If you can dream it, Arduino can help you build it -- perhaps with a dash of MakerBot thrown in for good measure. The latest homebrew project to hit the ol' inbox sounds an alarm whenever you ...

The alarm can read RFID cards for activation and control of the device. It communicates with the front panel via an I2C bus, and it can control the opening and closing of windows or blinds.

He’s using an Arduino Uno and an Ethernet breakout board to hook it up to the network. This allows him to send text messages to himself when the alarm system is armed, disarmed, or triggered.

RFID enables wireless data collection by readers from electronic tags attached to or embedded in objects, for identification and other purposes. This article describes the construction of a simple ...

Alarm clocks are cheap and abundant, but they’re pretty boring. If you want to make your own, Instructables user Paranoid Legend shows you how to build one with an Arduino.

Makers, developers and hobbyists looking for a quick way to program RFID cards might be interested in a new Arduino compatible RFID reader development board called the RFID123 which has been ...

Instructables user talk2bruce created the Arduino Internet Gizmo, a card reader that takes you to your favorite websites with a touch of an RFID tag.

If you have an upcoming long distance move and you're concerned about thieves breaking into your moving truck you can rig up a motion alarm system that will send a text message as well as trigger ...