Rapidly create your own capacitive multi-touch sensors with this kit

Reading Time: 2 minutesRapidly create your own capacitive multi-touch sensors with this kit Arduino Team — November 13th, 2019 You likely use touchscreens every day when interacting with your phone — perhaps even to read this article — but prototyping your own capacitive matrix is unfortunately out of reach for most makers and electronics novices. As seen here, […]

Rapidly create your own capacitive multi-touch sensors with this kit

Reading Time: 2 minutesRapidly create your own capacitive multi-touch sensors with this kit Arduino Team — November 13th, 2019 You likely use touchscreens every day when interacting with your phone — perhaps even to read this article — but prototyping your own capacitive matrix is unfortunately out of reach for most makers and electronics novices. As seen here, […]

Rapidly create your own capacitive multi-touch sensors with this kit

Reading Time: 2 minutesRapidly create your own capacitive multi-touch sensors with this kit Arduino Team — November 13th, 2019 You likely use touchscreens every day when interacting with your phone — perhaps even to read this article — but prototyping your own capacitive matrix is unfortunately out of reach for most makers and electronics novices. As seen here, […]

An IMU ring for low-latency mixed reality input

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn IMU ring for low-latency mixed reality input Arduino Team — November 12th, 2019 Because of their ability to visually sense the environment, head-mounted mixed reality (MR) systems can detect when a user touches a wall or other surface. These surfaces can then become interactive panels, with the small caveat that they traditionally treat a finger […]

This suitcase game lets you bring the escape room experience anywhere

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis suitcase game lets you bring the escape room experience anywhere Arduino Team — November 12th, 2019 To experience an escape room, you normally need a rather large dedicated space. This project, however, by creator Jason R, takes this physical clue-solving concept and shrinks it down to fit within a small suitcase! To play, participants […]

Create a voice-controlled device with Alexa and Arduino IoT Cloud in 7 minutes

Reading Time: 4 minutesWe’re excited to announce the launch of the official Arduino Amazon Alexa Skill.  [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt0OrmzBmMk?feature=oembed&w=500&h=375] You can now securely connect Alexa to your Arduino IoT Cloud projects with no additional coding required. You could use Alexa to turn on the lights in the living room, check the temperature in the bedroom, start the coffee machine, […]

This New Nano Pack Has EVERYthing You Need

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis New Nano Pack Has EVERYthing You Need Arduino Team — November 12th, 2019 The Arduino Nano Every is now available in a 3 and 6 pack – perfect for running a course or powering all your projects with Arduino. For those countless creations requiring a small and easy to use microcontroller board, the Nano […]

Rolling robot transformed into a zip lining contraption

Reading Time: 2 minutesRolling robot transformed into a zip lining contraption Arduino Team — November 11th, 2019 MOREbot is an Arduino-powered educational robotic platform that’s currently available for pre-order. While the base kit is geared (literally and figuratively) towards building a small two-motor robot, MORE Technologies CEO Canon Reeves shows off how it can be reconfigured into an […]

ElastImpact brings a bit more realism to VR

Reading Time: 2 minutesElastImpact brings a bit more realism to VR Arduino Team — November 11th, 2019 If you’ve ever used a VR system and thought what was really missing is the feeling of being hit in the face, then a team researchers at the National Taiwan University may hold just the solution.  ElastImpact takes the form of a […]

TipText enables one-handed text entry using a fingertip keyboard

Reading Time: < 1 minuteTipText enables one-handed text entry using a fingertip keyboard Arduino Team — November 11th, 2019 Today when you get a text, you can respond with message via an on-screen keyboard. Looking into the future, however, how would you interact unobtrusively with a device that’s integrated into eyeglasses, contacts, or perhaps even something else? TipText is […]

Researchers have developed self-healing soft electronics

Reading Time: 2 minutesResearchers have developed self-healing soft electronics Arduino Team — November 9th, 2019 While flexible electronics can pose certain advantages, they are often subject to a rather short life, and can be difficult if not impossible to repair. As a solution to this conundrum, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Tokyo have been […]

