Schlagwort: tech
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Add an inexpensive digital readout to your drill press
Reading Time: 2 minutesA drill press is a very useful tool that lets you slowly drill holes that are perfectly perpendicular to the work piece. And good drill presses give you a readout that lets you drill to a precise depth. But the cheap drill press stands for hand drills make that difficult. To solve…
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TAST-E is an animatronic robot head with a sense of taste and smell
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere are many theories that attempt to explain the uncanny valley, which is a range of humanoid realness that is very disconcerting to people. When something looks almost human, we find it disturbing. That often applies to robots with faces — or robots that are faces, as is the case with the TAST-E robot that has…
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This DIY tool automates LED testing and current limit calculations
Reading Time: 2 minutesGPIO pins on most microcontrollers operate at low voltages, typically between 3.3V and 5V, and are unable to deliver much current — oftentimes stopping at 20-40mA. This is why, when setting up an LED, series resistors are used to limit the amount of current draw and prevent damage to the pin. Mirko Pavleski created…
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Controlling a power strip with a keyword spotting model and the Nicla Voice
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs Jallson Suryo discusses in his project, adding voice controls to our appliances typically involves an internet connection and a smart assistant device such as Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant. This means extra latency, security concerns, and increased expenses due to the additional hardware and bandwidth requirements. This is why he created a…
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UNO R4 Stars: Meet Daniel Jansson
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe launch of the Arduino UNO R4 marks a huge leap forward for our community. For us, it’s also the chance to celebrate the people who bring our ecosystem to life with their bright ideas, radiant enthusiasm, and shining insight. That is how the UNO R4 Stars blog post series began: to highlight makers who…
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Arduino Education is a three-time Bett Awards finalist for 2024
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe are proud to announce that Arduino Education has been shortlisted as a finalist in three categories for the Bett Awards 2024: COMPANY OF THE YEAR (MORE THAN £3M) COLLABORATION WITH A SCHOOL for the Medellin Challenge with Colegio San Jose de Las Vegas in Colombia Bett INNOVATION AWARD for innovation on…
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DIY PC case features interchangeable kinetic front panels
Reading Time: 2 minutesRGB LEDs are sooooo 2015 and the “it” thing today is kinetic art. If a blinking LED is the “hello world” of the microcontroller industry, then making something move is the equivalent of finally fingering out how pointers work. So Robert of the Ideal Idea YouTube channel had to learn a lot…
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This RC tank has Möbius strip tracks
Reading Time: 2 minutesMöbius strips are often used to symbolize infinity, because they are continuous loops with only a single surface. They can’t exist in real life, because every solid object in reality has thickness — even if it is very thin, like a piece of paper. But we can construct similar objects that loop and…
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Announcing a better Arduino Cloud, together!
Reading Time: 3 minutesAt Arduino, we’ve always believed in the power of community. Our journey has been shaped by the incredible feedback and input we’ve received from our users, and today, we’re thrilled to introduce a renewed and improved Arduino Cloud based on your insights. This renewal goes beyond just a fresh coat of paint.…
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This simple machine quickly dispenses labels
Reading Time: 2 minutesMost of us don’t use label stickers very often, so we can afford to spend several minutes fumbling around with corners to try and peel the labels from their backing paper. But if you’re handling many of them a day, like putting “fragile” stickers on shipping boxes, then that inefficient fumbling will…
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Ivan Miranda’s clock is a master class in marble mechanism design
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere are a surprising number of marble-based machines out there. Marbles work well in machines because they roll easily, have substantial weight, and are very consistent in diameter. Ivan Miranda was able to take advantage of those characteristics to build this amazing marble clock. This project uses hundreds of marbles to display…
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Home automation ideas for the fall season
Reading Time: 6 minutesThere’s a lot to love about the fall season, and when it comes to home automation there’s a ton of opportunity here for smart makers to start playing around with new ideas and creations. In this article, we’ll take a look at some ways you can use home automation to enhance your…
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Introducing Arduino’s new storage libraries: Streamline data management for your projects
Reading Time: 4 minutesAt Arduino, we’re always on a mission to make development easier and more accessible. That’s why we’re excited to introduce two new libraries, Arduino_POSIXStorage and Arduino_UnifiedStorage, designed to simplify how you handle data and storage in your Arduino projects. These libraries empower you to do that faster, and with less complexity. Simplified…
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This all-in-dashboard uses the Arduino GIGA Display Shield to control appliances
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn a previous video about controlling household appliances and lighting fixtures from the Arduino Cloud, Sachin Soni of the techiesms YouTube channel designed a custom PCB that allows an Arduino Nano ESP32 to toggle a series of relays. But since then, he realized that his project needed a faster and more permanent method…
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Improve recycling with the Arduino Pro Portenta C33 and AI audio classification
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn July 2023, Samuel Alexander set out to reduce the amount of trash that gets thrown out due to poor sorting practices at the recycling bin. His original design relied on an Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense to capture audio through its onboard microphone and then perform edge audio classification with an…
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Replicating two of history’s most iconic BattleBots with the Arduino UNO R4
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen the BattleBots TV show first hit the airwaves in 2000, it felt like we were finally living in the future. Engineers and enterprising hobbyists from around the world would compete to build the most destructive robots, which then entered into televised mortal combat within an arena. The original series had many notable robots,…
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Voice-enabled controller makes video games more accessible
Reading Time: 2 minutesAlmost all modern video games require either a gamepad or a keyboard and mouse, which means that they’re inaccessible to many people with disabilities that affect manual dexterity. Bob Hammell’s voice-enabled controller lets some of those people experience the joy of video games. This is a simplified video game controller with a…
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This machine automatically fabricates inflatable truss structures
Reading Time: 2 minutesHow does a flat sheet of material, like plastic or an airtight textile, become an inflatable structure with a three-dimensional shape? The traditional process involves creful design with a lot of trial and error in order to place seams between two or more sheets. That involves a lot of labor, so a…
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Mosaikmaschine lets a community collaborate to design a massive mural
Reading Time: 2 minutesA good mural can really capture the identity of a community and it is typically up to an artist to figure out how to accomplish that. But what if every individual in a community could contribute a design that would become a piece of the larger mural? Niklas Roy was able to…
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This robot turns old bottles into a musical instrument
Reading Time: 2 minutesPercussion instruments are likely the first kind that humanity invented, because they’re quite simple: hit a thing and a noise happens. Different things produce different frequencies with different timbres, and glass bottles have a nice xylophonic sound to them. Because glass bottles are easy to find among discarded garbage, Jens of the…
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Electronics embedded in elastomer enabled this exotic dress
Reading Time: 2 minutesIntegrating electronic components into textiles is usually a challenge, as they are rigid and most textile applications require flexibility. But new materials and fabrication processes are changing that dynamic. FashionTech designer Anouk Wipprecht and Chromatic 3D Materials were able to take advantage of those to develop this futuristic, motion-activated dress illuminated by…
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Smart accommodation: Hotel room and rental property automation with Arduino Opta
Reading Time: 5 minutesHospitality professionals are constantly looking for ways to offer guests an enhanced experience while improving operational efficiency and optimizing energy management. To achieve this, they require cost-effective solutions that are easy to install and maintain while also providing the scalability of future-ready systems – such as automating hotel rooms or B&B rentals…