Ben Heck tackles Android ADK, whips up car trip-simulating baby seat

We’ve been wondering what would happen if the infinitely resourceful Ben Heck got his hands on the powerful Android ADK . Thankfully, in the most recent episode of the accomplished modder’s show, our curiosity is satiated. The crafty Wisconsinite tackles a reader request — to recreate the soothing motion of a car ride and help put a three-month-old baby to sleep. Mr. Heck uses the accelerometer in his phone to record the bounce and sway from the backseat as he drives around. He then draws up some code that will feed that data to the Arduino -powered ADK and move a series of servos that will tilt and shake a child’s car seat. Sadly, the completion of the project will have to wait till the next exciting episode, but by the end of the installment embedded after the break you do get to see a scale model. What are you waiting for? Click that little read more link for PR and video… you know you want to. Continue reading Ben Heck tackles Android ADK, whips up car trip-simulating baby seat Ben Heck tackles Android ADK, whips up car trip-simulating baby seat originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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