Category Archives: Electronics

Babolat Play & Connect

I am very interested in all the new gadgets that are internet enabled or “connectable”. Here is the new Babolat Tennis racquet. The Play and Connect. I am impressed by the seemless technology and the social sharing that joins internet … Continue reading

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Flying robots at TED

I just love this…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2itwFJCgFQ  

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Rocket launcher

This is a toy rocket Launcher for SAFE take-off. This is for small rockets such as the ones from Apogee. I built mine around an Arduino. The code is very simple and good introduction to micro controller coding in general. … Continue reading

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Egg printing

Just an other robot I purchased for Easter….from the evil scientists here….good fun, all Arduino based, open source and simple to use as an extension to Inkscape. We had a few goes at CNC drawing on the eggs of we had … Continue reading

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Internet Enabled Thermal Printer

This is another Arduino project. I am using an Arduino Ethernet with a prototyping shield. Everything is in a Radio Shack box. I also use 2 Stainless steel led buttons. A green one, which is wired so that it is … Continue reading

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Logging to thermal printer

Playing some more with my arduino and shields. Got the Thermal printer working by following the LadyAda website tutorials. It is work in progress at early stage… First objective is to build a temperature logging that allow to print the … Continue reading

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Playing with ScaleXtrics

Got a new car for the Scalextrics but it was not a digital ready one. Big disappointment as we got home. Anyway, got a digital chip and started installing it in the “not compatible” car. I had to workout the … Continue reading

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Playing with Arduino

I love my Arduino electronics. It is simple to program It is open source It is cheap There is plenty of Shields There is plenty of books So far, I have built Temperature monitors/loggers , internet shields, gps trackers, led … Continue reading

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