Tentacle-box: A mobile music station with beat-synched lights
The music is from a car stereo, and the lights are multiplexed by an Arduino. Check out the link for more information, and the Arduino source code.
As the preeminent tool for makers, Arduino is a versatile platform that covers almost every type of creative making. With its simple-to-use coding language and fun programming concepts, Arduino enables users to create modern electronics with ease. From beginner level projects like flashing LED lights to more advanced builds such as interactive robots, there are an endless number of possibilities when it comes to building projects with Arduino. Whether you are new or an experienced builder in search of fresh ideas, these posts will provide interesting Arduino tutorials and unique ideas that may spark your creativity and motivate you take on any type of maker project!
The music is from a car stereo, and the lights are multiplexed by an Arduino. Check out the link for more information, and the Arduino source code.
Guilherme Martins built this “talkie walkie” in response to a challenge to build a robot using only one servo. It responds to sound in real time, automatically controlling the movements of a lip-syncing paper mouth. [via Hack a Day]
Samuel Seide brings us this animatronic talking skull Instructable. It’s motion-activated and uses a Waveshield kit for sound. [Thanks, Sam!]
Judy Castro and Michael Shiloh run a series of classes called “Teach Me to Make” on a variety of subject such as electronics and arduino, mechanical sculpture, and electromechanics.
Rock Band has been released on the iPhone, and even though its a lot of fun, I would rather have something play it for me. Preferably a robot!
From Instructables user Eric Kingston comes this Arduino-controlled Silly String shooting pumpkin. It’s motion-activated, makes a Goblin-esque cackling noise, and Tweets a report each time it squirts another victim. Eric also wins a thousand internet video style points for making his whole point in five seconds with no talking!
Josh writes in to spread the word about the Muralizer verticle surface printer/plotter project – which is hopefully a kit in the making – t’s a drawbot that takes SVGs as input, letting you print vector graphics really big. The project was started at noisebridge, San Francisco’s hackerspace, earlier this year, and we got a […]