Kategorie: Mobile
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Monitoring hospital bed occupancy with an Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn care facilities and hospitals, being able to tell when beds are occupied or free is vital knowledge for the staff, as they can move onto other tasks more quickly with up-to-date information. Adam Milton-Barker’s hospital bed occupancy detection system aims to accomplish this goal by combining embedded machine learning models and connected hardware…
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All aboard the java train!
Reading Time: 2 minutesThese days, everyone seems to turn to robots for automating tasks in the physical world. But robots are often clumsy and unreliable — not to mention expensive. Trains, on the other hand, are famous for their reliability. With that in mind, YouTuber James Whomsley designed a model train railway to bring coffee…
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Small, MKR WAN 1310-powered device monitors CO2 levels in classrooms
Reading Time: 2 minutesHumans are animals and like all animals, we evolved in mostly outdoor conditions where the air is nice and fresh. But modern society keeps most of us indoors the vast majority of the time, which could have negative health effects. There are many potential hazards, including a lack of sunlight and psychological…
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Adorable model trolley livens up a garden
Reading Time: 2 minutesModel railroading is a popular hobby going back more than a century, but which has remained largely unchanged for many decades now. The typical model railroad uses an electric locomotive with a motor powered through the rails by DC current, with the polarity of the power supply determining direction and voltage determining…
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Instantly understand 40+ languages, with Speech Recognition Engine
Reading Time: 2 minutesVoice commands are a contactless, hands-free, natural way to interact with devices, equipment, and machines of all kinds: no wonder they are increasingly popular! With speech recognition technology advancing faster than you can say “users expect it,” developers often need to find ways to integrate it in their new projects. This, however,…
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The Privacy Sandbox Beta is coming to AndroidThe Privacy Sandbox Beta is coming to AndroidVP, Privacy Sandbox at Google
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’re entering the next phase of the Privacy Sandbox initiative, rolling out the first Beta for Android to eligible devices.We’re entering the next phase of the Privacy Sandbox initiative, rolling out the first Beta for Android to eligible devices.Website: LINK
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Arduino Nano Every brings Knight Rider sound effects to Knight Rider RC car
Reading Time: 2 minutesKITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand) was a fictional car based on a 1982 Pontiac Trans Am in the Knight Rider television series. KITT featured an artificial intelligence, voiced by the legendary William Daniels, and some iconic styling. Savall21 built a replica RC KITT and used Arduino boards to add sound and light effects that…
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Teach your learners with The Computing Curriculum
Reading Time: 3 minutesComputing combines a very broad mixture of concepts and skills. We work to support any school to teach students about the whole of computing and how to create with digital technologies. A key part of this support is The Computing Curriculum. We help schools around the world teach their learners computing. The…
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The Protector is a life-saving wearable packed with intelligent sensors
Reading Time: 2 minutesExercising outdoors is great for our general health and mental wellbeing, but it also carries some risks that are not always apparent, such as bad air quality, incoming storms, or simply falling down. To assist in tracking these environmental parameters and overall physical activity, Christopher Mendez Martinez created a small wearable device he calls “the…
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This 3D-printed robot is made for sumo battle tournaments
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile the majority of makers are unable to afford the fancy equipment and components that go into modern state-of-the-art battle robots, there do exist lesser-known tournaments for more DIY designs, including sumo robot battles. Instructables user noclaf8810373’s design incorporates all of the high-powered components one would expect to find, along with an innovative defense mechanism. Construction…
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Using sensor fusion and tinyML to detect fires
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe damage and destruction caused by structure fires to both people and the property itself is immense, which is why accurate and reliable fire detection systems are a must-have. As Nekhil R. notes in his write-up, the current rule-based algorithms and simple sensor configurations can lead to reduced accuracy, thus showing a…
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PaperPi V3 e-paper display
Reading Time: 3 minutesEarly promise As with so many of our featured project showcase makers, Aaron showed a very early interest in electronics and technology. “When I was eight, I disassembled the TV remote and (poorly) punched holes through the faceplate so I could add ‘extra features’,” he relates. “I lovingly remember this as my…
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Iana’s smart glove in real life
Reading Time: 2 minutesRainbow Six is a series of tactical shooter video games dating back to 1998. The series contains many individual titles set in various points of time, from historical wars to fictional futures. Rainbow Six Siege (2015) is set in the future and the character Iana has the ability to project a virtual clone of herself,…
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Code along with our Astro Pi Mission Zero video
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday we’re sharing an Astro Pi Mission Zero codealong video to help even more young people send their code into space. [embedded content] In Mission Zero, young people write a simple program and display a colourful image on an Astro Pi computer on board the International Space Station (ISS). When the astronauts…
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Team Pinball
Reading Time: 3 minutes“Raspberry Pi is a powerful tool that has already found its place in the video game community with RetroPie. We wanted to do the same and create new, fun games with the Raspberry Pi,” explains Romain Fontaine. When the team sat down to decide on the theme and title for their pinball…
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Plotting AI-generated art onto paper
Reading Time: 2 minutesAI-generated art is all the rage right now, thanks to widespread sharing on social media. The appeal is obvious: anyone can utilize an online service to create a unique (and often hilarious) piece of art based on a simple prompt. To display that art, one can utilize a high-quality printer or a…
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A CNC pen plotter with very unusual kinematics
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe vast majority of automated, CNC-controlled machine tools utilize a kinematic motion system that is (not coincidentally) the easiest for people to wrap their heads around. This is your standard Cartesian layout, in which the tool head rides on linear rails along two or three axes. But there are many other kinematic…
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Arduino Project Hub: Share and compete in Project of the Month!
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter the successful launch of the new Project Hub at the end of last year, we are ready for a new challenge and the opportunity for you to be rewarded for your awesome work. Starting February 1st, we are launching a new ‘Arduino Project of the Month’ competition for everyone in our…
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Register your project for Coolest Projects 2023 now
Reading Time: 3 minutesYoung creators, it’s time to share your ideas with the world! Registration for Coolest Projects is now open. Coolest Projects is an online showcase celebrating all young people who create with digital technology. From today, Monday 6 February, young people can register their projects on the Coolest Projects website. Registered projects will…
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Photon: A DIY incident light meter
Reading Time: 3 minutesPico power While most modern digital cameras have light meters built-in, many older cameras don’t have this luxury, and the price of some light meters can be prohibitive. Enter Martin Spendiff and Vanessa Bradley, two familiar makers who present their latest Pico-based project: Photon, a very budget-friendly take on this handy tool.…
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Add gesture recognition and environmental sensing to your hiking jacket with the Nicla Sense ME
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs part of our ongoing collaboration with K-Way, Justin Lutz set out to integrate intelligent electronics into one of the company’s iconic outdoor jackets. Due to the active lifestyle of the brand, Lutz chose to use the Arduino Nicla Sense ME board to detect gestures while hiking as well as monitor the barometric pressure…
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Galactic Unicorn (Pico W Aboard) review
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen you first power on the Galactic Unicorn, via the supplied short micro-USB cable, it immediately springs into life with Pimoroni’s MicroPython firmware and code examples pre-installed, so there’s no need to flash it. Text on the display invites you to press the A, B, C, or D button to launch a…
