How to Fix Your Broken MicroView
The response by GeekAmmo and Sparkfun to the MicroView problem has been amazing, but you can fix your broken one fairly simply if you’re prepared to crack the case.
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Fractal Lamp Design Based Off Of Koch Vases
The Fractal Lamp was designed using an IKEA dioder lamp with customized 3D printed and laser-cut parts.
A customized control box adjusts the desired color of lamp, giving it a unique look.
Resistance is Futile: Harvard’s Kilobot Swarm Keeps Fellow Robots in Line
If you’ve ever made your own Bristlebot, you can appreciate how pared down and elegant is the category of artificial life know as vibrating robots, or vibrobots. Well, it turns out that when it comes to vibrobots, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. In 2011, researchers at Harvard came out with […]
Eduardo Zola Upgrades Little Pong with New Pong v2.0
Eduardo Zola’s New Pong v2.0 offers up retro gaming goodness using a pair of 8 X 8 LED matrix boards.
A MAX7219 and Arduino MEGA 2560 microcontroller provide the muscle to get the game off and running.
DIY Audio Book Reader for Grandfather Losing Sight
Willem van der Jagt designed an Audio Book Reader using the Raspberry Pi for his grandfather who is losing his sight.
It features an RFID card to scan the DVD boxes that correspond to the eBook when placed on top of the device.
Are you experiencing problems with your new MicroView?
If you’re having problems with your MicroView, you aren’t alone, as it appears that close to 2,000 boards may have been sent out without bootloaders. We talk to Marcus Schappi about the problem.
DIY Oculus Rift Tutorial
There are lots of reasons that someone might want a head-mounted display. Camera operators and radio-controlled vehicle enthusiasts typically like these because they keep the sun off of their screen while working outdoors. Aside from those practical purposes, strapping a high-definition display to your head is just cool. Add some motion sensors to that and you’ve […]