Today, Evil Mad Scientist Labs releases the circuit diagram for the LED Dining Table project that they, and we, first blogged about in 2006. Windell writes: We’re releasing this as a free (and fully unsupported) project design, so… “Have fun, kids!” Interactive LED Dining Table Circuit Related: LED Dining table
Jenny writes – Zakka Life tips us off to Knitting Memories’ knitted Transformer washcloth tutorial. Here’s the blue square she knitted up–and I love her idea to knit a whole bunch into a Transformers blanket.
Fun hack @ LifeHacker, turn your Xbox 360 into a streaming Netflix player.
Here’s some info on a pretty cool homebrew “Reflow Soldering Oven” that can be used for components and solder pads that are too small to solder with a conventional iron. This oven uses a controller based on an ATmega32 microcontroller and has an ADC input to read an NTC temperature sensor. The current temperature of […]
Matthew replaced the controller in a robotic dog, and through some scripting, made a barking instant messenger notifier. The dog barks when you receive a message, leaving your speakers free to play music, and helping him stay polite without being glued to his computer. More: Chatter Pillow – Adium, PHP, Arduino, LEDs… wireless notification pillow […]
Our pals at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories celebrated the two year anniversary of their site on Saturday and we missed it! Hope they saved us some fractal cookies or fabbed candy. It’s hard to believe the site’s only be around for two years. They’ve done so many amazing, memetically viral, projects, what with the Joule […]
2 spiffy tutorials from SparkFun Electronics! A tutorial showing how to use the 6DOF v4 controller board to prevent his tube amplifier from testing out a maker’s life insurance policy. Jim Lynch has written many great ARM tutorials involving the GCC/GNU tool chain. His latest tutorial shows how to setup serial communication on the AT91SAM7.
