August 2006

Bluevoice combines wristwatch, headset

As if some of those other ear pieces aren’t big enough. Might as well make it take up your full ear and put a clock on it. “Chronotech is getting ready to unveil a watch that also functions as a communication device. Bluevoice, the first telephone watch based on Bluetooth wireless technology is expected to be publicly announced on November 8, 2006 when it is unveiled at the Consumer Electronic

Nokia Cell Phone Mouse

  Why buy a mouse for your laptop when you can use your camera phone! “Many laptop owners carry a spare mouse because they dont like the built in control, or because they just like to use a mouse. This adds weight, things to remember etc when you go anywhere. Also, if you use somebody elses laptop you may not be able to use their pad at all! I often

Dial-a-Time Watch

Have a big watch collection? I am betting that you don’t have this one… “Back in the 80’s telephones had dials – some of you might not have be born in the age of the manual dial telephone. Those of you who do remember might like a bit of Retrofone wristwear to remind you of the good old days. The Retrofone, depicts the time in a classic dial phone layout,

Jet Powered Scooter

Well this is one way to get a bit more speed out of a moped! “Here’s my wife’s Honda Metropolitan scooter. She wants it to go faster than 40 mph. So I have these two little JFS 100 jet engines and I am thinking how to put them on the scooter. Engines are 50 lbm each so weight is an issue. Will probably use air-start with a carbon fiber tank

3D Vectors using a PIC Microcontroller

  This PIC based project is an example of some serious programming. 3D vectors are usually not even considered to be attempted using a microcontroller. The results are very impressive. “Managed to get the new Nokia 6100 colour LCD working, and ported most of the 3D code over to a new board. Whole project has moved from 5v to a 3.3v board. The new LCD uses an SPI bus instead

DIY Wafer-thin keyboard

Need a space saving keyboard? Make your own! “After taking an ancient “Microsoft Internet Keyboard” apart, turns out it’s a rather simple mod to convert it to a wafer-thin, touch sensitive, transparent beast. Little bit of duck tape, and it’s perfect :). How it works: There are 3 plastic layers. Two, on top and bottom, have the contacts that touch each other to form a keypress. The middle one has

LED Dash Light Hack

Tired of replacing burnt out dash lights? Why not replace them with LED lights, you will never have to touch them again. 🙂 “Now you will need to assemble your LEDs. Take an LED and figure out what side is positive and the other negative. The longest leg of an LED is positive (anode; a), and the shortest leg is negative (cathode; k). Another way of checking which side is