Hackster’s Handpicked Projects of the Week Aug 24, 2018

An FPGA-Based Hexapod, a Facial Recognition Deadbolt, a DIY Palm Vein Authentication System, a Hand Command Recognizer + More

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Hexapod Robot: FPGA-Based Solution
Create an FPGA-controlled hexapod robot, which is capable of walking and navigating around its environment using sonar and IMU.
Netduino Facial Recognition WiFi Lock
Use facial recognition to unlock a deadbolt through Netduino WiFi.
Low Cost Palm Vein Authentication System
Make a simple but highly accurate one for under $65 using a Raspberry Pi, OpenCV, and TensorFlow.
GPS Tracker with Arduino MKR FOX 1200
Sending accurate float:32 GPS data via the Sigfox network.
Arduino Arcade LEGO Games Box
Build a four-button arcade game out of LEGO.
Hand Command Recognizer on Google AIY Vision Kit
Make your own hand command classifier and deploy on Edge AI device — Google AIY Vision kit.
Trigonometric Measurement with 3D Magnetic Sensor
A device to measure the height of walls/buildings with high school trigonometry — sensing angle with a 3D magnetic sensor, dot laser, and level.
Arduino — Control Arm Robot via Web
Control a 6DOF robot arm via web.
Telegram Bot with Arduino MKR WiFi 1010
Automate everything with Arduino!
WiFi-Controlled Nightlight with Wireless Charging
This is a wireless nightlight designed for children that allows parents to remotely control the brightness. It can also be used during the day with some funky light patterns.
PC3: The New Gesture Control Device
A new gesture input device for computers, laptops, smartphones, tablets, robots, and electronics projects. Connected by USB or serial output.
Measuring Distance with Sound
Use ultrasonic sensors to measure distance of obstacles, taking into account temperature and humidity that affect the speed of sound.
Electric Paint Light-Up Cosplay Sword
Use some copper tape and Bare Conductive’s Electric Paint to light up a few 5mm LEDs. No soldering required!
Guitar Speed Pick and Stomp Pedal!
8,000 RPM motor with a guitar pick! Crazy! You will shred faster than any other guitarist!
Safe Shutdown and Auto Bootup for Raspberry Pi
Have someone pulling the plug on your project, or perhaps an unstable or unreliable power supply? Here is the fix!
Use Modbus with Arduino
DIY Modbus slave with Arduino UNO and RS485 Shield.
Portable GPS Tracker with MAX32620FTHR
Build a GPS logger / tracker as a hiking tool, and check GPS when a smartphone is not available.
C# Smart IoT SwitchBoard with Netduino
A smart IoT switchboard that allows you to control the connected appliances from anywhere. An added functionality of temperature monitoring.
AR.Drone Controlling System Based on 3D Magnetic Sensor
An Infineon 3D magnetic sensor-based drone controlling system is presented in this project.
PID App: Float a Ball at Constant Height in a Tube
A useless demonstration of the power of the PID loop used in industrial automation.
Watch Out!!!
A safety solution to solve the constant looking down at our portable devices screen, and lack of attention to where we are walking.
Netduino Connected Appliance Shield
Same code as example but with a scaled down single shield with 120 VAC in powering the Netduino and a relay to turn your appliance on/off.
Facial Rec with Movidius, Siamese Nets & Triplet Loss
Siamese Neural Networks trained using Triplet Loss to classify known and unknown faces.
Seeed LoRa IoTea Solution
An automatic information collection system applied to tea plantation. It is part of intelligent agricultural information collection.
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