Monthly Archives: June 2011

I was fortunate enough to be selected as a beta tester for Joe Grand’s latest invention for Parallax, the Laser Range Finder Module. Below you will find a link to the Arduino code I used. The module consist of a … Continue reading →

Roombas! What a cool robot! They work quite well right up until the wheel encoder sensors get dirty, then they drive around in circles. Poor robot… then they get cast aside as being “glitched”. Well, they’re usually ok and just … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago I found a WALL-E toy robot at a yard sale for $1. I bought it thinking it would be cool to put a couple motors and a micro controller in it to create a cute little … Continue reading →

In Februrary of 1880, Alexander Graham Bell and his assistant Charles Sumner Tainter invented a device that allowed the transmission of sound via a beam of light. It was called the Photophone. Bell believed the Photophone was his most important … Continue reading →