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Arduino Minimal Drum Kit

“This is minimal drum kit using arduino UNO. First of all, please check this instructables page. E-drum With Small 3D Printer and Thick Paper Since I started making this, I was captivated by piezo and electronic drums. I was fascinated …

Building with robots and 3D printers

“At the Empa and Eawag NEST building in Dübendorf, eight ETH Zurich professors are collaborating with business partners to build the three-storey DFAB HOUSE. It is the first house in the world to be designed, planned and built using predominantly …

Clean Drinking Water From Solar Power

“Researchers from Yale and Rice University have developed a system that uses solar energy and nanoparticles to make saltwater drinkable. The system could potentially be used off-grid in remote areas or in domestic settings. The system, known as nanophotonics-enabled solar …

DIY Video Game Using Arduino (Arduboy Clone)

“There is an 8 bit, credit card sized gaming platform called Arduboy, that makes open source games easy to learn, share and play. You can enjoy 8-bit games made by others on this device, or you can make your own …

Dual Automatic Watch Winder

“I have been always wondering why the watch winder devices are so expensive. Such a tool is, however, necessary especially for guys like me who don’t wear their watch everyday. So, I decided to make one of my own …

Elon Musk’s boring machine completes the first section of an LA tunnel

“Serial entrepreneur Elon Musk says his ambitious tunnel-boring endeavor, aptly named The Boring Company, has officially started digging underneath Los Angeles. Musk announced the news on Twitter, where he said “Godot,” the Samuel Beckett-inspired name of the company’s tunnel …

High Voltage-Current Half Bridge Driver Using IR2153 & IGBT

“IGBT based half bridge board has been designed for multiple applications, like induction heater driver, tesla coil driver, DC-DC converters, SMPS etc. High current and high voltage IGBTs are used to serve high power requirements. IGBT NGTB40N120FL2WG from ON …

Interfacing with a Toy - Process and Example

“There are many ways in which to interface a toy with an electronic system. The main considerations are: What types of control does the toy have? With what can these types of control be replaced? To what should the replacement …

New ‘superglue’ could seal the deal for stretchable batteries, soft robots

“Superglue is great for fixing busted bookshelves, suitcase wheels, and—of course—shoes. But what if you want to fuse something a little more jiggly, like the gel cushions used to pad crumbling spinal discs? You’d be out of …

POV Display With Wireless Power!

“So I was thinking of making a POV display gadget to decorate my home. As a decorative item, I really didn’t like the fact that all POV display designs I found in the internet used batteries. What about after …