Archive of previous winners

  • Engineering a Victorian Robot

    Submitted by: editorglueitcom
    Engineering a Victorian Robot

    This is work in progress, but have got to the point where the robot moves, now need to add the sensors, battery holders and fix the board down. This robot is...

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  • Time Domain Reflectometer

    Submitted by: womai
    Time Domain Reflectometer

    This instrument works similar to RADAR for high-speed signal paths: It performs time domain reflectometry (TDR), i.e. it sends a step into the path (cable, p...

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  • Model railway automatic signal control

    Submitted by: Sid
    Model railway automatic signal control

    My first foray into the world of Picaxe was because I was unhappy with a purchased product and the service I received so I decided to design my own circuit...

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  • PICAXE Model Railroad Speed Controller

    Submitted by: dbodnar
    PICAXE Model Railroad Speed Controller

    The new PICAXE 18M2 chip inspired me to write this article and assemble the parts for the kit that accompanies it. The completed kit is a full-featured mode...

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  • Heart rate sensor teddy bear

    Submitted by: nznrg
    Heart rate sensor teddy bear

    A teddy bear fitted with an infra red (IR) sensor in its paw detects blood flow in your finder when you hold its paw. A picaxe 08M chip detects the pulses an...

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  • 4x4 Remotely Operated Vehicle

    Submitted by: tarzan
    4x4 Remotely Operated Vehicle

    Target Environment: Indoors & Outdoors Sensors / Input Devices: A/V Camera (2.4 GHz) 6 Ultrasonic Range Finders (SRF004) 4 Digital Temperature Sensors (...

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  • PICAXE 18M2 Robotic Hand

    Submitted by: ironjungle
    PICAXE 18M2 Robotic Hand

    Using a PICAXE 18M2 uC, five servos, a few resistors and some random 'stuff' around the house, we built this robotic hand. Then we wrote some software to con...

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  • Walter the Robot

    Submitted by: chris_the_carpenter
    Walter the Robot

    Walter has been a work in progress for quite a while now. Powered by (2) 40x2's on a custom board with tons of hand-made items. Enclosed are just a couple vi...

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  • Voice Operated Internet Control of a PICAXE

    Submitted by: Tayeb
    Voice Operated Internet Control of a PICAXE

    An experiment with speech recognition in order to control an electronic device remotely through Internet, and demonstrate new functionalities of Google Chrome 11 browser supporting voice-to-text and HTML5.

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  • Tic-Tac-Toe Robot

    Submitted by: rik100
    Tic-Tac-Toe Robot

    I built a robot that plays a perfect game of tic-tac-toe or noughts and crosses. It uses an algorithm from an article in the 1971 issue of Radio Electronics by Don Lancaster called Tic-Tac-Tronix.

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  • K9

    Submitted by: JoC
    K9

    Just a quick photo of the K9 I made for my son. He was built from clear PVC scrap sheet, (which I got for free from a local plastics firm. Nice blokes!), and which I later painted.

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