughly the diameter…
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Designing an Arduino-powered Braille generator
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDesigning an Arduino-powered Braille generator Arduino Team — January 2nd, 2018 Did you know that embossing machines needed to generate Braille characters can cost thousands of dollars? After finding this out, hacker Carlos Campos decided to design and build his own using 3D-printed parts, along with an Arduino Mega and a RAMPS…
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Ultrasonically levitate particles and liquid
Reading Time: 2 minutesUltrasonically levitate particles and liquid Arduino Team — December 29th, 2017 If you thought the power of levitation was only available to magicians (and perhaps magnets) then check out this amazing project from Asier Marzo. It uses an Arduino Mega to control an 8×8 array of ultrasonic transducers, which when carefully coordinated…
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Monitor your sleep quality with Arduino
Reading Time: 2 minutesMonitor your sleep quality with Arduino Arduino Team — December 27th, 2017 While it can be difficult to get enough sleep, at least you can try to make it as restful as possible when you are in bed. That’s the idea behind this project by Julia Currie and Nicholas Sarkis, who developed…
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These students made their own Guitar Hero-like video game
Reading Time: 2 minutesThese students made their own Guitar Hero-like video game Arduino Team — December 23rd, 2017 If you’d like to create your own simulated guitar from scratch, you’ll want to check out this project by Cornell ECE students Jake Podell and Jonah Wexler. It uses four conductive strings on the neck to sense…
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Turn a flatbed scanner into a PCB UV exposure device
Reading Time: 2 minutesTurn a flatbed scanner into a PCB UV exposure device Arduino Team — December 23rd, 2017 If you want to create your own custom PCBs, you could design it and wait for a fab house to send it back, dealing with any errors, or you could do it yourself. Hacker Andras Kabai…
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Create a custom Secret Santa trivia box with Arduino
Reading Time: 2 minutesCreate a custom Secret Santa trivia box with Arduino Arduino Team — December 20th, 2017 Participating in Reddit’s Secret Santa this year, hacker “Haxxa” decided to go all out, picking out not only several gifts for the recipient, but an Arduino-powered trivia box to house them in. In use, an Arduino Nano onboard…
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Interact with the virtual world in a whole new way
Reading Time: 2 minutesInteract with the virtual world in a whole new way Arduino Team — December 20th, 2017 As reported by the Creative Applications Network, “Tangibles Worlds explores the effects of tactile experience as a catalyst for full immersion in VR.” The project by Stella Speziali takes the form of three separate boxes, along with…
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This control panel references your favorite sci-fi films
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis control panel references your favorite sci-fi films Arduino Team — December 19th, 2017 While you may question if some of the blinking lights and buttons in science fiction movies actually do anything, you’d still really like to hit those buttons just to see what happens, right? If that sounds like you,…
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Star Wars fan creates an Arduino-powered rebel pilot chest box
Reading Time: < 1 minuteStar Wars fan creates an Arduino-powered rebel pilot chest box Arduino Team — December 19th, 2017 If you’d like a rebel fighter pilot suit, complete with the automated chest box, then look no further than this excellent build from “badjer1.” It features a chest box with the same dimensions seen in…
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Automatic trash can optimized for battery life
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAutomatic trash can optimized for battery life Arduino Team — December 15th, 2017 If you have a trash can with a lid, you’ve probably accepted the small inconvenience of opening it with your hand and foot. YouTube hacker MadGyver, however, came up with a different solution using an Arduino Nano and…
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New search engine and Arduino reference!
Reading Time: 2 minutesNew search engine and Arduino reference! mastrolinux — December 14th, 2017 The Arduino web team has working hard behind the scenes improving our legacy systems. Now, it’s time to work on something more interesting for the team and more useful for our community! From here on out, we will update you every month on the latest and…
