Not sure if this Nokia concept cell phone will ever be for sale, if it does I will be first in line for it. 🙂 See Sc iFi Tech for more details. “The “Nokia Open” is/would be a cell phone that opens like a fan with a “scrollable touch screen,” which seems to be an essential-yet-nonexistent item that would need to be invented in order for this to work. The
If you are looking to sniff for RFID information, this is the project for you! “In this study we show that the modeling predictions are quite accurate. We show how to build a portable, extended-range RFID skimmer, using only electronics hobbyist supplies and tools. Our skimmer is able to read ISO-14443 tags from a distance of $25cm, uses a lightweight 40cm-diameter copper-tube antenna, is powered by a 12V battery–and requires
I didn’t think I would see the day that Microsoft would get into the robot game. You can download the new Microsoft Robotics Studio now. Here is the official anouncement from the Microsoft blog. “At the RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition 2006, Microsoft Corp. showcased the community technology preview (CTP) of a new Windows®-based environment for academic, hobbyist and commercial developers to easily create robotic applications for a wide variety of
Ever wonder how to remove surface mount electronic parts from a board? This video demonstrates the clothes iron method, as opposed to the cooking skillet method. 🙂 If you have some tinfoil you may want to give this method a try. Here is an english version, thanks Nick.
This site includes the board layout and code to make this ATmega128 powered LED sign. If you speak German here is the original German site. “Again such a crazy project of me. It began with the fact that I with EBay a mountain LED of modules ersteigert. And from this this enormous LED became panel. Whom is too enormous, there is also a small brother. Here times the technical data:
Want to add a touch of cool to your next PIC microcontroller project? Why not have it play some ring tones. There is full source code and an explanation available. “Using only a speaker and decoupling capacitor, it is possible to generate tunes or melodies from your Microchip PIC16F87x processor. A timer can be used to generate each of the eleven musical notes and another timer can be used to
Bre Pettis from Make has some cool video coverage of the 2006 Robogames.
