Click on the picture to watch the animation of the lights in action. Xmastree drilled some holes in some Perspex and installed some red and blue LEDs. The LEDs were fitted into some holes that were drilled and connected to the power and hard drive access LED outputs of his computer. The result looks quite unique. “The blue (central) one comes on with the power, and the red is the
The XRC is a cool new controller that allows you to use for your Game Boy that is collecting dust. ” The Xport Robot Controller (XRC) turns the Game Boy Advance and standard LEGO components into an advanced robot development system. The XRC combines the features of the Xport plus * 4 closed-loop back-EMF motor controllers * 16 digital sensor inputs * 8 analog sensor inputs * In-system NiCd, NiMH
If you have one more dead hard drive left after building the top five dead hard drive projects give the Hard Drive Platter Tesla Turbine a try. There is more information about the build at Instructables. “In the Tesla Turbine, air, steam, oil, or any other fluid is injected at the edge of a series of smooth parallel disks. The fluid spirals inwards and is exhausted through ventilation ports near
If you liked the game Simon Says, you will like this hack. “I dont quite recall how this game evolved but the main motivation behind it is to improve cognitive processing and attention by getting the players to focus on a sequence of drum hits and then repeat that sequence. Players can use either dance-dance-revolution mats or a custom built 4-pad bongo style controller. Its being built for www.tulgeywood.us to
1. Plasma Globe Link 1 Link 2 Link 3 “The heart of the high-voltage generator is a standard flyback transformer transplanted from an old TV set. The globe is mostly vacuum but has a tiny amount of inert gases namely neon and xenon. When excited by the HF-HV electro-magnetic field, atoms of the gas become ionized and cause various beautiful plasma trails to be produced within the sphere. Touching the
American Inventor Spot has put together a great list of crazy cars. Not for me, but I am sure their owners love them. “People often choose cars to express themselves. You buy a Hummer and that screams out “I’m a really big man” or “I Think Green”. You buy a Bently and that screams out “I’m rich son of a b***h”. You buy a VW Bug and that screams out
1. iBar, Interactive Touch Screen Bar Table The iBar is one heck of a cool bar! “iBar is a system for the interactive design of any bar-counter. Integrated video-projectors can project any content on the milky bar-surface. The intelligent tracking system of iBar detects all objects touching the surface. This input is used to let the projected content interact dynamically with the movements on the counter. Objects can be illuminated
