So as you know from thoroughly reading each one of my blog posts to date... Just kidding, no one does that. I'll just tell you.I've TEMPORARILY set aside my smart car motor and controller until the software hack is complete. In the meantime I am using...
It is time to upgrade the current setup with a smart lighting system!! The aim here is to use one of the batteries to power up a headlight and a rear light. One of the three Light Dependant Resistors (LDRs) will be used to sense the environment. The...
Multiple robots augmenting a human? ? You don’t have to wait until 2050 to see this become reality. There are many useful real-world applications of multi robot cyborgs that can be realized today. They can be useful in addressing problems everyone has...
Just released Visuino and Visuino Pro version 8_0_0_37Improved IDE Speed and user interfaceThe generated code in many cases uses Less RAMExpanded Image Data supportAdded Fingerprint Reader supportAdded MCP9808...
So we had a family weekend, my son came home from college and we went out last night and have more plans for today. However I did find an hour or so yesterday morning to sneak out and finish the crossbars for my roof rack.I just finished the cross...
I reached out to people in sleep communities on facebook and reddit, and asked a couple of open-ended questions: What technologies/methods do you use to help you sleep at night? What do you wish was better? The responses were varied and amazing! I'm...
Now, because I've got a project called #TEOSS [gd0037] that will see me walking at elevated speeds, Moonwalkers inventor (a walk assist solution like TEOSS that's currently on Kickstarter) started to mine for a solution after almost colliding with...
It's an exciting time for my smart watch project! My hardware is assembled and fully functional, test software is working and looking far slicker and more professional than I could have ever thought, and the companion app for android is almost complete....
The ultra low power reconfigurable digital logic in YDrip makes it possible to log more than just water usage. The design is great for any application that needs to do simple logic like counting, leak detection or more. Smart meter reading is one of...
I've been playing with the idea of making the Raspberry Pi enclosure smart - that is, giving it features beyond being a dumb power distribution plane. Specifically, adding some degree of out-of-band management. This kind of system management - also...
The Hackaday.io Traveling Hacker Box recently arrived in the mostly rectangular state of North Dakota. It was full of numerous goodies that any reader of Hackaday would be interested in having.Here are some photos of the stuff inside:First we have a...
December 1, 2016 | ProgressTH We've been busy with the rooftop garden, and in the process we participated in a 2-day workshop (FarmHack 1.0) in which we developed a simple automatic irrigation system. It works by opening and closing a small valve using...
In the last week we've been experimenting with a new design for final form of the WatchDuino. One of our problems for building a wearable version was how cramped all of the components had to be. The final result was difficult to solder together, and...
Hi all, welcome to the Hack Chat. I'm Dan, I'll be moderating today for our guest Michelle Thompson, who's here to tell us about what goes into designing hardware challenges for cons. I'm not sure I saw her log in yet, though - are you out there, Michelle?...