Geared Motor Emporium

When you get a broken ‘not worth fixing’ All-in-One Scanner / Printer / Fax, there is an amazing opportunity within.  On the outside, it is a broken office garbage.  On the inside, a wealth of supplies for the DIY tinkerer, and you can dispose of the rest in an environmentally friendly way. Came across a broken Canon MP580… Read More »

Andy

The Shield Dock™

The Shield Dock™ [SPL-018001] The Shield Dock is a super versatile prototyping shield.  The Sheild Dock can be used in many different ways. Think of it as the multi-tool for your Arduino projects. It can be used with a traditionally shaped Arduino, as a prototyping shield. As a pin break-out for your other shields to a breadboard, or… Read More »

Femtoduino: an ultrasmall 20.7×15.2 mm libre Arduino compatible board | Varesano.net

Femtoduino: an ultrasmall 20.7×15.2 mm libre Arduino compatible board | Varesano.net. By using the QFN32 version of the ATMEGA 328p, 0.05″ connectors, 0402 components and removing everything not strictly necessary, I’ve been able to design and hand build an Arduino compatible board which is very small (20.7×15.2 mm) and ultra light (2g) but has exactly the same computing… Read More »

Botcave vending machine by night

Botcave vending machine by night Originally uploaded by cibomahto Spotted our Drum Kit Kit AI as one of the items for sale. This is absolute genius. Check it out at the Botcave Would take a few quarters to actually make something pop-out, great candidate for a paypal connected machine.

Fun augmented reality app

Augmented, originally uploaded by Spikenzie. I really get a kick out of augmented reality applications. The photo above was made using an iPhone and a free augmented reality app. The photo on the left shows the target that the app uses. After looking through the iPhone display for a while, I’m always surprised to see that model is… Read More »

The ‘Hand Drummer’

Over the past few weeks, I was thinking.. What would be a small portable & cool interface for the Drum Kit Kit AI. If you have yet to see this really cool (Arduino based) Product of ours, it is a mashup of an Arduino, and our original Drum Kit Kit. Here is a quick YouTube video, of an… Read More »

Andy

Spikenzielabs Essential Arduino Starters Kit [SPL-006009]

Spikenzielabs Essential Arduino Starters Kit [SPL-006009] – $39.95 : Inspired by local Montreal folks who pass by the shop, looking to get into Ardunio. We’ve pieced together many of these on the spot.  Having these kits ready to go is a huge time saver. Thought of something that’s missing?  We love feedback… Email SpikenzieLabs

Andy

YouTube – Polar Bears Playing with Spy Video Cameras

YouTube – Polar Bears Playing with Spy Video Cameras. Robot camera, land and marine capable..  Too bad it gets practically destroyed by these fuzzy creatures.  They should have towed a dingy with coca-cola classic.  They seem to love that. 😉

Andy