Vinduino: Save 25% Of Water Needed For Irrigation

November 16, 2016November 11, 2016 fustinihackaday prize, hackaday.io, hackday, tindieLeave a comment

Vinduino – Save 25% Of Water Needed For Irrigation

Vinduino is one of those projects that set out to solve a really big problem which straight away makes it interesting. Reinier van der Lee wanted to use the least amount of water possible for irrigation in his southern California vineyard.

Hence the Vinduino project was made to be a relatively low cost system to help save on water use. It is also solar powered, further reducing its impact on the environment.

Hackaday: Get Your Ticket to SuperCon

October 1, 2016September 28, 2016 fustiniconference, hackaday, hackaday prizeLeave a comment

Get Your Ticket to SuperCon, the Greatest Hardware Creation Con

The world’s most excellent conference on hardware creation, the Hackaday SuperConference, is back. Get your tickets now for two magical days in Pasadena this November. This exclusive gathering of hackers, designers, and engineers is where brilliant people geek out with their peers. Talks tell the story of research, prototyping, product design, manufacturing, and getting that new [..]

Speakers last year included Reinier van der Lee:

Vinduino: wine grower saves water

Hackaday Prize Entry: A Charlieplexed Wristwatch

September 27, 2016 fustinihackaday prize, hackaday.ioLeave a comment

If there’s one thing we like, it’s blinky stuff, and you’re not going to get anything cooler than a display made of tiny SMD LEDs. That’s the idea behind this wristwatch and Hackaday Prize entry. It’s a tiny board, loaded up with an ATmega, a few buttons, and a bunch of LEDs in a big…

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Hackaday Prize Entry: Open Sip And Puff

September 1, 2016September 1, 2016 fustiniassistive technology, hackaday prize, hackaday.ioLeave a comment

Hackaday highlights Jason Webb’s impressive assistive technology project:

Hackaday Prize Entry: Open Sip And Puff

A sip-and-puff device is an assistive technology used by people who cannot use their hands. Being a quasi-medical device, you can imagine this technology is extremely expensive, incapable of being modified, and basically a black box that can’t do anything except what it was designed for.