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The seven-segment display may be a bit prosaic after all these years, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t ways to spice it up. Coming up with a mechanical version of …read more Continue reading A One-Servo Mechanical Seven-Segment Display
Looking to recreate those relaxing Minecraft fishing sessions in real life, [electrosync] recently set out to 3D print himself a blocky remote controlled boat, complete with a similarly cubic occupant to …read more Continue reading RC Minecraft Boat Patrols the Pool For Treasure
[Norbert Zare] has identified a problem many of us suffer from – chronically bad posture. Its very common to see computer users hunched forwards over a screen, which eventually will …read more Continue reading Quit Hunching Over Your Screen With A Little Robotic Help
Useless machines are a fun class of devices which typically turn themselves off once they are switched on, hence their name. Even though there’s no real point, they’re fun to …read more Continue reading Useless Machine Is A Clock
Building an animatronic robot is one thing, but animating it in a lifelike fashion is a completely different challenge. Hobby servos are cheap and popular for animatronics, but just letting …read more Continue reading Smooth Servo Motion For Lifelike Animatronics
When [Ezra Thomas] needed inspiration for his senior design project, he only needed to look as far as his own robot. Built during his high school years from the classic …read more Continue reading Robot Pet is A Chip Off The Old Logic Block
Over the years we’ve seen many takes on the 7-segment display. Among the most interesting are the mechanical versions of what is most often an LED-based item. This week’s offering …read more Continue reading A Whole Lot of Stepper Motors Make the Most Graceful 7-Segment Displays
While the disquieting appearance of some of the robots coming out of DARPA and other labs might give us some reservations about how much intelligence we want to give to …read more Continue reading Get Yourself A Pupper (For Education)
At Hackaday, we celebrate all kinds of projects, but we’ll have to admit that the polished and professional-looking builds tend to catch our eye a lot more than perhaps they …read more Continue reading Home Automation for Fans of Quick-and-Dirty Solutions
Let’s face it — eating different colored candy like M&Ms or Skittles is just a little more fun if you sort your pile by color first. The not-fun part is …read more Continue reading Compact M&M Sorter Goes Anywhere