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Pic Pal TV - DIY B&W Video Processor
2008-01-20 14:16:00 PIC PAL TV is a PIC18 based Software Video Processor allowing you to display and overlay graphics and text onto a video source. Looks like it would be really handy for overlaying GPS information or even creating a homebrew games console… It uses a PIC clocked at 32 Mhz with a 8 Mhz crystal to achieve ... More About: Microcontrollers
Retro Advert Of The Week #3
2008-01-18 11:59:00 The little known Texas Instruments TI-99/4A this week, starring none other than the legendary Bill Cosby. The advert dates back to 1983 and even boasts a $100 rebate! Download this video More About: Video , Retro , Week , Advert
DIY Fire Bell Alarm Clock
2008-01-18 07:17:00 Alan from hackedgadgets sent us this project which looks like something I could do with making, getting up in the morning has never been one of my strongpoints! Its a standard el cheapo alarm clock wire up to a real Fire Alarm bell, and to quote Alan…. ‘Probably the world’s loudest….. maybe’ Go check out hackedgadgets for the ... More About: Video , Clock , Bell
Inside An Xbox Factory - Flextronics, Hungary
2008-01-17 20:08:00 Obviously the original xbox is not being manufactured anymore, but for anyone who’s interested heres a glimpse inside the Hungary Flextronics factory during the original Xbox ’s heyday. Heres a quick historic overview of the original Xbox for anyone who has been living under a rock for the past 7 years…. Xbox was the first console to incorporate ... More About: Factory , Inside
The Rundfunker - DIY Network Audio Player
2008-01-14 14:02:00 The Rundfunker is a hand built Network Audio Player that allows you two stream audio files MP3, WMA etc… The unit can even be controlled via the internet using a handy HTTP remote access site. ‘The Rundfunker is a tabletop mp3 player that scans the WLAN for local audio sources and is able to play shared audio-files. ...
DIY KITT Knightrider Voice Box + Voice Recognition
2008-01-13 11:29:00 Heres a really nice hack coming from 2shaneHunter from the UK. It’s an accurate DIY replica of the KITT Voice box and LED system from Knightriders KITT car. The system he has developed uses voice recognition which has been implemented using flash software on a connected PC. I can’t seem to find a relevant webpage for the ... More About: Hacks , Recognition
Retro Advert Of The Week #2
2008-01-11 10:57:00 We have managed to dig up a little gem for this week’s advert. Here’s William Shatner promoting the Commodore Vic-20 in this advert from way back in 1982. Enjoy……….. Download this video At least he isnt singing :) More About: Video , Retro , Week , Advert
Fake Dell Laptop Power Supply
2008-01-10 14:07:00 Laptop power supplies are notoriously expensive sometimes commanding prices in excess of £50. With this in mind many people are tempted into purchasing ’suspicously’ low cost versions from ebay. Mike from www.electricstuff.co.uk bought himself a ‘genine’ Dell AC adapter from ebay and set about ripping it apart to find out just how badly it was made. ... More About: Power , Laptop , Fake
Max Headroom 1987 Pirate TV Incident
2008-01-06 17:36:00 Some of you may be familiar with this one but for those that aren’t, here’s a quick rundown of the events of Sunday November 22nd 1987 During the sports section of the 9pm news broadcast on Americas WGN network, an unauthorised signal over powered the stations transmitters and was broadcast for over a minute. The ... More About: Video , Pirate , Incident , Irate
Internet Connected LED Display Sign
2008-01-05 02:32:00 This one’s been out there for quite a few years and is still up and running, it was originally created by two gents from Manitoba in Canada. It’s an LED display board that is connected to the internet allowing visitors to the site to upload their own message. This message is then captured on the ... More About: Internet , Display , Sign , Connected
Retro Advert Of The Week #1
2008-01-04 12:53:00 I’m always being sent old vintage adverts for computer systems and we thought it would be a good idea to start featuring them on the site. Every week we will be featuring a new advert to for you to relive those days of old! To start us off, are you keeping up with the Commodore? Download this ... More About: Video , Retro , Week , Advert
Virtual Drums - Wii-mote And Virtual Reality
2008-01-04 11:24:00 Yesterday seemed to be a drum-related day with both Hackedgagets.com and Hacknmod.com featuring articles relating to drum kits. First up is Hackedgadgets which features a Virtual Reality drum kit built using two cameras simultaneously transferring data at 55Mbs. These two cameras constantly monitor the position of two drum stick and translates their movements to movements on ... More About: Virtual Reality , Drums , Mote
DIY Simulator Racing Gauge
2008-01-03 14:09:00 This project looks promising although contruction details are sketchy, the end result looks good. It is a sevo controlled that recieved RPM instrument data direct from racing sims. This system allows you to easily create an external gauge which can then be built into a racing sim dashboard ‘The hardware consists of a servo, a AT90S1200 ... More About: Racing , Simulator , Simulators , Gauge
DIY Solar Powered Radio
2008-01-01 18:16:00 Here’s a quick and easy way to convert a regular portable radio to use a solar panel from one of those solar powered garden lights you see popping up everywhere. The panels pulled from these units are 4.5 Volts 80ma solar panels but may vary slightly from manufacturers. A BAT43 Schottky Diode and some NiMh Rechargable ... More About: Radio , Solar
Fake Nokia N95 - A Guided Tour!
