Schlagwort: tech
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Arduinoliday Calendar: discover a new Arduino surprise every day!
Reading Time: 2 minutesArduinoliday Calendar: discover a new Arduino surprise every day! Arduino Team — December 1st, 2020 Celebrate the holiday season with Arduino and enjoy a new surprise every day! Let the holiday countdown begin! With the Arduinoliday Calendar, everyday is a new window, and every window is a new surprise… To unlock the…
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Creating a continuum tentacle-like robot with Arduino
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCreating a continuum tentacle-like robot with Arduino Arduino Team — November 30th, 2020 Continuum robots — which look like a tentacle or perhaps an elephant’s trunk — use a series of linkage sections and internal tendons to move both horizontally and vertically. While they may seem quite exotic, in the video…
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Controlling a gas convection heater with a custom thermostat
Reading Time: < 1 minuteControlling a gas convection heater with a custom thermostat Arduino Team — November 27th, 2020 Redditor “Higgs8” had a gas convection heater that is (or was) controlled manually, but they wanted something a bit more. To accomplish this, they came up with a small Arduino-based thermostat. This allows you to set the…
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Arduino psychic ‘magically’ guesses random numbers
Reading Time: < 1 minuteArduino psychic ‘magically’ guesses random numbers Arduino Team — November 26th, 2020 Standard Arduino Nanos can be used for many purposes, but they do not feature wireless capabilities. Somehow, though, Hari Wiguna’s Arduino psychic system is apparently able to pass data between two of them. No external communication hardware is implemented,…
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Control a wheelchair using an EEG headset and Arduino
Reading Time: < 1 minuteControl a wheelchair using an EEG headset and Arduino Arduino Team — November 25th, 2020 In an effort to help provide paralyzed patients with an easier way to operate their wheelchairs, these makers have developed a system that uses an OpenBCI brainwave cap to collect electroencephalogram (EEG) and electromyography (EMG) signals,…
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These cornhole boards react to your bean bag tosses
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThese cornhole boards react to your bean bag tosses Arduino Team — November 25th, 2020 The lawn game of cornhole has seen a surge in popularity over the last couple of decades. But if you’ve ever thought about raising its cool factor, then YouTuber Hardware Unknown has just what you’ve been waiting…
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A military-looking cyberdeck with a built-in Geiger counter
Reading Time: 2 minutesA military-looking cyberdeck with a built-in Geiger counter Arduino Team — November 25th, 2020 Combining cosplay and actual science, as well as an origin story that entails the two, this R.A.T.I.S. (Remote Assault and Tactical Intelligence System) cyberdeck by Paul Hoets is a true retrofuturistic work of art. The build supposedly has its roots…
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This remote-controlled storytelling apparatus is made up of Arduino-driven toy animatronics
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis remote-controlled storytelling apparatus is made up of Arduino-driven toy animatronics Arduino Team — November 24th, 2020 As an exhibit at the Phaneo Science Center in Wolfsburg, Germany, Niklas Roy and Felix Figus created a remotely-operated storytelling apparatus dubbed “Smart Fairy Tale.” When initiated, a little red ball rolls down the installation’s…
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Homemade recycling rig turns plastic waste into new products
Reading Time: 2 minutesHomemade recycling rig turns plastic waste into new products Arduino Team — November 24th, 2020 While that plastic cup, bag, dish, or other item may have served its purpose, more than likely it could be formed into something new. With this in mind, the SOTOP-Recycling team of Manuel Maeder, Benjamin Krause, and…
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Monitor your heart rate while asleep with ZazHRM
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMonitor your heart rate while asleep with ZazHRM Arduino Team — November 20th, 2020 Have you ever wondered what your heart rate looked like when you were catching some Zs? Or perhaps you would like to check up on how someone nearby is sleeping, without actually disturbing that person. The ZazHRM…
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What’s not to love about this realistic beating heart?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat’s not to love about this realistic beating heart? Arduino Team — November 20th, 2020 Your heart is an amazing organ, pumping blood through your body and literally keeping you alive. However, building a realistic model of one — as explained in this write-up by Holiday McAllister — can actually be pretty simple.…
