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Ardweeny Non-Clock, New (Mainly Battery)...
Dave Hrynkiw
March 23, 2012
It's that time of the week where we point to a pile of new things and exclaim "LOOKIT THAT!", before bouncing away on pogo sticks. We're kidding, of course. If we actually did that it'd be plain ol' absurd. First things first - a neat-o community project needs to come before that sweet, sweet pogo stick action.
Over at Instructables, TheRafMan has put together a neat walk through on how to make a Roll-A-Way-Rover. It's based on one of those alarm clocks with wheels that tries to drive away before you greet it in the morning with the customary (and groggy) smash aimed right at the snooze button. Instead, though, this user has de-clocked the clock, taking out the clock components and swapping it out for an array of other bits. With an Ardweeny for a heart/brain (that he has also modified), it has been re-engineered to be controllable by either a computer (via serial port) or Wii Nunchuck (via Nunchucky). Check out some video:
Overall it's a pretty elegant little hack, managing to squeeze some impressive functionality into a pretty tight form factor.
...so this is would now be the point where we say "LOOKIT THAT!" So, uh, yeah. LOOKIT THAT!
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Neato-o project from the community? Check. Cool new product stuff? Check. I believe there's only one thing left to do. COME FRIENDS, WE SHALL GO IN SEARCH OF THE WEEKEND. LET US MOUNT OUR POGO STICKS AND RIDE OFF INTO SUNSET!
/boing, boing, boing!
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