Sonicare Head Holder

I am a big fan of the Sonicare toothbrush, but I’m not a fan of how large the heads are and how hard they are to store between uses. Since my girlfriend and I share a base, we always have a need to store the heads when we’re not brushing our teeth.

Since my bathroom is tiny, I wanted to be able to have something that would hang on the wall. I searched online, but I couldn’t find any existing products that would work. Thus, I decided to design my own hanging Sonicare head holder. This is what I came up with:

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It is a laser-cut design made of white acrylic. The heads slide on, and the vents allow for any trapped moisture to escape. I used nodes on the interlocking portions to make the pieces better fit together.

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If you’d like to make this yourself, check out the design files on the GitHub page. You can also buy it ready-made it on my Ponoko page.

Arduino Pong

I recreated the classic game Pong with an Arduino.

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During my Arduino training sessions, I tasked my students to come up with a cool project using Arduino and various sensors and other electronics I had collected. This was my project entry.

Check out the video demo to hear the beeps!

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This project takes advantage of Adafruit’s SSD1306 OLED driver library and GFX Library.

For all the technical details, code, and schematic, check out the GitHub page.