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Transgender Awareness Week: spreading gender awareness in the Arduino community
Reading Time: 4 minutesTransgender Awareness Week, which culminates today with the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), aims at raising the visibility of the transgender and gender non-conforming people, and address the issues their community faces. At Arduino, we believe that technology should improve the lives of everyone, regardless of their gender, sexuality, race, age, ability, nationality,…
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Arduino Explore IoT Kit vs. Oplà IoT Kit: a detailed comparison
Reading Time: 3 minutesArduino Explore IoT Kit vs. Oplà IoT Kit: a detailed comparison Arduino Team — November 18th, 2020 If you are looking for a solution to learn and experience the Internet of Things, there are two popular choices: the Explore IoT Kit and the Oplà IoT Kit. But which one should you pick?…
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This Arduino-powered robot is like a Roomba with a paintbrush
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis Arduino-powered robot is like a Roomba with a paintbrush Arduino Team — November 16th, 2020 Can robots paint? More specifically, can they create art? The second question is, of course, open for debate, but Technovation’s robotic build shows that they can indeed wield a paintbrush. The device, shaped vaguely like a…
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This DIY domino clock tells the time using three LED-lit tiles
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis DIY domino clock tells the time using three LED-lit tiles Arduino Team — November 14th, 2020 After coming across Carbon Design Group’s Domino Wall Clock, which uses electronic magnetic coil motors to reveal white dots, Instructables member “Kothe” decided to create a simplified version of their own. The clock is…
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This automated table makes beer pong more challenging
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis automated table makes beer pong more challenging Arduino Team — November 12th, 2020 If you play beer pong, whether with adult beverages, water, or soda, it’s possible you find it too repetitive or too easy. While one might see this as a self-correcting problem, to take things up a few…
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Arduino Science Journal surpasses 100K total downloads!
Reading Time: 2 minutesArduino Science Journal surpasses 100K total downloads! Arduino Team — November 12th, 2020 The Arduino Science Journal is a mobile application that allows anyone to conduct scientific experiments by measuring the surrounding world with sensors, documenting and comparing data, developing and validating hypotheses, and taking notes. The app and all learning materials…
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Draw on bottles using a CNC plotter made from old printer rollers and other scraps
Reading Time: 2 minutesDraw on bottles using a CNC plotter made from old printer rollers and other scraps Arduino Team — November 12th, 2020 To label used bottles that would otherwise go to waste, “tuenhidiy” created a CNC plotter that itself consists mostly of scraps! The machine’s X and Z axes are formed out of…
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This useless box has lights, sounds, and a real attitude
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis useless box has lights, sounds, and a real attitude Arduino Team — November 11th, 2020 You’ve probably seen an example of the “useless box,” or “useless machine,” which when switched on does nothing except open up to turn itself back off again. This one by creator Alex Pikkert adds a few…
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FREE advanced debugger for Portenta H7
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe are happy to announce a new partnership with Lauterbach to provide all Portenta H7 customers with the TRACE32 debugger for free. Lauterbach’s TRACE32 debugger has been at the forefront of debug technology for more than four decades, and it is this wealth of experience and expertise that Lauterbach will draw on for…
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Skee-ball-like indoor golf game gets an automatic scoring system
Reading Time: 2 minutesSkee-ball-like indoor golf game gets an automatic scoring system Arduino Team — November 10th, 2020 After making an indoor Executive Par 3 golf game with a ramp and cups like a skee-ball machine, creator “gcal1979” decided to add an automatic scoring system to the rig. What he came up with uses infrared…
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Retro cassette player gets modern MP3 playback and RFID functionality
Reading Time: 2 minutesRetro cassette player gets modern MP3 playback and RFID functionality Arduino Team — November 9th, 2020 When creator mattb_138’s parents were cleaning out their house, he came across an old cassette player and decided to upgrade it with MP3 capabilities and an RFID interface. The newly-enhanced device uses an Arduino Nano for…
