Arduino Archive

  • Even as tiny blocks, you’ll recognize Super Mario Bros. in this Arduino project

    Even as tiny blocks, you’ll recognize Super Mario Bros. in this Arduino project

    Funny thing, isn’t it? That you can watch some little blocks moving on an 8×8 LED matrix and recognize the first level of Super Mario Bros. buried in the squares? Developed by a Carnegie Mellon student named Chloe for an Arduino class, the project is “a simple version of Super Mario Bros using an 8×8 LED [...]

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  • The Quadcopter, or build your own Drone

    The Quadcopter, or build your own Drone

    We told you about the AR.Drone that we saw at CES, but here's a homebrew alternative that you can build today. Sure, it's not iPhone/iPod controlled, but it does most everything else: fly, hover, look cool, terrorize the neighborhood.

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  • Video: Arduino-powered life size electronic snowball fight game (I can’t explain it)

    Video: Arduino-powered life size electronic snowball fight game (I can’t explain it)

    Okay, just humor me and watch the video, please. It’s not like I get paid to describe things with… those… um, you know, the things that make stuff readable. With individual letters, etc. And periods, commas — the things in between those. This here’s an interactive, outdoor electronic snowball fight comprised of two life size [...]

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  • Arduino GBA touch-screen mod

    Arduino GBA touch-screen mod

    Not a lot to say about this little hack but it's basically a Game Boy Advance attached to an Arduino device running a touchscreen. The stylus sends data back to the Arduino which connects to the GBA via a patch cable.

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  • MIT’s EurekaFest showcases high school students’ problem-solving prototypes

    MIT’s EurekaFest showcases high school students’ problem-solving prototypes

    EurekaFest is a yearly event held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that showcases the prototype inventions of high school students from around the country. The inventions consist of various gadgets and devices aimed at helping solve real-world problems. One of the more impressive ideas I saw during the two days I spent covering the event [...]

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