March 08, 2013

Build the "Machine of Answers"

Sometimes you may find yourself not being able to make a decision - or give the right answer to someone else. Thus a random answer could be suitable, and to choose on consider making the machine described by Instructables user "bissaorboea". They have build a device that holds square 80 x 80 mm cards - each printed with an answer of wit, comedy or wise. These cards can be rotated at speed using an Arduino-based motor control system and thus randomly selecting a card when it stops. The framework has been created with a 3D printer and results with an interesting project, for example:


You could also make a really large flip-clock with four of these. Nevertheless, visit the project page to get started. And for more, we're on twitter and Google+, so follow us for news and product updates as well.

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