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Maker Faire 2008 - Big Success
2008-05-15 13:10:00 By the sounds of it the Maker Faire is getting bigger and bigger each year. I think I need to make some time and go next year… DL.TV went down and covered the event along with many others. "Wow! Another great Maker Faire . Thanks to everyone who came out and supported the 3rd annual Maker Faire, ... More About: Success , 2008
Call a Bike - Hack a Bike
2008-05-14 13:06:00 Have a look inside the Call a Bike system. This Hack a Bike article is an interesting look into how the system was hacked. "The whole board is dowsed in black silicone which had to be scraped off before we could continue exploring. Apart from the matchbox-sized logic board which incorporates an Atmel AT90S8535 (8-bit ...
Automatic Closing Gates using a Picaxe Microcontroller
2008-05-13 15:15:00 Here is an interesting build of some Automatic Closing Gates that was made for this wooden gate. It was built out of necessity, the builder had a child that he did not want running onto the road. The motor and gearbox is controlled using a Picaxe Microcontroller . Activation of the gate is done remotely using ...
Electric Skateboard and Unicycle
2008-05-12 18:52:00 Rodger Cleye is into building electric vehicles. So far he has built an Electric Skateboard and a Electric Unicycle. I like the fact that there are safety features built into both of them, safety seems to be the first thing that is lacking in DIY projects. Not sure I could ever get the unicycle under ...
Xbox360 Rings of Death FIX - Overheat Solder Reflow
2008-05-11 13:44:00 iHacked has a video that shows the method to repair your XBox 360 by allowing the GPU solder joints to reflow. You may have seen the towel method that looks simple but has questionable results. "Generally, the 3rrod error is caused by a solder problem, where points on the GPU/CPU have worked loose – or a ... More About: Death , Rings
Propeller QuadRover Robot
2008-05-10 16:39:00 Robot builders no longer have to settle for low power and hard to maneuver robotic platforms. Parallax has come out with this QuadRover Robot which is based on the powerful Propeller microcontroller. Not cheap, but have a look at what comes in the small package. "This gas-powered robot is built using a Honda 2.5 HP 4-stroke ...
Guess what this isn?t contest - 2
2008-05-10 06:57:00 Congratulation to the last contest winner. No emails this time, we are going to do another Guess what this isn’t contest since the last one was so much fun! Simply reply in the comments what this device isn’t. Make it funny, crazy, weird… Just use your imagination. You can enter more than once ... More About: Contest , Contests
DIY Green Laser Light Show
2008-05-09 13:17:00 Max from Zedomax made a cool Green Laser Light Show device and in true DIY style there is an abundance of parts that are available from your local hardware store. "This simpler green laser projector was made so I could use it for my next party and I always wanted to make this. Although ...
Laser Simon
2008-05-08 22:16:00 Laser Simon is a twist on the original game that we have all played. Anything that uses old NES controllers is a winner in my book! "The game involves two players and a SimonBoard, consisting of five target points. The goal for each player is to hit as many points as possible in the given orders ... More About: Laser
The Chief Cook Robot
2008-05-07 12:50:00 Sylvain Calinon is a postdoctoral fellow who is working on humanoid robot and imitation learning at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland in the Learning Algorithms and Systems Laboratory . There is also a long version of the video available. "A humanoid robot learning to cook an omelet by whipping eggs, cutting ... More About: Robot , Chief , Cook
Cornell University ECE 4760 Designing with Microcontrollers 2008 Final Proj
2008-05-06 13:42:00 Bruce Land is showing off the hard work of his students in his Cornell University ECE 4760 Designing with Microcontrollers class. I hope you have a long lunch hour since it will take you a long time to go through all 35 projects. I found this Mechanix Motorized Guitar Tuner real interesting. Nice thing about ... More About: Final
The PrintBall - Paintball Printer
2008-05-05 13:19:00 Looks like the creators of Printball trust their machine. Watch the video to see how much they trust the system! This could make some cool graffiti. "The PrintBall is like an Ink-Jet printer using a PaintBall Gun as printhead. The gun is mounted on a custum made pan & tilt unit which is connected ... More About: Printer , Paintball
PCB Drill
2008-05-04 13:34:00 This PCB Drill looks to be good workhorse of a design. You can buy one ready made but there is no fun in that. "Made from Dremel drill and drill press. I removed the bottom plate & mounted the column to the back with U-bolts. Acrylic is so easy to work with. It can be ...
LED Table
2008-05-03 13:20:00 This table is an electronic masterpiece in disguise. The Da Table has a large number of LEDs in a grid pattern just under the surface of the top. This allows the LED to be invisible when off but emits a nice glow when it is turned on.
