Development company Mr. Sensorium has this week launched a new Kickstarter campaign to raise the required funds it needs to take its Arduino mini sensor in the form of the MozziByte Mozzi Arduino ...

They’re using a cheap sound sensor module and an Arduino to catch instantaneous photographs, with students caught in the act of popping balloons.

He hooked up a microphone and a photodiode to the Arduino, allowing him to use both sound and light to trigger his camera, depending on which mode he selects.

For parts, I needed three things: a sound sensor, a computer brain to run it and a place to store the data. The best-known tool of the open hardware movement is the Arduino, which costs about $30 ...