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Demo of my window to the world project – move a magnetic plane around the map and see a live view from that location. Continue reading →

This automated cocktail maker is my biggest (in terms of size) build yet – the machine is built around a small fridge, and uses air pressure to force the drink into the nozzles in the serving hatch. In order to… Continue reading →

This was a bit of a fun project – I’ve seen on the movies (or maybe Scooby Doo) pictures where the eyes follow you and wanted something similar in my house. Also, from a practical standpoint, I often get caught… Continue reading →

This project has been a bit of an on/off (no pun intended) mission of mine for several years. I decided a while back to install WiFi switches for a large number of devices in my house and, upon installation, was… Continue reading →

This project combines electronics, magnetics, optoelectronics and pneumatics to create an automatic opening door, <nerd>like on Star Trek</nerd>. Behind the scenes, the components used are a Arduino Uno, a HMC5883L magnetometer, a couple of Sharp IR sensors, a couple of cheapo pneumatic valves, a 1m… Continue reading →

Using the Phidget Servo Module, along with a USB Extender and a scheduled Perl script, this internet connected barometer automatically changes to show what the weather is going to be like tomorrow. The data is scraped from WeatherUnderground and then interpreted by the script.The script… Continue reading →