After a longish hiatus, we were pleased to see a new video from [Afroman], one of the most accessible and well-spoken teachers the internet has to offer. If you’re new to electronics, see the previous ...

This project brings together computer vision (via a webcam of your PC), servo motors, and an Arduino to create a face-tracking system. The goal is to detect a person’s face using the webcam and move ...

The guys from the House4Hack hackerspace in Johannesburg won the 2011 Google+ Hackathon with their Friggin’ Laser Turret. The build started off as a remote-controlled webcam that can be controlled by ...

Fans of the awesome and iconic Portal and Portal 2 games created by Valve, who enjoy building Arduino powered devices, might fancy building their very own tracking and talking model Portal turret.

You can create a release to package software, along with release notes and links to binary files, for other people to use. Learn more about releases in our docs.

[Photo: Ryan Palser] If you’re a fan of the game Portal, at some point you might have wanted your very own Portal turret to protect your precious goods. Ryan Palser did, so he set to work on creating ...

In this project, we create a joystick-controlled laser by connecting two servos to a joystick and using this setup as a pan-and-tilt controller for a laser pointer. The following is excerpted from the ...

The characters and imagery from Portal inspire strong feelings in those of us who love the game, and many people explore those sometimes-confusing feelings using arts and crafts. The latest example is ...

Playing a game of laser tag at home has become a reality thanks to some clever Raspberry Pi and Arduino setups in the past, and it’s been taken a step further by replacing the players with RC tanks.