Hackster’s Handpicked Projects of the Week Jan 12, 2018

Learn how to use a Lidar sensor and an Arduino to build a configurable forward-facing obstacle detection solution for your 3DR Solo.

Set up Amazon’s Alexa on a Raspberry Pi with a MATRIX Voice.

A rapidly deployable distributed Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11s mesh communication network with cellular modem Internet access for emergency disasters.

CSAD IoT Automated Crop Care System is a scalable system with automated watering, cellular connectivity and historic cloud sensory data.

I have been wanting to make a GNK (Gonk) Droid prop from Star Wars for a while, but figured I’d make it a little more useful.

Tracks dog biometrics and object recognition sending SMS notifications.

Build your own Arduino-powered light switch that can be controlled using Amazon Alexa.

This is a trail camera that will notify you using a cellular network that there has been activity nearby.

A small display that can display the current price of basically any cryptocurrency available. Built using an ESP8266.

Creating a simple device to find and track lost or stolen assets while getting know Hologram and cellular positioning.

Solar battery powered device relays data from a remote, wide area of LoRa radio devices to The Things Network via cell network.

Kayaking GPS: time, latitude, longitude, distance and route to waypoints, odometer, time, speed.

Ask Alexa to see if someone’s at the door or if a package has arrived at your doorstep!

An Arduino powered birthday reminder device that’ll wish you happy birthday for 50 years on a single CR2450 coin cell.

The Edgytokei which literally means edge clock is inspired from the Japanese nunchucks. Just like the nunchucks the clock is just a pair of two arms displaying time by balancing themselves on the edge.

The Otto builder community requested, and here we are developing the best printed circuit board for Otto or any biped robot.

Voice controlled car with ESP motorshield and MIT App Inventor.