Schlagwort: #technology
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8GB Raspberry Pi 4 in The MagPi #94
Reading Time: 3 minutesA Raspberry Pi 4 with double the RAM With twice the memory as any previous Raspberry Pi, and 40 times the power of the original board, the new 8GB model is a powerhouse! Gareth Halfacree muses on what you can do with the ultra-powerful 8GB Raspberry Pi 4 in this month’s edition…
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GoodBoy is a robot dog that runs on Arduino
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGoodBoy is a robot dog that runs on Arduino Arduino Team — May 27th, 2020 Daniel Hingston wanted to build a four-legged walking robot for several years, and with current coronavirus restrictions he finally got his chance. His 3D-printed robodog, dubbed “GoodBoy,” is reminiscent of a miniature version of Boston Dynamics’ Spot,…
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Win one of ten Maker pHATs!
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSave 37% off the cover price with a subscription to The MagPi magazine. Try three issues for just £5, then pay £25 every six issues. You’ll save money and get a regular supply of in-depth reviews, features, guides and other PC enthusiast goodness delivered directly to your door every month. Subscribe
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This cycling game is controlled by a real bike
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis cycling game is controlled by a real bike Arduino Team — May 26th, 2020 What is one to do when stuck indoors due to bad weather or other circumstances, without the ability to ride your beloved bicycle? If you’re game designer Jelle Vermandere, you build your own cycling simulator as…
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Edge Impulse makes TinyML available to millions of Arduino developers
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis post is written by Jan Jongboom and Dominic Pajak. Running machine learning (ML) on microcontrollers is one of the most exciting developments of the past years, allowing small battery-powered devices to detect complex motions, recognize sounds, or find anomalies in sensor data. To make building and deploying these models accessible to…
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8 Bits and a Byte interview
Reading Time: 2 minutesHow did the channel start? The idea of the channel started when Dane finished his first Raspberry Pi hobby project. He loved the project, but he also wanted to take it apart to be able build something else: his next project. We thought it would be a shame to just take it…
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Embodied Axes is an Arduino-powered controller for 3D imagery and data visualizations in AR
Reading Time: 2 minutesEmbodied Axes is an Arduino-powered controller for 3D imagery and data visualizations in AR Arduino Team — May 25th, 2020 Researchers across several universities have developed a controller that provides tangible interaction for 3D augmented reality data spaces. The device is comprised of three orthogonal arms, embodying X, Y, and Z axes…
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This robot looks like a ball and transforms itself into a quadruped to move
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis robot looks like a ball and transforms itself into a quadruped to move Arduino Team — May 25th, 2020 Gregory Leveque has created an adorable 3D-printed robot that not only walks on four legs, but folds up into a ball when not in use. To accomplish this, the round quadruped utilizes…
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AirTouch: Pneumatic sensing for 3D prints
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAirTouch: Pneumatic sensing for 3D prints Arduino Team — May 22nd, 2020 3D printing allows us to make a wide variety of shapes, but adding interactive features generally means somehow strapping various electronics to them. The AirTouch project, however, presents an alternative option by enabling a fabricated object to sense up to…
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Create your own crack the code game with an Arduino-controlled safe
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCreate your own crack the code game with an Arduino-controlled safe Arduino Team — May 22nd, 2020 Michael Klements’ laser-cut, Arduino-controlled “safe” may not be the most secure model that you can find, but it certainly makes for a very entertaining puzzle. Users can place whatever “treasure” they want hidden inside, shut…
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RIoT Brick
Reading Time: 3 minutesCloud computer engineer Alan regularly blogs about his Internet of Things inventions and has previously graced these pages with his Countdown-playing robot. “Building intrepid devices I can take along with me outdoors is the perfect way for me to combine my interests in one fell swoop,” he says. “I have been known…
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This electronic foosball goal system will make score markers a thing of the past
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis electronic foosball goal system will make score markers a thing of the past Arduino Team — May 21st, 2020 Like most of us, Joey Cumeras Khan has been stuck inside for the last couple of months. As a foosball fan, this not only meant plenty of time to play with his…
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Sorry wizards, this pinball machine plays itself
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSorry wizards, this pinball machine plays itself Arduino Team — May 20th, 2020 As an enviable senior design project at Kennesaw State University, students Tyler Gragg, Kevin Kamperman, Cody Meier, and Omar Salazar Lima created their own autonomous pinball machine. As seen in the videos below, the table is not only nicely…
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New IoT Dashboard Widgets
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNew IoT Dashboard Widgets Arduino Team — May 20th, 2020 If you’ve been following the development of the Arduino IoT Cloud closely, you have probably noticed that over the months the Dashboard features have been progressing by leaps and bounds. Sure, behind the scenes there’s work being done every day, but…
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This color-changing lamp emulates a “touch” sensor with a microphone
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis color-changing lamp emulates a “touch” sensor with a microphone Arduino Team — May 18th, 2020 YouTuber “Peterbiglab” wanted an input for his DIY color-changing lamp, but didn’t want to use buttons or even have it detect claps, so he decided to make it respond to touch. Instead of using a capacitive…
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mechDOG, a 12-servo robotic pup
Reading Time: < 1 minutemechDOG, a 12-servo robotic pup Arduino Team — May 18th, 2020 Mech-Dickel Robotics has designed a beautiful quadruped robot dubbed mechDOG, which utilizes a dozen servos for motion. This gives each leg three degrees of freedom, allowing the cat-sized beast to travel a meter in 8.46 seconds. While it won’t break any…
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Learn JavaScript with Raspberry Pi
Reading Time: 3 minutesNodeSchool Price: Free Link: NodeSchool NodeSchool is an astounding resource for learning not only JavaScript but many of the tools you need to get the most out of the experience. The tutorials available are installed as a series of command-line applications that allow you to create your code for real and then…
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DIY MIDI Door
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe kit’s manual included an example circuit for controlling the brightness of an LED by turning a potentiometer knob. So Floyd took that basic concept and added a switch and a MIDI interface to the setup to enable it to control the pitch of musical notes played. DIY MIDI Door: Fast facts…
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Beat boredom with an Alexa-controlled, face-tracking candy launcher
Reading Time: 2 minutesBeat boredom with an Alexa-controlled, face-tracking candy launcher Arduino Team — May 14th, 2020 As many of us are stuck at home these days due to COVID-19, Harrison McIntyre decided to do something fun and “make it rain candy.” What he came up with was a build that uses a flywheel to…
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CNC hot wire cutter moves with four axes
Reading Time: 2 minutesCNC hot wire cutter moves with four axes Arduino Team — May 14th, 2020 When working with Styrofoam, a conventional CNC machine like a router or laser cutter just won’t do. However, as shown in Michael Rechtin’s excellent video below, a hot wire can carve foam like butter, creating custom wings for…
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Vineyard Kikushima
Reading Time: 3 minutes“We are now doing viniculture in Koshu city, Yamanashi Prefecture, and we aim to open a small winery in Katsunuma in the spring of this year,” says Kunio Kikushima, owner of Vineyard Kikushima. “We also aim for eco-friendly wine without any agricultural chemicals where possible. We are now doing viniculture and vinification.” Kunio is…
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Remote working with Arduino: Alexa and the Arduino IoT Cloud
Reading Time: 2 minutesRemote working with Arduino: Alexa and the Arduino IoT Cloud Arduino Team — May 13th, 2020 We’ll certainly remember this year, with many of us learning how to adapt and live a safe life-style under the pandemic. As many countries begin to initiate a relaxation of restrictions and we are starting to…
