Gregory L Holloway based in the UK has created an awesome mini Arduino powered laser cutter and engraver called the MicroSlice which is available to pledge for £199 over on the Kickstarter crowd funding website. The MicroSlice is powers by an Ardunio Uno board and everything about the MicroSlice … [Read more...] about MicroSlice Mini Arduino Laser Cutter And Engraver (video)
DIY Projects
Extreme Snowball Fighting With Slingshot Master Joerg Sprave (video)
If you have already had snow fall in your location and have a few hours spare, you might fancy building your very own snowball slingshot to help you up your game during any snowball fights that might breakout. The slingshot created by slingshot master Joerg Sprave is capable of firing a snowball at … [Read more...] about Extreme Snowball Fighting With Slingshot Master Joerg Sprave (video)
R-Kaid Revelation Wooden Arcade PC System Offers the Best Of Both (video)
Love Hultén has built an awesome arcade cabinet / PC system called the R-Kaid Revelation which has been constructed using walnut wood and copper to provide a steampunk finish to his creation, which is packed with technology and high end PC hardware. The R-Kaid Revelation features an innovative … [Read more...] about R-Kaid Revelation Wooden Arcade PC System Offers the Best Of Both (video)
Open Source Smart Thermostat Offers Arduino Alternative To Nest
Four engineers from Spark have pooled their skills and resources to create a new open source smart thermostat based on Arduino using around $70 worth of components. The new open source smart thermostat has been designed to offer an open source Arduino alternative to the Nest thermostat which was … [Read more...] about Open Source Smart Thermostat Offers Arduino Alternative To Nest
Pi-Boy Combines A Raspberry Pi With A Gameboy Console (video)
Modder Anton MacArthur has combined and old broken Gameboy handheld console together with a working Raspberry Pi and USB SNES controller to breath new life in to the Gameboy once again and created the Pi-Boy console. Other components in the Pi-Boy used in combining the Raspberry Pi mini PC and … [Read more...] about Pi-Boy Combines A Raspberry Pi With A Gameboy Console (video)
Radxa Rock Quad Core RK3188 Development Board Launches For $99 (video)
Developers looking for a quad core development board for their project might be interested in the new Radxa Rock Quad Core RK3188 development board which is now available to purchase for $99. The Radxa Rock is the first quad core developer board based on the powerful Rockchip RK3188 SOC and has … [Read more...] about Radxa Rock Quad Core RK3188 Development Board Launches For $99 (video)
BE SHIELD Learning Board For Any Arduino Compatible Board (video)
If you are new to electronics and fancy learning more about the Arduino programming language you might be interested in a new Arduino compatible development shield called the BE SHEILD. The makers of the BE SHEILD have launched a crowd funding campaign over on the Indiegogo website. And as a … [Read more...] about BE SHIELD Learning Board For Any Arduino Compatible Board (video)
Open Source axCut Laser Cutter Built By Damian Axford (video)
During this year’s CES 2014 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week there were plenty of 3D printers available to view and with the market expanding rapidly you can expect to see a lot more 3D printers launch of the next few years. Using similar technology to that used in a flatbed CNC … [Read more...] about Open Source axCut Laser Cutter Built By Damian Axford (video)
Raspberry Pi Touchscreen Display Used To Create Awesome Camera (video)
Ever fancied building your own touchscreen camera? If you have, or fancy giving it a go you might be interested in a new project by the team over at Adafruit who have used a Raspberry Pi touchscreen display to create a very unique camera. The Adafruit team have used the Adafruit PiTFT Raspberry … [Read more...] about Raspberry Pi Touchscreen Display Used To Create Awesome Camera (video)
Lux Open Source Camera With Arduino Controlled Shutter
Kevin Kadooka has this month finished his Lux open source camera that he has been working on, with a goal of building a fully-fledged camera, using just easily purchased off-the-shelf components. The Lux open source camera removed the need for builder to rely on anything scavenged from a … [Read more...] about Lux Open Source Camera With Arduino Controlled Shutter
Mac Pro Hackintosh Made Using A Bathroom Trash Can
German modder Dschijn over on the Tonymacx86 forums posted this cool Apple Mac Pro Hackintosh which was created using a bathroom trash can bought from Amazon. This innovative project was originally conceived by TonyMac forum member "sascha288". The awesome late 2013 Mac Pro replica is equipped with … [Read more...] about Mac Pro Hackintosh Made Using A Bathroom Trash Can
Raspberry Pi BADGEr ePaper Weather Station
Jeremy Blum has use his 2013 Open Hardware Summit BADGEr which all attendees were given to great effect and combined it with a Raspberry Pi mini PC to create a Raspberry Pi BADGEr ePaper Weather Station. The BADGEr ePaper Weather Station uses the Raspberry Pi to show the current date, sunrise time, … [Read more...] about Raspberry Pi BADGEr ePaper Weather Station
