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Hacked GadgetsHacked GadgetsMany articles about hacking gadgets. Examples of extreme technology. DIY projects describing how to build electronic projects. Fun top 5 and top 10 lists. Articles
DUBwise - Digital UFO Broadcasting with intelligent service equipment
2008-04-19 13:22:00 So just when you thought all your cell phone was good for was making calls and surfing the net something like this cool program is made that allows you phone to control a cool helicopter! These MikroKopter helicopters look like so much fun even without the cell phone control. "DUBwise is the acronym for ... More About: Service , Intelligent , Equipment , Broadcasting , Digital
Name the Thing Contest - 46
2008-04-19 07:26:00 Congratulations to the last contest winner. The prize this week will help you open you next hack. This contest will run for one week (April 19 - April 25, 2008) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done with ... More About: Contest , Contests , Thing
Jetpowered Flying Man
2008-04-18 16:03:00 If you skydive already and are looking for a new hobby, jetpowered flight may be just what you are looking for! "The jet-pack consists of wings with a total three meter span with four model engines built under the wings. Speeds of up to 200 kilometers per hour are possible. So far, the device does not ... More About: Flying
Touchpad MIDI
2008-04-17 13:01:00 Ludo shows us how to turn an Arduino, touchpad and a display into a cool audio device called the Touchpad MIDI. "I’ve built a MIDI controller around the Arduino. Started from a scavenged Cirque Glidepoint resistive touchpad (PS/2 compatible), 2×8 LCD (in 4 bit mode), two buttons and a serial Arduino board. The buttons when pressed ... More About: Midi
Tresling - Tetris and Arm Wrestling
2008-04-16 13:50:00 I could see a Tresling machine in pubs across the country. You have to move your hand to correctly orientate your Tetris pieces, this will most likely not be the orientation that your opponent desires. "I give you Tresling: Not just a two-player version of best game on earth, not just a fist-pumping, back ally arm ... More About: Wrestling
Fiery Half Body Robot Pushes Shopping Cart
2008-04-15 13:13:00 This Fiery Half Body Robot Pushes Shopping Cart is just what I need to push my groceries home from the store. I would love to film this thing walking into a Walmart past the greeter. "An electric motor was used to drive the rear axle of the shopping cart. The same motor turned a ...
Autopilot RC Plane
2008-04-14 13:29:00 The Missouri S&T AESS UAV Team is working hard designing their autonomous RC Plane and by the looks of the latest test flight things are progressing nicely! "Using HIL simulation allowed us to all to get a better of idea of what we had to do once we got out to the airfield. In the ... More About: Autopilot
Map Bot - Floor Mapping Robot
2008-04-13 14:01:00 Have a look at Map Bot over at GlacialWanderer, this robot is in the early stages but when it’s done it will be able to map out a floor. The main sensor it uses is an ultrasound sensor, one that most of us have seen many times before. But it also uses an interesting bend ... More About: Robot , Mapping , Floor
Mechanical Digital Watch
2008-04-12 13:12:00 Looking for a new watch? If so I am sure this watch would fit the bill, but I am thinking that you may have to sell the yaught to pay for it. This design is completely mechanical and rotates small colored cylinders to display the digital time! Video interview of the designer. "Consisting of 651 pieces, the ... More About: Watch , Digital , Mechanical
Name the Thing Contest - 45
2008-04-12 07:26:00 Congratulations to the last contest winner. The prize this week is a new product that we just added to the store. These LED mounting adapter boards let you solder to a small circuit board instead of soldering directly to LED and resistor leads. This contest will run for one week (April 12 - April 18, 2008) ... More About: Contest , Contests , Thing
PennyCam - Security Camera hidden in a Take a Penny Leave a Penny container
2008-04-11 13:33:00 This PennyCam is a great idea for catching crooks in the act. I guess the camera could be mounted in anything such as the corner of the cash register however mounting it in plain view disguised as something you expect to see. It is a bit expensive but one foiled robbery is all you need ... More About: Security , Camera , Leave , Container , Hidden
The Beamz Laser Music Performance System
2008-04-10 13:17:00 This Beamz Laser Music Performance System looks very interesting. I am not exactly sure how the beams are playing the notes in the video since all the beam should be able to detect is when it’s broken. It seems that more information than just a broken beam is needed could play those tunes. Based on ...
Hello Kitty Power Sander
2008-04-09 13:52:00 I wonder how many of these belt sanders they have sold? I can just imagine the product development brainstorming session where a team of people came up with this idea and proceeded to design the features. However I bet if this was left unsupervised on a job site it would be there in the morning… "It ... More About: Power , Hello Kitty , Kitty
Instant Messenger and Skype Contact Online Notification Picture Frame
2008-04-08 13:46:00 David Bue Pedersen from Volunteer Lab Rat has come up with a great way to see at a glance who is online. No need to walk up to your computer and turn off the screen saver anymore! His Online Notification Picture Frame will light up an LED behind the person who is online. The model ... More About: Skype , Contact , Messenger
Greenflight Electric Vehicle Project
2008-04-07 13:32:00 This Greenflight Electric Vehicle Project takes you through the construction of a few electric vehicles that were constructed by a clever 17 year old. He is trying to put together his vehicles on a small budget which makes it interesting. One of his posts indicates that Discovery Channel was coming down to do an interview ...
