This Arduino weather station (video) uses analog meters to display the current weather. It’s a very nice build, from the custom meter faces to the walnut mounting board.
Category: Electronics
Short Story Kiosk
Those waiting at select locations around Grenoble, France can seek respite from their boredom with Le Distributeur d’histoires courtes (Distributor of Short Stories). The kiosk, shown here, allows one to choose from 1, 3 or 5 minute reads, then dispenses a random story from the Short Édition collection.
This reminds me of the Wall Mounted News Dispenser project we worked on a while ago. Although, the Short Édition kiosk is executed so much more beautifully, and it’s much less cynical.
via Core77, photo from Short Édition
Experimental Haptic Feedback
Noah Feehan at the New York Times is exploring tactile feedback beyond vibrating motors. His Lever project uses electrovibration as a tactile feedback mechanism. This seems like it might be great way to provide haptic feedback in the future.
Noah’s board layouts, schematics and code for Lever are on Github.
Picture from nytlabs.com
XKCD: Snakes
XKCD reminds me that I’ve done little with electronics in quite a while, I need to change that…
BeeLine Bicycle Navigation
GPS navigation usually means turn-by-turn directions. Great! But, what if you want to have more control over your route–in real time?
Enter BeeLine:
BeeLine is a handlebar-mounted device that helps you find your way on a bicycle. It strips back navigation to the bare basics, turning convention completely on its head and resurfacing your natural instinct to find the way.
The basic idea: After entering a destination on your smartphone, BeeLine’s handlebar-mounted display points you in the right direction. You can also enter additional way points in the app if you’d like to be directed along a certain route.
BeeLine is currently seeking backers on Kickstarter for their first production run.
via Core77