Collaborate Disseminate
Hobby servos are nifty and useful for a wide range of projects. There’s nothing stopping you from building your own servos though, and you can even give them nifty features …read more Continue reading 3D-Printed Servo Motor Has 360 Degrees of Rotation
Most modern computer games have a clearly-defined end, but many classics like Pac-man and Duck Hunt can go on indefinitely, limited only by technical constraints such as memory size. One …read more Continue reading Silicone-Slapping Servos Solve Simon Says
Many of us have been asking for some time now “where are our robot servants?” We were promised this dream life of leisure and luxury, but we’re still waiting. Modern …read more Continue reading This is the Future of Waste Management
A flag is a great tool to show your loyalty to a country, a sports team or even a philosophical movement. But there’s not so much you can actually do …read more Continue reading Automatic Flag Waver Lets You Show Your Loyalty Without Getting Tired
You’ve got to love a language like German, where not only is it possible for a word or two to stand in for a complex concept, but you don’t even …read more Continue reading Sneeze Into Your Hand, not Your Elbow With This Nose-Shaped Sanitizer Dispenser
For our money, the best label for pretty much any purpose is one of those embossed Dymo-style stick-on labels, the kind with the raised white letters. There’s just something about …read more Continue reading DIY Automated Printer Kerchunks Out Classic Embossed Labels
[Mark Rehorst] tells us about a tragic incident involving an untimely demise of $200 worth of motor driving hardware, and shares a simple circuit so that we can prevent such …read more Continue reading Protect Your Drivers When The Motor Stalls
Around here, we’re always excited about a new actuator design. Linear actuators are particularly hard to make cheap, fast, and good, so it’s even better when something new that we …read more Continue reading Domino Row Goes with the Flow
Gesture controls arrived in the public consciousness a little over a decade ago as touchpads and touchscreens became more popular. The main limitation to gesture controls, a least as far …read more Continue reading OpenCV Brings Pinch to Zoom Into the Real World
With all the futuristic technology currently at our disposal, it seems a little bizarre that most passenger vehicles are essentially the same thing that they were a century ago. Four …read more Continue reading RC Snowmobile Makes Tracks on Ice