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Trigger Your Camera Using Automatic Air Freshener Parts
Per an earlier post, Glade was nice enough to provide a very hackable set of components in their “automatic spray” air freshener. Once I had the components in hand, an obvious use was for a remote camera trigger. After some … Continue reading
Posted in STOP MOTION, TOOLS
Tagged AIR FRESHENER, CAMERA, CAMERA MOUNT, ELECTRICAL, EXILIM, GLADE, HACK, PICTURE, PROJECT, ROBOT, STOP MOTION, TIME LAPSE, WOOD, WOOD PROJECT, WOODWORKING
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Hacking a Glade Automatic Spray air Freshener
According to my Youtube statistics, about 90% of my audience is male. My mom is a big fan of this site, so if you’re not her there’s a good chance that you’re a guy. Given this, you may not have … Continue reading
DIY Bowden Cable
You may be wondering what a “Bowden Cable” is and why you would want one. A Bowden cable was purportedly invented to be used for bicycle brakes and is still used for this as well as for shifters. A wire … Continue reading
Pegleg the six-legged (hexapod) robot – part 4 programming and servo control
We’ve gone over how to build a hexapod and how to analyze it’s motion; in this section we review how to actually program this robot. Although there are probably better options out there (Arduino seems to be a good value … Continue reading
Pegleg the six-legged (hexapod) robot part 3 – Kinematics or “how it walks”
The first question someone would ask when they see a hexapod – especially a 3-servo one – is “how does it walk?” Today with Youtube, the answer may be a little simpler as you can actually see how they move, … Continue reading
Pegleg the six-legged (hexapod) robot – part 2 construction
As promised in the introduction, I’m going to provide drawings that should let you build your own version of Pegleg or possibly be inspired to build something different. The first version was built with only a Dremel tool and drill, … Continue reading
Pegleg the six-legged (hexapod) robot – part 1, introduction
Late in the year 2000 after watching Battlebots, I decided that I needed my own robot. While the price of a Battlebot proved too high, both in terms of materials, access to machine tools, and radio remote control knowledge, I … Continue reading
Posted in ROBOTICS
Tagged BASIC STAMP, ELECTRICAL, HEXAPOD, PROGRAMMING, PROJECT, ROBOT, SERVO
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