If we needed to imagine our dream DIY project likelihood is it might involve Arduino , Twitter and, after all, cats. How we’d combine those things we are not sure, but we’ll admit to being big fans of Samuel Cox’s eSleeper, which turns a hollowed-out eMac right into a bed for his feline. Contained in the shell is an Arduino Ethernet connected to an IR sensor, some LEDs and a valid shield. When the cat breaks the infrared beam it triggers the long-lasting Mac chime and activates a sequence color-shifting LEDs for a touch mood lighting. From there the clock starts ticking. When little Fluffy (Captain Whiskers? Matlock? Penny? Greg?) decides she’s had enough napping and leaves the white plastic cocoon, tripping the IR sensor again, a random phrase is tweeted, in addition to the length of the cat’s siesta. Inspect the video after the break to look the eSleeper in all its adorable DIY glory.
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