Arduino Star Trek control panel and love-o-meter

I have continued to learn Arduino programming using the Arduino Starter Kit. The next project in the book uses the Arduino to control three LEDs...

Arduino project 1

Yesterday I showed you the Arduino starter kit.  Today I started to try the first project from the book. After a short primer in the physics...

My first Arduino

I've bought an Arduino UNO so I can learn about microcontrollers and hopefully build some interesting projects.  In this post I shall briefly...

Micro:bit moisture detector

Admit it. You've let a house plant die through neglect before. Probably not even just the once. Multiple times over. You are a bad house plant parent,...

BMI calculator in #python

Following a conversation with a student today, here is my version of a simple Python 3 script for calculating your body mass index index. print("BMI...

Microsoft have updated the Band 2

I just got back from a walk to discover that my Microsoft Band 2 wanted to update.  The new update includes a feature that I had previously voted...

Some of the best marble runs

In a tsunami of marbles watch this video of 11000 marbles. Yes, 11000, all at once. Enjoy! If you can endure the cheesy Christmas muzak then here...

More awesome particle art

You may remember our original posts on particle art, or probably not, so here's another one. Earth Editor In this game you create and destroy a virtual...

My virtual pet, Phil

This is Phil.  He is my virtual pet. As you can see, Phil has done a little poo. This app is very reminiscent of the classic Tamagotchis of...

I bought an Amazon Echo

I couldn't resist it. Echo is a voice-activated speaker and home device controller.  She responds to the wake-up word 'Alexa' and is capable of...

The transit of Mercury

I have been enjoying watching the transit of Mercury today as I work.  It is still happening right now, but if you miss it, you will have to wait...

I bought some dinosaur poo

Yesterday I went on a day trip to Robin Hood's Bay in Yorkshire and was delightfully surprised to discover the Yorkshire Coast Dinosaur & Fossil museum....

Woop woop woop woop woop!

Woop! I've just discovered this virtual theremin with delay, feedback and scuzz.  Enjoy!  You are very welcome. Thanks to Unofficial Talisman...

Happy Star Wars day from Cortana

Cortana greeted me today, in the form of Yoda, with a cheery "May the Fourth be with you" (chortle). This image is courtesy of PC World, because...

Sending SMS from a Raspberry Pi

I recently discovered how to configure my Raspberry Pi to send myself SMS (text messages).  Here's how: First, get yourself an account with Twilio....

Today we celebrate one year in space

On this day exactly one year ago we launched the world's first hypothetical Internet space mission. Project Proxima is a light-speed space mission to...