Pair of musical hacks use sensor arrays as keyboards
This pair of musical keyboard hacks both use light to detect inputs. The pair of tips came in on the same day, which sparks talk of consipiracy theory here at Hackaday. Something in the weather must...
View ArticleGesture Based Security Lock
A team of students from Cornell University are looking into alternative ways of creating a security system that can be locked or unlocked by using physical gestures in an enclosed space. It is the...
View ArticleA Router Table with Height Control
The wood router is a versatile power tool which can be picked up at a low price. Nicer router setups are mounted underneath a table, with the cutting head poking through. This makes it easier and safer...
View ArticleNerf Gun Ammo Counter and Range Finder
The proliferation of breakout boards that the DIY electronics movement has allowed has been staggering. Buy a few different boards, wire them together to a microcontroller or credit-card computer (both...
View ArticleDARPA Enlisting Nemo and Dory to Find You
The ocean is a hostile environment for man-made equipment, no matter its purpose. Whether commercial fishing, scientific research, or military operations, salt water is constantly working to break them...
View ArticleA Contact Lens Launcher that Knows the Weather
They say that necessity is the “Mother of Invention”, but over the years we’ve started to suspect that her cousin might be an underutilized microcontroller. How else can you explain projects like the...
View ArticleAuto Ball Launcher Will Be Your Dog’s New Best Friend
If there’s one bright spot on the blight that is this pandemic, it’s got to be all the extra time we’re spending with our pets. Dogs especially love that we’re home all the time and want to spend it...
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