Schlagwort: tech
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This internet uptime indicator reduces frustration
Reading Time: 2 minutesBandwidth may have increased dramatically over the past couple of decades, but internet connections are often still quite unreliable. For people with unreliable connections, it becomes a chore to check a browser over and over again to find out when the internet is back up. To avoid that hassle, Emily Velasco built…
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An experimental low-cost ultrasonic drone positioning system
Reading Time: 2 minutesDrone shows have become a big trend over the past few years, with some shows containing thousands of individual drones. Those shows are wildly expensive, because the drones can easily cost a couple thousand dollars each. A big part of the reason for their high cost is their onboard positioning systems, which…
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This remote sensor system determines if water is good for drinking
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe public often hears from various media outlets and documentaries that many regions in the world lack consistent access to quality drinking water. But what does exactly does that mean? It is more than water that is clear and free of parasites. Distilled water, for example, isn’t recommended as drinking water because…
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Vineyard pest monitoring with Arduino Pro
Reading Time: 7 minutesThe challenge Pest monitoring is essential for the proper management of any vineyard as it allows for the early detection and management of any potential pest infestations. By regularly monitoring the vineyard, growers can identify pests at early stages and take action to prevent further damage. Monitoring can also provide valuable data…
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Get more out of your phone: Integrate it with your Arduino Cloud projects
Reading Time: 5 minutesRemote monitoring with a mobile app is a must for all the IoT device management platforms. In general, having a mobile app offers a more complete and convenient user experience for IoT device management platform users, which can improve their satisfaction and loyalty. So expanding the mobile app capabilities in order to…
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Digital European roulette wheel takes advantage of charlieplexing
Reading Time: 2 minutesRoulette is one of the classic casino games, along with poker, blackjack, baccarat, and craps. There are two popular versions of roulette: American and European. The American version features an additional zero (green) pocket and the numbered pockets in a different arrangement. Mirko Pavleski built a digital European roulette wheel and used charlieplexing to…
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Infinity dodecahedron puts on a mesmerizing light show
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you’ve ever stood in an elevator with mirrored walls and saw your reflection bouncing back and forth endlessly, then you’ve experienced an “infinity mirror” from the inside. If you were standing outside of the elevator and one of the walls were a one-way mirror, you’d be able to peer inside as the interior…
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James Bruton’s robot centipede of many legs
Reading Time: 2 minutesStrangely, no centipede has exactly 100 legs. They can have either more or fewer than 100 legs, but not exactly 100 because they always have an odd number of pairs. Sadly, that means that James Bruton’s centipede robot is anatomically incorrect — though cool nonetheless. Bruton built this centipede robot as a scaled-down prototype,…
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Smart bedside mat won’t let you snooze your alarm
Reading Time: 2 minutesThere is one thing that we can agree on: more sleep is better. None of us want to wake up, which makes that snooze button oh so tempting. That leads to the inevitable cycle of pushing the snooze button over and over again until suddenly you find yourself let for work or your kid’s…
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Portenta C33: The high-performance, low-price oxymoron
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile democratizing professional solutions may seem like an oxymoron, that’s exactly what Arduino Pro is out to achieve. Our business-oriented unit stands at industrial clients’ side with a growing ecosystem of high-performance, reliable, secure products that aim to provide the right solution for every need big and small companies may have, in…
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This beautiful clock features circuit sculpture faux Nixie tubes
Reading Time: 2 minutesEveryone loves a nice Nixie tube clock, but Nixie tubes are expensive and difficult to find. Even if you can source a working set, driving the vintage tubes is a complicated undertaking by modern standards. Nixie tubes require high voltage and multiplexing, which is a pain. To solve these problems while retaining…
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Lamptopus: The most adorable desk lamp in the world
Reading Time: 2 minutesSometimes the only motivation you need for a project is “because I want to.” That is especially true for cute and quirky decoration that doesn’t need to prioritize functionality. The perfect example of this is Ruby Zoom’s Lamptopus, which is the most adorable desk lamp in the world. Lamptopus is a small…
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Learn how to drive flip-disc displays with your Arduino
Reading Time: 2 minutesBefore digital display technology became affordable and practical, electromechanical flip-disc (AKA “flip-dot”) displays were a popular choice thanks to their high visibility and ability to scale to large sizes. For all practical purposes, flip-disc displays have been obsolete for decades. But we’re seeing a resurgence in demand for them, as they have…
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Improve your data analysis with the Advanced Chart Widget for Arduino Cloud
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe’re excited to announce the release of our latest Arduino Cloud feature, the Advanced Chart Widget! This new and improved widget is a significant upgrade from our previous chart widget, offering more customization options and functionality that will make it easier than ever to visualize and analyze your device data. In this…
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HEXA LEDs make Bluetooth-controlled accent lighting affordable
Reading Time: 2 minutesLED accent lighting is very trendy right now, as it can add quite a lot of visual interest to a room without introducing clutter. But commercial products are often either very expensive or subpar in quality and capability. Fortunately for makers, this kind of project is perfect for a DIY weekend build.…
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Ping pong robot lets you dial-in the serves
Reading Time: 2 minutesPing pong is one of the most popular sports in the world, but that doesn’t mean that it is easy to find people to practice with. Lone players are typically forced to practice by using return boards (or one half of the table flipped up), but that is overly predictable. To provide…
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Portenta X8 in Arduino IoT Cloud
Reading Time: 4 minutesYou may have heard about Portenta X8 for its flexibility of usage of Linux combined with real-time applications through the Arduino environment. But now, a new set of features have been added to Portenta X8 thanks to its brand-new Arduino Python container. Update your board with the latest image (here is a…
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Turn your lights on and off by staring at this little robotic switch
Reading Time: 2 minutesUnlike every other hands-free light switch that relies on infrared motion detection or changes in ambient light values, Michael Rigsby’s “Look at Me Light Switch” instead requires a person to stare at it for six seconds. Based on an embedded machine learning model and a microcontroller, this device uses Person Sensor from Useful Sensors,…
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Predicting when a fan fail by listening to it
Reading Time: 2 minutesEmbedded audio classification is a very powerful tool when it comes to predictive maintenance, as a wide variety of sounds can be distinguished as either normal or harmful several times per second automatically and reliably. To demonstrate how this pattern recognition could be incorporated into a commercial setting, Kevin Richmond created the Listen Up…
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Get More Out of Your Smartphone with Arduino
Reading Time: 5 minutesOur smartphones go pretty much everywhere with us, and we use them for more things than we even realize. From literally the very moment we’re startled into life in the morning, until the one final doom scroll through social media before bed, our phones are with us. It makes sense, then, to…
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The Periodic Table Clock oozes nerdy charm
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe periodic table is arguably the most popular symbol of nerd pride. Everyone knows what it is, but few people are familiar enough with it to make real use of it. There aren’t, for instance, many people that can tell you the atomic number of darmstadtium. If you’re one of the nerdy…
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Makers, get ready to step up your game with the GIGA R1 WiFi
Reading Time: 3 minutesA new board joins the Arduino family, and it’s the most powerful ever designed for makers, engineers and creators: today we’re announcing the GIGA R1 WiFi. Bridging you from great fun to amazing performance, it opens the door to infinite possibilities in robotics, IoT, music, computer vision, digital fabrication, and any kind…
