This is an easy first project to get your Freetronics LCD Shield up and running and presenting some real-world data.

In a nutshell, it's a temperature sensor with an LCD output. The model of Arduino board you use isn't too important, but my current favourite is the Freetronics TwentyEleven. The prototyping area on the TwentyEleven is really handy for soldering everything onto for the more permanent projects.

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Ever wished you had your own workshop? Well, Tangleball off Auckland’s Newton Road are happy to lend you theirs. This friendly community of makers, crafters, brewers, geeks, cyclists, artists - and even some ordinary people - has taken over a basement workshop and opened it up.  Read More...

Here's a nice simple demonstration of ingenuity and efficiency. MindKits customer Frits Schouten modified his outdoor light to use LED lighting. Pretty awesome to see the results. Lots more light at less than half the power.
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Secret door knocks need to get a new look, here's a Arduino project that gives it a new version. This project uses suction cups to the door, so you don't need to make holes on a door, and if you want, move it to another door.
Guest Blogger: William George
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This years' project by Jamie Maloway spurred from every engineering student's basic need for caffeine combined with the outrageous price of on-campus coffee, both coupled with the perpetual need for convenience and a high level of geekiness.
The ultimate project goal was to take a ordinary, off-the-shelf automatic drip coffee maker and hook it up to the Internet with a nice little web interface that you could easily get at with a mobile phone or from a PC.
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The Camera Axe is a tool for photographers to trigger cameras or flashes based signals from various sensors. It is useful for catching phenomena that happen too quickly for human reflexes, like photographing a popping balloon or a milk droplet splash. Other uses can be to catch things photographers don't want to wait around for like birds flying to a bird feeder or surveillance of people walking down a hallway. The possibilities are endless.
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Wondering about how to control anything in your house with a simple remote control? It's pretty simple and cheap.
Here is what you will need:

- Arduino (I use UNO)
- Solderless breadboard
- An infrared receiver
- Solderless wires
- Any kind of remote control
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Scientists and inventors have been working overtime recently to come up with brilliant ways to improve the lives of the visually impaired. The most recent development would allow the blind to navigate city streets with the help of haptic device embedded in a pair of shoes.  Read More...