Cheap automatic aquarium feeder on the go. – More DIY How To Projects Zach, one of my 9th grade students showed me this last week. Hey, maybe you should really mess with your fish by modifying this idea to feed them every time you download files to your thumb drive. It really could be feast […]
Nat got a taste of project building with Arduino while creating this rather clever photo frame – Last month my friend Rony and I built a picture frame that can display three images on a single piece of paper. Two of the images are mapped to the red and blue channels and linearly combined, and […]
Hannah Perner-Wilson put a small push button, battery holder, and LED/vibrating motor inside these little limpet shell. She writes: I’ve always liked collecting seashells, and have always wanted to do something more with them than accumulate them in my parent’s garden. So now I want to see how far I can go to integrate small […]
These recycled milk bottle lights look cool and seem to work really well. You can make a basic version with a simple on/off switch, or you can make a deluxe version that uses an Arduino to add fading and sequencing to the lights. Check out the link for complete build instructions and the source code […]
[Image from Smart Home USA] Want to get on the smart grid bandwagon without having to wait for the mature technology to be delivered by your utility? Here are some features you can add to your house now that will allow you to remotely control and schedule your energy use. If you can control the […]
As part of our Spring cleaning sale in the Maker Shed we are offering the no-solder LED clock kits at a great discount. Take your pick in either Red or Blue, they’re both a lot of fun to build. I posted a build a while back and have enjoyed the clock ever since. When they’re […]
Ioan Ghip made this tweeting cat door with an RFID reader and some keychain tags attached to his cats’ collars. The door only lets the cats in (not the neighbor cats) and tweets which one is going in or out, complete with a picture. (Thanks, Matt!)
