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ArduMeter: an Arduino Based Multimeter (Sort Of)

“Well I had been working on this simple, but sometimes useful meter based on Arduino Nano. It can read battery voltages to 10% of actual value (as long as it is below 10V), it can measure resistance quite well (better …

Back to the future as researchers invent real-life flux capacitor

“The “Back to the Future” time machine runs on an imaginary flux capacitor but could the movie invention become reality? In the popular movie franchise Back to the Future, an eccentric scientist creates a time machine that runs on a …

Better, Faster, Stronger: Building Batteries That Don’t Go Boom

“Understanding how lithium reacts to pressure developed from charging and discharging a battery could mean safer, better batteries. There’s an old saying: “You must learn to walk before you learn to run.” Despite such wisdom, numerous industries skip the …

Bluetooth Voice Interface for Autonomous Robots

“I wanted the ability to give verbal commands to my robot. I looked into utilizing either speech to text software or speech to text hardware to communicate my commands to the robot. I found that the software and hardware readily …

boozer - Kegerator Monitoring Toolkit

“Kegerator monitoring/volume tracking tool writting in Python. Track the remaining beer volume of your kegs! Flow sensors keep a running log of your remaining beer volume, using SQLITE. Slack & Twitter functionality. Sharing is caring. Temperature Monitoring. via sensors2json microservice …

Building the FabTinyISP

“The FabTinyStar is yet another version of an AVR ISP programmer/board that can be produced in a fab lab using a milled PCB and readily available components. The project is based on the efforts of many people. For more …

CalClock: Simply See Your Schedule

“The worst loss of concentration is getting interrupted just to learn that there is no need for an interruption. I find this often happens in relation to my schedule. Ill be working on a problem, and have the inkling thought …

Changing an Old RC Car to an Autonomous Car

“Well this is just a part of my complete project, but anyway I thought it will be useful as well its just cool! This project is for the kind of RC cars that have a group of wires ,or a …

CO2-meter: from prototype to meter-in-a-box

“I spent too much time in too small, too busy meeting rooms, discussing about who knows what and too many times I felt the oxygen was letting me down. Was there too little oxygen? Or too much carbon dioxide? Or …

Comfort fit ring customizer - ISO metric version

“This script generates comfort-fit rings in a wide variety of sizes. I wrote it to make customized ring shanks that I can combine with other 3D printed pieces or carved wax to use in lost wax casting. To make your …