Nodcah made this Instructables detailing the build of his DIY fingerprint scanning garage door opener: As a person without a car, I don’t need to carry keys around everywhere I go. Because of this, I’ve been locked out of my own house several times. It’s a pain to wait for someone with a key, so I thought I […]
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Program your Arduino with a Android device
Jan Henrik wrote this Instructables demonstrating how to program an Arduino with Android device: in this Instructable I want to show you, how you can program your Arduino with your Android device. It is very simple and cheap. Also it allows us to program our Arduino where ever we want, this is usefull for permanently […]
Pocket-sized ultrasonic ruler
Bergerab made this Instructables detailing the build of his DIY pocket-sized ultrasonic ruler: Today everything is digitalized. Most of us don’t bother to waste our time using maps, going to the record store, or even going to the DVD store anymore. So… why are so many people using tape-measures and rulers? Yes, they are reliable, but they […]
DIY acrylic skeleton clock
Benmurton posted a step by step guide of his DIY acrylic skeleton clock build: This is a clock made fully out of acrylic! This was originally was my year 13 mechanical engineering college project, we had to research, design and build a project for a stakeholder, this including lots of recording so there is no shortage of photos. […]
Arduino-controlled RGB LED infinity mirror
Ben Finio wrote this Instructable detailing his RGB LED Infinity Mirror: It’s an RGB LED infinity mirror that lets you toggle between an adjustable-speed color-fade mode and a direct-control mode where you individually set the red, green, and blue LED brightness levels. The primary inspiration for this particular project comes from this infinity mirror Instructable and Adafruit’s […]
Indoor Environmental Quality station +Bluetooth +Thingspeak
Want to test the Indoor Environmental Quality in your home or office. Here’s an Instructable by Donmatito on how to build your own. Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) is the measure of comfort and includes factors such as temperature, humidity, pressure, noise level, and indoor air quality. Don’s original goal was to monitor the IEQ of his […]
Instructables is having a huge 3D printer giveaway
Instructables is having a huge 3D printer giveaway. Enter until 6th of June for the chance to win an Objet desktop 3D printer with a 6 month printing material supply, an UP! 3D printer, or free 3D printing services: This is your chance to win an Objet 3D Printer with a 6 month supply of […]
Instructables is joining Autodesk
Congratulations to Eric, Christ, Laura, and the whole Instructables team! Instructables, the world’s largest show and tell, has joined 3D-modeling powerhouse Autodesk. Instructables was a great platform for our first how-tos, and we still enjoy posting there and entering the contests. the whole team is staying on, our policies haven’t changed, you still hold copyright to […]
RobotShop microcontroller Instructables contest
RobotShop has announced a contest for creative microcontroller projects posted on Instructables. To enter the contest you simply have to create a new photo, video, or step by step Instructable which incorporates a microcontroller and share your code. Whether your project is simple or complex, a video demonstrating it in action is a big plus! […]
Adafruit + Instructables make it Tweet challenge
Adafruit announced a Make It Tweet Challenge: We’re teaming up with Instructables to bring you the Make It Tweet Challenge. Ever wish you had a tweeting coffee pot that would announce via Twitter when a pot was ready? What about a potted plant that twittered when it needed to be watered? This is your chance […]
Instructables “Hack a Day edition”
Instructables has started eBook collections of how-tos you can download for your favorite eReader. We’ll be checking out the Hack a Day edition. Via Hack a Day.
Twitter controlled tree instructable
The Instructables version of the Twitter controlled Christmas tree is now online.
Instructables version of the Hackable Christmas card
The Instructables version of the Hackable Christmas card & ornament is up. Seeed has copies of the card as a surface mount kit for $12, or assembled for $15. The card is already being manufactured so it can be delivered ASAP. The Seeed stock numbers aren’t accurate, less than 100 are being produced and we’re […]
Instructables version of remote pumpkin
We posted the Instructables version of the RGB remote control pumpkin.
Script to convert HTML (WordPress) to Instructables format
We’ve been cross posting our original creations here and at Instructables. Instructables is an awesome site where anyone can demonstrate how to do anything. This is a WordPress blog, it uses HTML layout formatting. Instructables uses a kind of wiki-like markup. We whipped up a converter that replaces HTML elements with the Instructables equivalent. There’s […]