johan, Page Converting a LED cube into an extreme feedback device
Recently I created an extreme feedback device from a LED cube. An extreme feedback device provides a rapid feedback cycle after a commit to …
Robot Lab
Introduction As long as I can remember, I’ve been thinkering with stuff; it started with taking apart toys and later on trying to put …
6″ infared controlled F18 Hornet
Here’s my new indoor plane. A 6″ infrared controlled F18 Hornet in the blue angels color scheme. Total weight is 5.5 grams. You can …
Ambient Findability
I’m finishing up reading the book ‘Ambient Findability‘ from Peter Morville which is mind bending for me. The subtitle is very catchy and true: …
Personalization of Fabrication
I really liked Neil Gershenfeld‘s book FAB, which talks about the personalization of fabrication. This book discusses a trend in which the power to …
Thinglinks rule the world.
After hearing Bruce Sterling’s Emerging Technology keynote about ‘The Internet of Things’, I got interested into the concept of thinglinks, labels for everyday items …
BitESC – Electronic Speedcontroller for bitcars
The BitESC is a small electronic speed controller for those little RC cars like the MicroSizer / BitChar-G. It can be used in a …
Nitinol Walker
This walking robot is powered by SMA (Shape Memory Alloy) actuators. SMA is also called nitinol, flexinol or muscle wire. Although I knew muscle …
Killerbee – a nano sumo class bot.
Killerbee is my first attempt at building a nano sumo bot. These bots have a maximum dimension of 25x25x25 mm and a maximum mass …
Ladybug
The ladybug uses two motors from a salvaged hobby servos from which the gears were broken. It does not use any gearbox at all, …