2007-12-30 20:00:00 This particular ebay seller Gapcodist gives us a guided tour of his ‘Asian Model” Nokia N95 phone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fIpWijPWu o Check out the bit near the end where he informs us that the everything is the same compared to a US version………. yeah, apart from the fact that the US version is a Nokia :) Strange how he goes to ... More About: Tour , Fake , Nokia N95
Perendev Motor - Free Energy?.. almost!
2007-12-30 19:44:00 I’ve been noticing lots of free energy and perpetual motion articles recently and it reminded me of the Perendev Motor . It works by using magnets mounted inside of a wheel at slightly differing angles. A cover of magnets placed in the opposite direction forcing the wheel to turn…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFGiWiXMHn 0 Looks to good too be true? ... More About: Energy , Free , Free Energy
Playing Nintendo Wii in a Cinema
2007-09-16 21:38:00 This has to be the ultimate Wii experience, playing Wii sports on a 344″ cinema screen. Jon Peck’s friend is the manager at his local cinema, they use a digital projector ... More About: Cinema , Nintendo , Nintendo Wii
DIY Tactile Transducer
2007-09-01 20:03:00 You may not have heard of a transducer before but they could be a worthy addition to any home cinema setup. In essence they are nothing more than a ... More About: Simulators , Tran
Racing Simulator Dashboard Gauges
2007-08-20 15:54:00 This is a brilliant project built using real instrument gauges running from a copy of Nascar Racing 2003 and rFactor. The games used allow precise data to be output listing amongst ... More About: Dashboard , Simulator , Dash , Gauge
Downtime
2007-08-13 22:30:00 Sorry about the downtime over the weekend folks, i went away for a few days for a short break so no-one could get in touch with me to let me ...
Hacking a coinstar machine
2007-08-09 16:24:00 Now we’ve covered coke machine hacks on this site many times before, but here is another vending machine hack of sorts…. You may well have seen ‘Coin s tar’ machines popping up in ... More About: Machine , Mach
Staff Wanted - Hack247 Is Hiring!
2007-07-29 19:00:00 All you loyal readers who fancy blogging for us should listen up…. We have an opening avaliable for another writer for hack247 Interested? We are looking for someone who can contribute a post ... More About: Hiring , Wanted , Staff
DIY Projector Mount - Switch Aspect Ratios
2007-07-29 18:47:00 DIY projectors can produce amazing results, but sometimes can lack functions such as zoom and keystoning adjustments. A Lumenlab forum member who goes by the name of sack4000 has overcome the ... More About: Projectors , Switch , Projector , Mount , Witch
iPhone Dissasembly - An Idiots Guide
2007-07-13 17:13:00 So you’ve got your brand new iPhone, realised its not all its cracked up to be, whats next? Take it apart of course! The guys over at ifixit have released ... More About: Idiots , Iphone , Guide , Diss , Guid
Homebrew PSP - Open Source Gaming Platform
2007-07-13 14:45:00 Now this is cool, the guys over at Virtual Cogs have designed and produced an open source portable gaming platform and produced the PCB’s to go with it. It uses the ... More About: Gaming , Open Source , Open , Source , Open-Source
Will It Blend - The Iphone
2007-07-12 15:37:00 I’m sure most of you will have seen the ‘Will It Blend ’ videos before, for those of you that haven’t here’s a quick intro…. Blendtec are an american company who produce ... More About: Video , Iphone , Lend
Inhaling Sulfur Hexafluoride
2007-07-12 14:31:00 You may remember a video we posted a while back showing a non-toxic gas called Sulfur Hexaflouride. Well Jay Leno, the talk show host from America had a scientist on his ... More About: Video
Elevator Hacking - Now In Video!
2007-07-09 14:19:00 You may remember a while back we featured an article detailing how to hack an elevator making it go straight to the requested floor, bypassing all other levels. Real ... More About: Video , Elevator
DIY Camcorder
2007-06-21 12:25:00 Every once in a while something comes along that is pure genius, this project is one of those things! Already featured over at hackaday and we thought it was ... More About: Camcorder , Order , Amcor , Corder , Cord
Plasma or LCD - Flat Panel Buyers Guide
More articles from this author:2007-06-09 19:16:00 HDTV’s are now the norm in most peoples living rooms, but their is still a lot of confusion about them. Hopefully this buyers guide should help out….. LCD Or Plasma ? LCD ... More About: High Definition , Guide , Panel , Buyers 1, 2, 3 |
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