Name the Thing Contest - 48
2008-05-03 07:04:00 Congratulations to the last contest winner. The knife we are giving away this week will help you void warranties like no ones business when you need to crack the next hack open. If you are under age we will have to find something a bit more age appropriate as a prize. This contest will run for ... More About: Contest , Contests , Thing
Video Tape USB Hub
2008-05-02 13:31:00 Here is a neat idea to keep some of your old video tapes out of the landfills. The Video Tape USB Hub will give you a cool looking place to plug in your USB cable thumbdrive. I can think of one extra thing to do, install a small motor and keep a small loop of ...
Mongoose and Robot Landmine Detector
2008-05-01 13:23:00 Finding landmines is not an easy task. This Mongoose and Robot Landmine Detector combines electronic, mechanical and animal to help make detection a bit easier. Thrishantha Nanayakkara from the University of Moratuwa. Read more about the Mongoose and Robot Landmine Detector. (PDF) "To the best of the author’s knowledge, this is the first time a human-robot-animal integrated ...
Windbelt Micro Power Generator built from Hard Drive Voice Coil
2008-04-30 13:53:00 Tool Using Animal has built a few interesting Windbelt Micro Power Generator s that use a Hard Drive Voice Coil as the generating coil. His first version can also be found here. I was pleasantly surprised to stumble across the fact that our LEDs were used in the project! The unit is based on Shawn Frayne’s ...
Automated White Board
2008-04-29 18:48:00 Sprites Mods has done it again! Their latest hack is this Automated White Board that can take text input from the internet and plot it onto a white board for the world to see (there is a web cam looking at the board). "The idea is that if I want the pen to be off the ...
Freezer Failure Alarm based on the PIC Microcontroller
2008-04-29 13:17:00 Gadget Freak has a cool Freezer Failure Alarm project that is based on the PIC Microcontroller . Most projects have no important purpose but this one sure does. It could save you hundreds of dollars if you have a freezer full of meat! Looks like a nice simple yet effective design. See this document for full ...
VentureOne - Three Wheel Motorcycle
2008-04-28 13:18:00 This VentureOne Three Wheel Motorcycle by Venture Vehicles looks like lots of fun. I like the fact that it is fully enclosed allowing for comfortable driving in bad weather. I think small safe vehicles like this one will be very popular in the next 4 or 5 years since they will be a pleasure to ...
DIY Car G-Force Meter
2008-04-27 17:10:00 If the race car driver in you would like to know how many G’s you are pulling this DIY Car G-Force Meter would give you some ideas. Use caution when testing to prevent rear end collisions. In the video the back seat driver in me wants to look in the rear view mirror and ...
Slashbot - Guitar Hero Robot by Texas A&M Electrical Engineering
2008-04-26 13:06:00 I know, we have featured a few of these Guitar Hero robots here in the last while… But they are so interesting, this Slashbot Guitar Hero Robot by Texas A&M Electrical Engineering uses similar principals as Auto Guitar Hero did. The main difference is that Slashbot actually presses the keys as it plays. Video ...
Name the Thing Contest - 47
2008-04-26 07:15:00 Congratulations to the last contest winner. The mini helicopter prize this week will help with your hand eye coordination. This contest will run for one week (April 26 - May 1, 2008) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be ... More About: Contest , Contests , Thing
The Wifi Predator - use a far away Wifi Connection
2008-04-25 13:10:00 If you are wanting to grab some free Wifi from someone far away have a look at this Wifi Predator from our friends at i-Hacked. "The predator is a modified wireless router connected to a high-powered antenna and running custom firmware to actively seek out open wireless connections. Once they are found, it will test ... More About: Connection
Automate Guitar Hero
2008-04-24 13:02:00 David Randolph from Systm cracks open a Guitar Hero and hooked up a show controller that would allow him to program in all the key presses for a particular song. It isn’t as high tech as the last Guitar Hero hack we saw but it should allow a flawless performance after quite a ...
Stinger Spud Gun
2008-04-23 13:39:00 This Stinger Spud Gun shoots 10 inch PVC missiles! There are no details on the build but by looking at it I would guess that the red button that is used to ignite the gun is a BBQ igniter. The rest of the gun appears to be the standard spud gun that has been dressed ...
Wireless GPS Project
2008-04-22 13:11:00 Youtube user KDG86 has made quite a few interesting projects. This Wireless GPS Project is nice and simple but have lots of cool possibilities. He is using a GPS module that outputs RS-232, this signal is connected to a wireless transmitter. A receiver is then used to get the data into a computer. Since it ...
AutoGuitarHero - FPGA powered Guitar Hero System
2008-04-21 15:06:00 There have been lots of Guitar Hero hacks since it came out but I think this is the most elegant I have ever seen! Auto Guitar Hero (AGH1000) simply connects to the composite video of the game and "looks" at where the colored pucks are and presses the associated button. The idea was thought up ... More About: System
Solar Hot Water Using Black Water Hose
More articles from this author:2008-04-20 13:49:00 Here is a nice simple project that lets you generate some free hot water with the help of the sun. See more about this and other energy saving ideas at Green Power Science. More About: Solar , Black , Water , Hose 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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