DIY Projects

DIY plastic mini lens

DIY plastic mini lens

One of my side projects has been to develop an open-source visual motion / optical flow sensor that may be usable in all sorts of devices, whether robotic related or not. I’ve found though that one of the most difficult parts of developing tiny vision sensors is finding the right optics. Ideally we want something […]

Tron knee brace

Tron knee brace

After working all week on the Tron bag tutorial and video, I’m dressed to impress tonight with some EL wire on my knee brace. Some dude yelled at me for being in the front of the bus the other day, but it was because he couldn’t see my giant post-surgery knee brace under my long […]

How-To: EyeWriter 2.0

How-To: EyeWriter 2.0

Zach Lieberman writes: The EyeWriter is a low-cost eye-tracking apparatus + custom software that allows graffiti writers and artists with paralysis resulting from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis to draw using only their eyes. The original design featured a pair of glasses as the basis for the eyewriter design. Since that first video, we’ve been hacking on […]

Wire Spool Holder (WIHO)

Wire Spool Holder (WIHO)

.:oomlout:. writes – Recently we’ve been struggling to manage our wire collection, fed up with the tangled mess it had become we decided to put some work into addressing it. The result a solution that’s: simple (two unique pieces) - expandable (easy to bolt together) – and fun (we like the curly shaft catcher). If you’d like […]