A CELEBRATION OF AMAZING CREATIONS AND THE PARTS THAT MADE THEM POSSIBLE.
MONKEY COUCH GUARDIAN
Use an Arduino to build this stalwart defender of upholstery!
When MAKE’s editor-in-chief Mark Frauenfelder wanted a gadget to chase his pesky pets off his favorite couch, he programmed an Arduino microcontroller to read a motion sensor and activate a motor in response — in this case, the motor of an old-fashioned cymbal-banging toy monkey. Take that, cat!
The Monkey Couch Guardian is a great project for getting started with microcontrollers, the tiny computers you can use to control everything from home heating systems to robots.
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