My friends at aphidoidea were contracted to build an interactive art installation for Long Beach City and designed an amazing store front sculpture. They asked if I could add some interaction and lighting effects to the 9 towers and after some brainstorming we came up with a simple solution that could easily scale. As you can see from the video above, I think it came out really well!
I’ve been wanting to repurpose the guts from my RoboDomo project (basically a servo pan and tilt kit) and I came across some amazing Nerf gun mods while surfing one night. Naturally I had the amazing idea of mounting a nerf gun to the servos to create a… robotic Nerf sentry gun!
More info on my site: prto.me/gdd25
Cast: ProtoDojo
Using an Arduino, I hacked my old NES controller to control micro servos with custom conductive arms that simulate touches to the screen of my iPad. The servos are attached to the screen with mini suction cups and can be easily positioned for any game.
I basically wanted to play my favorite iPad game (Reckless Racing) with my NES controller and didn't want to hack a solution via dock port.
More details and photos on my site: prto.me/5e327
Cast: ProtoDojo
Tags: ipad, nintendo, NES, gaming, arduino, tactile, joystick and apple
I modified the original Nintendo controller into a flash memory drive with an arduino twist!
When connected to the computer the data is by default blocked. Only after the user enters the classic "30 lives" cheat code (Up,Up,Down,Down,Left,Right,Left,Right,B ,A) of the original NES game contra, will the drive be unlocked and appear on the computer.
For more info go to protodojo.com/content/2009/10/retro-gamerdrive/
Cast: ProtoDojo
Tags: NES, flash drive, konami code, cheat code, contra, nintendo, 30 lives, arduino, make, hacking and protodojo
