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I love that this guy’s project blog is called Scoop My Cat Box, and the subtitle is: “One man’s quest to offload his responsibilities onto the internet.” So far, he’s working on two projects, the titular robo cat box, and an Arduino and ultrasonic range-finder-based water dish that lets you know, over the innerwebs, how much is (or isn’t) in your cat’s dish. I love the last line of the video: “In no time, your friends will know exactly how much you neglect your cat.”
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From the MAKE Flickr pool
Carl gives an old-fashioned marble a shot of electric oomph with this upgrade –
Arduino with motor shield controlling a continuous rotation servo. The wheel turns when marbles are detected by the infrared phototransistor and LED pair next to the wheel.
Full set here, includes Arduino source and demo video.Neat – I’m guessing it would only take a bit more power and leverage to quickly turn this into an ‘outdoors only’ toy. Check out more project pics in the Flickr set.
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