Rubens Tube Collection - Make Fire Dance with Music
2008-04-06 13:22:00 We have featured the Rubens Tube here before, it looks like building them and having fun has caught on. Have a look at this cool collection of Rubens Tube projects, the Wiimote controlled Rubens Tube is one of my favorites. More About: Music , Dance , Fire , Make
Magnetic Gun
2008-04-06 03:56:00 Gilbondfac has a cool video that shows some cool magnetic effects including a magnetic gun. More About: Magnetic
MAME Cabinet - Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator
2008-04-04 13:12:00 MAME cabinets can be lots of fun. Check out this one by Stuart, the creative use of some old computer joysticks allow him to interface the authentic buttons and joystick to the computer with ease. You can purchase new arcade housings that are made just for MAME systems but Stuart decided to dig into an ... More About: Arcade , Machine , Cabinet
Webcam Microscope
2008-04-03 12:58:00 Here is an interesting hack that will allow you to make a microscope from an ordinary webcam. Take the lens out of the webcam and turn it around to allow it to focus very close. Have a look at the last picture, that is a close up view of a magazine. The dots you see ... More About: Webcam , Microscope
Programmable Tattoo
2008-04-02 13:15:00 The post about the Animated Tattoo yesterday was for April Fools as most people figured out however have a look at this Programmable Tattoo! If you are interested in a bit of a read have a look at the patent. "For under-the-skin implants, the thinner and more flexible the better. A "nano-skin" polymer film was recently ...
Animated Tattoo uses Electronics under Skin
2008-04-01 14:04:00 Looks like there is a new technology that may be showing up in your local tattoo shop. This self contained system is the latest and greatest way to mark yourself. Unlike a normal tattoo this one can be changed over and over. The battery back is built in and will need to be replaced every ... More About: Electronics , Skin , Tattoo , Animated
Hexapod draws with a Pen
2008-04-01 12:34:00 Matt Denton from Micromagic Systems has taken his cool Hexapod robot and allowed it to have some fun wih a pen! The results are very interesting. "Using B.F.Hexapod with an additional floating pen attachment, and a utility I wrote to convert DXF files into translation commands for my p.Brain controller, I have got the start of ...
3D Spherites Floating Clock
2008-03-31 13:15:00 I have seen lots of cool clocks but this 3D Spherites Floating Clock is one of the best yet. I didn’t think much of it until the end of the video when the guy runs his hand through the clock. Until that point I though this was simply an interesting 3D clock. The Spherites site ...
Wireless Gadget Charger
2008-03-30 21:10:00 New gadgets are starting to come off the assembly line faster than they can be acknowledged. This gadget however is a breakthrough. The people from WildCharge came up with a very interesting and useful device. They call it the Wild Charger . It is a pad that you can place various gadgets on to charge.This device ... More About: Wireless , Gadget
Streaming Audio and Video to a Treo 700
2008-03-30 13:09:00 Paysonbadboy has put together a system to watch his home TV on his Treo 700 by using a capture card and the internet. I love the ability for some cheap hardware and a bit on inventive thinking to do something this cool! "I am using a cheap $15 program I actually bought to capture my outdoor ... More About: Video , Audio , Streaming
Popcorn Popper made from a Tin Can
2008-03-29 12:28:00 Here is a cool popcorn popper that could be handy next time you are out camping. It is quite small so it may not be of much use if you have a big family but it is sure to be fun for the kids to pop some of their own popcorn in a can that ... More About: Popcorn , Made
Name the Thing Contest - 44
2008-03-29 06:43:00 Congratulations to the last contest winner. The prize this week is a new product that we just added to the store. These LED mounting adapter boards let you solder to a small circuit board instead of soldering directly to LED and resistor leads. This contest will run for one week (March 29 - April 3, 2008) . ... More About: Contest , Contests , Thing
DIY Solar Power Install on the Cheap
2008-03-28 12:33:00 So you think that installing solar power in a house has to be expensive? This article shows that it is possible to do it yourself on a small budget. "I put the batteries in their container, and connected the 2 together in series with a #1 Car Battery Cable from Canadian Tire that cost $14. The ... More About: Power , Solar Power , Solar , Cheap
USB Interface
2008-03-27 12:11:00 The Doktor has hacked together a cool way of controlling something on your computer via USB. Looks to be a USB joystick that has been re-purposed to interface with new buttons. This looks to be the ‘new parallel port’. In the days when computers had parallel ports interfacing with the real world usually meant connecting ... More About: Interface
Bicycle Rim Antenna
More articles from this author:2008-03-26 12:20:00 There are all kinds of antenna designs floating around the net and many of them use found parts for their construction. I have never seen a Bicycle Rim Antenna before though! Alan Yates is the creative designer of this antenna. "Several months ago I was walking home from the post office, nearing my place I saw ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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