A passive infrared sensor (PIR) is waiting for a person to enter a room. If some movement is detected, it reports to a pic microcontroller. Finally the pic dials a phone number through the modem to alert the user.
“Who could forget the stereoscopic goodness of a View-Master? [Tuttle] put a modern flair on the classic optical device by adding two 1.5″ LCD screens. The screens replace the film disk of the original, showing slightly different images to produce a 3D effect. No word on a camera rig used to take the original images, but for our money this a great way to make something out of those useless key chain picture frames.”
A check-out of Lee Hart’s retro-computing COSMAC 1802 “Membership Card” prototype. The Membership Card is a reproduction of the original Popular Electronics Elf computer, but tiny enough to fit in an Altoids tin! It works the same, and runs the same software.
Technology is growing at such a fast and exciting pace, leaving the old, classic games to be forgotten in the toy closet. By adding an interactive feature to Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robots, this project brings the simple game back to life!
I wanted to create a night light which had to be very simple to use and with no parts that can be consumed by babies! This is the result, an Arduino controlled IKEA lamp. Arduino source code is available from the source.
