I am working on a book light right now. Sounds simple? Well I wanted to make something useful out of my Arduino and some hobby servos, so I thought of making a two axis flashlight platform, and the first use for it that occurred to me was a book light. An advanced Booklight. I might call it the Booklight 3000 or something impressive like that. Anyway, as a book light I wanted it to be able to follow the text that you are reading, so I devised a plan that would involve a light sensor. If I could get the flashlight to follow the light sensor, I could mount the sensor to a ring or something that you hold. This would be one of many applications like, for instance, an intruder light that flashes an alarm and wakes you up when the door or window gets opened.
Anyway, this is my first prototype of the Arduserve bot. I cut all the wood with a jigsaw and shaped it with one of the best multipurpose tools invented; the rotozip. I used two servo motors, the little blue one came with the kit I got the Arduino in, and the other I got from a friend. I put it all together with hot glue (gotta love that stuff,) and a couple nails. This project is fairly simple and fun to build and I might post the drawings and plans for how to build it if all you readers ask for them. Until next time - good.enough -
P.S. In the meantime, please check out my story, The Legoton Press.
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