A new DIY robotic kit has been launched via Kickstarter this week called MoonBot, which has been designed for learning more about modern robotics and artificial intelligence. Each kit allows you to build three robots and all subscribers will also receive the company’s weekly MoonBot programming update with ideas and inspiration on how to use your kit….
Kim Pimmel is a designer, photographer, and inventor who just made one of the most amazing pet products I’ve seen to date. The DIY project saw Pimmel design and build a custom electric skateboard for his cat to ride around the house. A small treat is placed into a throttle lever, which is pulled by the feline…
Dylan Radcliffe has recently created his new 3G Raspberry pi smartphone, that he called rCrumbl. The Pi, a TFT display, and a camera is stuffed into the phone’s housing, along with power delivery components and a physical button. The Adafruit FONA 3G modem also provides GPS. Shoving all of this into a usable enclosure made the…
The Magilyzer EM800 is an analog audio spectrum analyzer, based around an analog analyzer chip. The DIY Audio Spectrum Analyzer consists of a 6 Band Audio Spectrum Analyzer with 6 x New Old Stock German TELEFUNKEN EM800 Magic Eye tubes, offering an easy to build electronic kit. “The Magilyzer EM800 operates with six EM800 Magic…
How To Mechatronics has come up with a bender that not only twists wire left and right, but can rotate to create three-dimensional shapes. The 3d wire bending machine is powered by an Arduino Nano, which controls three stepper motors for wire manipulation via DRV8825 driver boards. A servo motor is also implemented in order…
MAKERphone is an educational DIY mobile phone designed to bring electronics and programming to the crowd in a fun and interesting way. It’s a fully functional mobile phone that you assemble and code yourself. MAKERphone can do all the basic mobile phone-ish things – make phone calls, send text messages, play games,…
The SunFounder Nano DIY 4-DOF Robot Kit includes everything you need for assembling your own friendly droid. It’s a super fun way to learn about technology. It is made by the SunFounder Nano board as control board and compatible with Arduino Nano board. Each leg has 2 joints driven by servo and is very flexible. It can…
If you have to duplicate many SD cards for example to boot Raspbian on multiple Raspberry Pi board but you want to save money, probably you’d better build a SD card duplicator by yourself. This is exactly what Bob Brown, a retired senior lecturer, have done. You’ll first need some hardware, including a powered USB hub…
When piloting a vehicle remotely, it’s only natural to tilt your controller one way or the other to help guide it in the right direction. While usually this has no effect whatsoever, YouTuber Electronoobs decided to take this concept and run with it, creating a remote control transmitter that responds to an onboard MPU-6050 inertial measurement…
This slick homebrew gaming device was modded into a Wii U Pro controller by Finn Andersen. The layout of the guts inside the controller is really clever and the screen is upcycled from a car-reversing camera screen. A custom enclosure was 3D-printed using an online service and the whole thing put together looks really great! Finn explains…
The maker Marc Teyssier in collaboration with a team stretching across two universities in France have created a completely original accessory for your smartphone: MobiLimb, a robotic finger the plugs directly into your smartphone. The device uses an Arduino to interface with the phone or other smart device via its micro USB port, and powers a servo-actuated…
PlutoX, an open-source, DIY, easy-to-code, crash-resistant nano-drone kit designed by an IIT Bombay based startup Drona Aviation just funded its campaign on Indiegogo. PlutoX comes in the form of two kits, a Tinkerer kit, and a Starter kit. Early-bird backers on IndieGoGo can get the Starter kit – which includes only the drone – for $149 + shipping. In…
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