Kategorie: Mobile
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Can this tiny lawn mower robot cut it in the real world?
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe’re finally starting to see robotic lawn mowers gain a little bit of traction as prices come down and consumer trust goes up. They work a bit like Roomba vacuums and pathfinding sophistication varies from one model to the next. But even the most basic models are still a lot more expensive…
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Axiom is Arduino’s newest Gold Integration Partner!
Reading Time: 2 minutesDigital manufacturing consultancy and solutions provider, Axiom Manufacturing Systems, based in the United States, has recently joined our System Integrators Partnership Program. As Gold-level partners, Axiom will supercharge their mission – to empower manufacturers to rapidly transform their operations through the practical adoption of digital technologies – with Arduino’s versatility, developing custom…
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This portable Starmap could be your guide to the cosmos
Reading Time: 2 minutesEstimates vary, but there are generally a few thousand stars bright enough to see in the sky on a clear, moonless, cloudless night away from city lights. You might be able to identify a couple of them, along with a handful of constellations. But what about the rest? If they intrigue you,…
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Self-leveling workbench can travel without trouble
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn actually level workbench is critical for many different jobs, such as pouring resin or calibrating sensors. But it is difficult enough to level a stationary workbench and that becomes a nightmare for a workbench that needs to roll around a shop on casters, as shop floors definitely aren’t level. That’s why Firth Fabrications…
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Project Hub’s new featured pages are your gateway to inspiration!
Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino’s Project Hub is more than just a platform; it’s a vibrant community where members share their ideas and achievements, contributing to our knowledge base and inspiring everyone to make, learn, and try something new. With close to 5,400 projects, including tutorials, examples, and resources for all skill levels, Project Hub is…
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Introducing a computing curriculum in Odisha
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe are working with two partner organisations in Odisha, India, to develop and roll out the IT & Coding Curriculum (Kaushali), a computing curriculum for government high schools. Last year we launched the first part of the curriculum and rolled out teacher training. Read on to find out what we have learned…
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This smart spice box makes cooking a breeze
Reading Time: 2 minutesMany people shy away from cooking because they’re overwhelmed by all of the different steps and ingredients. Recipes are useful, but they aren’t very intuitive to those who are more comfortable with visual thinking. To help these people enjoy the cooking experience, Purdue University students Riddhi Gupta and Aarav Garg created a…
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DIY ECU controls Honda Insight’s Kubota diesel engine
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Honda Insight was the first hybrid car released in North America and Honda put serious effort into making it as efficient as was practical at the time. That meant aerodynamic streamlining, which is why the first-generation Insight had very distinct covers over the rear wheels. It even had special tires with…
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A teacher’s guide to teaching Experience AI lessons
Reading Time: 5 minutesToday, Laura James, Head of Computing and ICT at King Edward’s School in Bath, UK, shares how Experience AI has transformed how she teaches her students about artificial intelligence. This article will also appear in issue 24 of Hello World magazine, which will be available for free from 1 July and focuses…
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A DIY bottle-labeling machine perfect for homebrewers
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile it is certainly possible (and common) to put homebrewed beer into kegs, that requires regulated gas and large refrigeration space. A keg is also more difficult to transport and overkill if you just want to bring a few beers to a friend’s backyard BBQ. For those reasons, many homebrewers bottle their…
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A pair of Arduino UNO R4 boards power this Tron-inspired, decked-out shop room
Reading Time: 2 minutesBob Clagett of the “I Like to Make Stuff” YouTube channel has recently undertaken an extensive shop renovation project where he is rearranging tools, tidying up various spaces, and even creating a dedicated “clean” room for his collection of 3D printers/electronics work. With its jet-black walls, Clagett felt it needed some RGB lighting…
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Improve laser engraving speeds with an Arduino-controlled turntable
Reading Time: 2 minutesEngraving items with a laser-based system at home is amazingly convenient for one-off parts, but what happens when the production volume needs to increase? For element14 Presents host Clem Mayer, this usually meant preparing many uniform pieces of engraving stock, opening the laser’s enclosure, placing down the material, and then finally running…
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Massive tentacle robot draws massive attention at EMF Camp
Reading Time: 2 minutesMost of the robots we feature only require a single Arduino board, because one Arduino can control several motors and monitor a bunch of sensors. But what if the robot is enormous and the motors are far apart? James Bruton found himself in that situation when he constructed this huge “tentacle” robot…
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How makers can use AR and VR
Reading Time: 4 minutesAugmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are both currently experiencing a meteoric rise in popularity, with the combined market expected to reach $77 billion by 2025, from just $15.3 billion in 2020. For makers, AR and VR represent exciting opportunities to build new types of projects, tapping into entirely new possibilities…
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Audiophile Pi
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs someone interested in giving old tech a new lease of life, the idea came naturally. “I was inspired by the many high quality network audio streaming devices sold by the major stereo component brands such as Sony, Cambridge Audio, NAD and so on but I couldn’t justify the cost,” he explains.…
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A gamified approach to therapy and motor skills testing
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor children who experience certain developmental delays, specific types of physical therapies are often employed to assist them in improving their balance and motor skills/coordination. Ivan Hernandez, Juan Diego Zambrano, and Abdelrahman Farag were looking for a way to quantify the progress patients make while simultaneously presenting a gamified approach, so they developed…
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Why do OTA updates matter in IoT?
Reading Time: 8 minutesImagine you’ve just installed your state-of-the-art lighting control system, perfectly hidden in a box inside a wall, and everything seems to be working like a charm. But then, you spot a bug in the firmware. The thought of pulling the hardware back out sends shivers down your spine. You start wondering for…
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How we’re making Android Enterprise signup and access to Google services betterHow we’re making Android Enterprise signup and access to Google services betterSoftware Engineering Manager
Reading Time: 3 minutesAndroid Enterprise connects your Google products and services across Android, ChromeOS, Chrome Browser and Google Workspace.Android Enterprise connects your Google products and services across Android, ChromeOS, Chrome Browser and Google Workspace.Website: LINK
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Mini Dexed
Reading Time: 3 minutesMini Dexed ports the concepts of the digital synthesiser to Python and Raspberry Pi, and is the brainchild of Simon Peter (aka Probono), who describes it as a ‘Dexed FM synthesiser similar to 8x DX7 (TX816/TX802) running on a bare-metal Raspberry Pi (without a Linux kernel or operating system)’ to produce eight…
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A DIY weather display with dedicated outdoor sensor station
Reading Time: 2 minutesWeather stations are popular projects in the maker community because they’re useful and usually quite affordable to construct. But most that we see are really weather information displays that gather data through the internet from stations in the region. That data is fairly accurate, but there can be minor differences due to microclimate zones.…
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Young people receive their data from space and Astro Pi certificates
Reading Time: 4 minutesAcross Europe and beyond, teams of young people are receiving data from the International Space Station (ISS) this week. That’s because they participated in the annual European Astro Pi Challenge, the unique programme we deliver in collaboration with ESA Education to give kids the chance to write code that runs in space.…
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NASsie
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe got an email from Jeff Loeliger about a very cool project he’s been working on recently. “When you have several computers and lots of files around the house it is useful to have a NAS – network attached storage – device to share files, stream media with Plex, and back things…
