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LEGO NTX Assembly Line System
2008-01-25 12:10:00 There are few words about the LEGO NTX Assembly Line System that superbird28 has put together but after watching the video you can get a good sense of what it does and how it works. The mechanical timing is superb! If this thing were spray painted with silver paint I would think I was watching ... More About: Lego
Simple IR Hack Derails Polish Trains
2008-01-24 12:05:00 A 14 year old boy hacked the train system in Poland causing four trains to derail and numerous people to get injured. He apparently did this by converting a IR remote control to work with the train system. He had stolen the information needed to build the device along with some of the parts ... More About: Hack , Trains , Simple , Polish
UV LED Controller using a PIC 16F628A Microcontroller
2008-01-23 12:21:00 If you need an UV LED timer, or a timer for any other purpose you may be interested in the UV LED Controller that was constructed using a PIC 16F628A Microcontroller . There is a schematic and code available however the original project was not documented in English. Have a look at the Google translation that ...
Autonomous Sound Finding Robot
2008-01-22 12:20:00 Angela Israni, Hemanshu Chawda and Seth Spiel from Cornell University made this Autonomous Sound Finding Robot as their project for the ECE 476 Designing with Microcontrollers course. They have source code posted if you are interested in having a look. Total cost was $361 which included a $325 Acronome PPRK Robot . Video after the jump. " ...
DIY EC TDS PPM Meter
2008-01-21 12:16:00 I have never had the need (and probably never will) for a device that could measure the amount of salts in a solution, but I found the circuit to be very interesting. This EC TDS PPM Meter project provides all the information you need to make your very own. "TDS is the measuring of the amount ...
Binary Hard Drive Clock Project
2008-01-20 12:40:00 Have a look at this Binary Hard Drive Clock Project that Dave from Dave’s Tech Blog put together. It is using one of my favorite pieces used computer hardware, that is of course the hard drive! Of course he is also using my favorite color of LED, that being the Blue LED! Dave has a ... More About: Hard Drive
Pressing Problems
2008-01-19 18:09:00 What do you do if your latest hack needs a little piece of fiberglass fairing? Well you do what any experienced RC Helicopter pilot does, you use your vacuum press. Whether it’s fiberglass, carbon fiber, Kevlar or even laminating wood. You can use a shop vac and electric grill to build a set up like ... More About: Problems
Bio Feedback Pong Game
2008-01-19 12:10:00 People have been talking about bio feedback games in the past but Rob has actually pulled it off! Have a look at this Pong Game that he built using some bio feedback. Up and down is controlled by flexing either the left or right arm, to serve both arms are flexed at the same time. More About: Feedback
What it is and isn?t Contest
2008-01-19 06:55:00 Congratulation to the last contest winner. A little something different this time. There will be two prizes and two ways to enter. Just like the Name the Thing Contest s in the past you can send your answer by email. You can also guess what it isn’t by leaving a comment in the comments section below. The ... More About: Contests
AmateurLogic.TV Episode 18 - Ameritron Amplifier Factory Tour
2008-01-18 12:15:00 Our friends over at Amateur Logic TV goes one a tour of the Ameritron Amplifier Factory . Watch how a small production item is made. " A visit to the Ameritron Amplifier Factory. Learn how these popular tube type and solid state RF amplifiers are built." More About: Episode , Tour
LEGO Mindstorms Robot sorts Gumballs by color
2008-01-17 12:48:00 If you are an obsessive compulsive this LEGO Mindstorms Robot that sorts Gumballs by color may be able to save you countless hours of work! Just think no more late nights spent hunched over the coffee table sorting gumballs into their respective colors. For the rest of us this is simply a cool adaptation ... More About: Color , Lego , Lego Mindstorms
Technology & Electronics Market in China
2008-01-16 15:00:00 Hello All, I am back from China . It was a cold but exciting trip. I had the opportunity to check out some computer and technology markets when I was in China. I took some pictures and did a little shopping when I was there. More pictures and details to follow. More About: Technology , Electronics , Market
DISINTEGRATOR Rubber Band Gun
2008-01-16 12:35:00 Wow this DISINTEGRATOR Rubber Band Gun takes the cake for well built rubber band guns! The build log and attention to detail is also second to none. The gun is amazing but the scenery sure helps, the creator is from Dunstable, England and the hills you see are the Dunstable Downs. “Forget the rubber band Gatling ...
Bicycle Powered Mobile Phone Center
2008-01-15 12:35:00 Llamadassa has put together a Bicycle Powered Mobile Phone Center . The idea is great since it doesn’t require AC power, transporting the phone center charges the battery and the battery can also be charged while the unit is stationary by lifting the wheel off the ground. “The one essential thing that a cell phone ... More About: Mobile Phone , E Center
Surface Mount Soldering Tutorial
2008-01-14 21:06:00 If you are thinking of doing some surface mount like AnotherHackMember has just done. This Surface Mount Soldering Tutorial video at Curious Inventor is a must watch. Have a look at the other information that is available at this site to understand other areas of soldering and board repair. “video demonstrating Surface Mount Soldering with inexpensive ...
