Cantin took to his workshop. He had to scrap his first design entirely when a metal tube attaching a servo-motor to a LEGO brick proved too flimsy (it died during initial testing).

The Lego model uses an Arduino to move the rods up and down (using a servo) and controls the simulated Cherenkov radiation (courtesy of blue LEDs).

GeekDad's very own John Baicthal has joined Matthew Beckler and Adam Wolf (co-founders of Wayne and Layne) to release Make: Lego and Arduino Projects. Just like the other Make: books, it's a high ...

UCL students build low-cost, Arduino-powered, Lego atomic force microscope When Alice Pyne starts talking about giving "crystallised virus structures" to school children, my heart skips a beat.

This full-size replica blaster from Star Wars, most iconically used by Han Solo and Princess Leia, has everything. Flashing LEDs, blaster noises, LEGO, and yes, even an Arduino. Not bad for [Baron … ...

The Microduino mCookie is a stackable microcontroller that looks like a high-tech LEGO brick, with all the capabilities of an Arduino microcontroller and then some. It's also compatible with ...

Paul Rea builds an Arduino and Lego-based robot to pick up his piles of old burned CDs and DVDs, rip them, and throw them away.

Pretty much every project I've done just lately has required me to test out some servos and experiment with their positions before they go into the assembly. I usually make a quick servo tester on ...