Researchers have developed self-healing soft electronics

Reading Time: 2 minutesResearchers have developed self-healing soft electronics Arduino Team — November 9th, 2019 While flexible electronics can pose certain advantages, they are often subject to a rather short life, and can be difficult if not impossible to repair. As a solution to this conundrum, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Tokyo have been […]

Competition robot picks up (almost) all the balls

Reading Time: < 1 minuteCompetition robot picks up (almost) all the balls Arduino Team — November 9th, 2019 For the Warman Design and Build Competition in Sydney last month, Redditor ‘Travman_16 and team created an excellent Arduino-powered entry. The contest involved picking up 20 payloads (AKA balls) from a trough, and delivering them to a target trough several feet […]

Competition robot picks up (almost) all the balls

Reading Time: < 1 minuteCompetition robot picks up (almost) all the balls Arduino Team — November 9th, 2019 For the Warman Design and Build Competition in Sydney last month, Redditor ‘Travman_16 and team created an excellent Arduino-powered entry. The contest involved picking up 20 payloads (AKA balls) from a trough, and delivering them to a target trough several feet […]

This 3D-printed SCARA robot dispenses ball bearings

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis 3D-printed SCARA robot dispenses ball bearings Arduino Team — November 8th, 2019 SCARA robots are often used in industrial settings to move components in the proper location. In order to demonstrate the concept to students, Nicholas Schwankl has come up with a simple unit that employs three servos and 3D-printed parts to dispense 4.5mm […]

This 3D-printed SCARA robot dispenses ball bearings

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis 3D-printed SCARA robot dispenses ball bearings Arduino Team — November 8th, 2019 SCARA robots are often used in industrial settings to move components in the proper location. In order to demonstrate the concept to students, Nicholas Schwankl has come up with a simple unit that employs three servos and 3D-printed parts to dispense 4.5mm […]

Fruit identification using Arduino and TensorFlow

Reading Time: 7 minutesBy Dominic Pajak and Sandeep Mistry Arduino is on a mission to make machine learning easy enough for anyone to use. The other week we announced the availability of TensorFlow Lite Micro in the Arduino Library Manager. With this, some cool ready-made ML examples such as speech recognition, simple machine vision and even an end-to-end […]

Proxino takes your virtual circuit into the real world

Reading Time: < 1 minuteProxino takes your virtual circuit into the real world Arduino Team — November 7th, 2019 While circuit simulation tools become more accessible all the time, at some point it’s necessary to actual build your device and test it. Proxino, developed by researchers at Dartmouth College, takes a different approach, and enables you to virtually create […]

Some tips and tricks for controlling a servo with an Arduino

Reading Time: 2 minutesSome tips and tricks for controlling a servo with an Arduino Arduino Team — November 6th, 2019 Servos aren’t particularly hard to control with Arduinos, and in fact there’s a library available just for that purpose. Actually making the connection between the board and servo and managing one’s power usage will require a bit more […]

GesturePod is a clip-on smartphone interface for the visually impaired

Reading Time: 2 minutesGesturePod is a clip-on smartphone interface for the visually impaired Arduino Team — November 6th, 2019 Smartphones have become a part of our day-to-day lives, but for those with visual impairments, accessing one can be a challenge. This can be especially difficult if one is using a cane that must be put aside in order […]

Meet Steve, an Arduino-powered camera chauffeur

Reading Time: < 1 minuteMeet Steve, an Arduino-powered camera chauffeur Arduino Team — November 5th, 2019 Taking photos or recording videos by hand is great, but in many situations you’d prefer to have your camera mounted on a movable or even programmable platform. Steve — now funding on Kickstarter — aims to fill that role as a remote-controlled vehicle that can […]

BubBowl displays in-beverage messages with electrolysis

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBubBowl displays in-beverage messages with electrolysis Arduino Team — November 4th, 2019 Ads, notifications, and other messages surround us today, and if you were overwhelmed before, researchers at Ochanomizu University in Tokyo, Japan have figured out how to print text and images in your cup of coffee! This system, dubbed “BubBowl,” uses electrolysis to dynamically […]