Arduino Powered Espresso Machine
Geeks and coffee go hand and hand, and now geeks who love espresso can have some hackable tech in their coffee (or at least in the device that produces their coffee). This Arduino powered espresso machine has become the sixth highest funded project on Kickstater. If you know anything about brewing a great cup of [...]
HowTo: RFID Cat Door
Sure you can go out and buy an automatic car door that opens when your cat gets near it, but that requires your cat to wear a special collar and you need to keep the batteries in the collar in check. Since most pet owners already have identification RFID chips injected into their cats, why [...]
Beer Catapult Robot
Remember the beer shooting fridge we showcased a few weeks ago? Well this one works on the same principle only instead of using an air cannon to send it your way (or in your general direction) it uses a catapult. The beer catapult robot will pull a cold one from the fridge, load it up [...]
DIY: Twittering Coffee Pot
You can use Twitter for just about anything these days and thanks to an Arduino you can now schedule your coffee from Twitter. This is a simple hack and a great one if you have been wanting to play with an Arduino but felt a bit intimidated by it. The idea behind the project is [...]
DIY: Snail Mail Notifier
How did we ever live without push notifications? Email, SMS, IM; we get notified each time one of them is updated. What about our old analog world? Make Magazine show’s us just how we can get push notifications for an older form of mail, snail mail. This awesome project uses an Arduino to trigger a [...]
DIY: Word Clock
Have you looked at the qlocktwo word clock yet? It’s a sleek time piece that displays the time using words. The only problem with it is that it costs well over $1000, not really an affordable way to tell time. scottbez1 put together an affordable version of the qlocktwo by using an Arduino and a [...]
Rubber Band Gatling Gun
Do you remember the Disintegrator that shot 40 rubber bands per second? Well how about a rubber band gatling gun that shoots 100 bands a second? It will cost you $500 but if you have money to burn or are just crazy then it will be perfect for you. The unit weighs nearly 20 pounds [...]
NES Controller With Android
Now that mobiles phones have advanced to the point that they are great gaming machines why not have a proper game controller to enjoy them? That’s an itch that hacked Sk3tch just had to scratch. By hacking together an original NES controller, an Arduino and a blueSMRF Bluetooth module he was able to use the [...]
Magstripe Hacking
Is there anything an Arduino can’t do? Instructable user sketchk3tch built this Arduino Magstripe Emulator which can spoof a card reader into thinking a card has been swiped. I can’t even begin to list the possible uses for this tool. Can you say “Hollywood style hotel door hacking device”. Not that we are encouraging that [...]
Mini Arcade Machine
Master modder Marcelo Souza of São Paulo, Brazil has built one cool tabletop arcade machine emulator. This isn’t your average mame cabinet. Marcelo has added custom optical sensors to catch coin inserts and built the unit off of a Arduino board. Check out the video of the unit in action. If you know how to [...]
Arduino Powered RC Lawnmower
As a male who owns a home with a lot of grass there is nothing more I hate then cutting the grass on a hot sweltering day. Since my son is only three and he can barely reach the mowers handle I’m SOL with getting him to do it. Maybe I should build this awesome [...]
WiFi Door Opener
We have seen our fair share of door opening hacks. Remember the secret knock door lock? That was pretty awesome, but what if I tell you that you can unlock your door from any wifi device? The guys over at Sunlight Labs have done just that. By using a WRT54GL and some creative hacking that [...]
Brushduino – Arduino Meets Toothbrush
You knew it was bound to happen. We have seen Arduino’s used in everything from toasters to coffee machines and now we see the Brushduino. The cool hacks knows when you are brushing via an accelerometer that you attach to your toothbrush. By knowing what your doing the unit will tell you when it’s time [...]
DIY: Cool Arduino Clock
People build all sorts of cool things with Arduino. Take the Twittering Doorbell or the Bedazzler but how about something as simple and useful as a clock? And an eye catching one at that! The clock build requires a few simple materials; a laser printer, some LED’s and a few connectors. The instructions are super [...]