There are car guys and there are real car guys
2008-01-14 18:01:00 Now I have bought cars based on gas mileage and kept the tires inflated correctly, the engine tuned, etc. but this guy has really taken it to the limit. Bajoos says it took 250 hours and $400.00. At $3.10+ per gallon in New Jersey really wouldn’t take long to see a payback. Read down ... More About: Guys , Real
Macintosh 512k Upgraded to run OS X - 24th Anniversary Macintosh Project
2008-01-14 12:23:00 Do you have an old Macintosh computer laying around? Why not blow off the dust and follow these simple steps to do an upgrade to OS X? You don’t even have to spend hundreds of hours creating the source code for the custom microcontrollers that interface the system together since it is available for ... More About: Anniversary , Project , Graded
Photo Studio Lighting on the Cheap
2008-01-13 12:13:00 I have been playing around with my new Canon S5 IS camera. Overall I am very happy at the quality of the pictures especially since they are being taken by me who is on the steep learning curve of photography. I took lots of macro pictures for the Fire Alarm Alarm Clock project. Some pictures ... More About: Photo , Lighting , Studio , Cheap
Fun with Robotic Arms
2008-01-12 12:09:00 Some of these systems look so dangerous. I wonder what it would take for one of these systems to glitch and malfunction. A slight error is all it would take to kill someone! Kuka makes robots mainly for industrial use and their site is great since they document many of their installs. For example have ... More About: Robotic , Arms
Name the Thing Contest - 35
2008-01-12 07:01:00 Congratulation to the last contest winner. The prize this week is a multi tool that should help you hack your latest project. This contest will run for this weekend only (January 12 - 13, 2007) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what ... More About: Contest , Contests , Thing
Fire Alarm Bell Alarm Clock - World?s loudest alarm clock?
2008-01-12 00:12:00 Overview Ever sleep-in because your alarm clock wasn’t loud enough? With this design that is guaranteed not to happen! This hack takes a standard cheap alarm clock, some interface components and a fire alarm bell to get the job done right. Normally these small alarm clocks use a piezo buzzer to attempt to wake ... More About: World , Clock , Fire , Alarm , Bell
Simple LED Color Sensor
2008-01-11 17:56:00 This is a pretty interesting walk though on how to process and read the microvoltage that an LED will put out when exposed to a light source . Who says you can’t teach an old component new tricks? “Hook up a high-quality ultra-bright red LED by itself (no battery or other circuitry) ... More About: Color , Simple , Sensor
Lawn Art
2008-01-11 12:22:00 I have a neighbor who keeps his yard immaculate. I have even caught him trimming his lawn with a pair of scissors. I want to add this, and get the whole block talking. But why not get the real thing.
Surveyor SVR-1 Robot going to the Moon?
2008-01-10 12:26:00 Surveyor Corporation is working on some cool tech. They are building some of the most advanced robots available in a tiny package. Unlike most other companies they have a build journal that is open to the public that lets us follow the progress of the project. Of course this journal also documents the issues and ... More About: Robot , Moon , The Moon , Surveyor
iPod Touch VOIP Phone Calls
2008-01-09 12:14:00 The iPod Touch is hardware is very similar to the iPhone . Some smart guys at Touch Mods have developed a way to use the iPod Touch as a VOIP phone! Thanks John. More About: Ipod , Voip , Calls
Guerilla Drive-In Theater
2008-01-09 05:16:00 Projector, Old stereo, laptop, and a few connecting cables: Its likely these are things you already have, or can borrow with a few phone calls to your friends. Have you ever thought of starting a Guerrilla Drive -in, aka MobMov? “With hundreds of movie mobs across the world, the Mobile Movie is bringing back the forgotten ... More About: Theater , Other , Guerilla
Hacked Gadgets Happy Holidays Contest Winner
2008-01-09 02:28:00 The Holiday Contest was a great success! Thanks for the great participation. Rick Crammond is the lucky winner, he let us know that the Bluetooth Retro Handset is something he would like to add to his collection of gadgets, comment 13 in the Is this real or What post was the winning pick. More About: Holidays , Gadgets , Happy Holidays , Contests
Interview with Johnny Lee
2008-01-09 01:22:00 Above is a video from Johnny Lee, a Computer Engineer who has chosen the Wii Remote as one of his main hacking platforms. Johnny was kind enough to take some time out of his busy schedule to do an interview with us. AP is Alan Parekh JL is Johnny Lee AP: Thanks for taking the time to ... More About: Other , Interview
Audio Modulated Solid State Tesla Coil Video Walkthrough
2008-01-08 12:52:00 Lolly from Germany is a creator of one of the Tesla coils that was featured in the Musical Tesla Coil Collection article last week. Lolly has now created a video that walks through the technology he used to build his device. “Overview and demonstration of my SSTC Setup. The RF is generated with a Class-E ... More About: Video , Audio , State
Drag Bike Microcontroller Shift and NOS Control System
More articles from this author:2008-01-07 12:11:00 Race motorcycles are fast, mean machines. One way to make them faster is to use technology to help the bike shift and control a NOS system! That is what Chris P. of the Parallax forum did to his Kawasaki ZX10. Chris has published his code on the forum also so that you can see how ... More About: System , Bike , Microcontroller , Drag , Control 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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