December 8, 2006

Vending Machine Hack
Crazy Hacks

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  Here is another way to rip off a vending machine. But just because it can be done doesn’t mean you should! You may remember some issues plaguing other vending machines. It seems that some of the vending machine companies need to hire a small team of people who just try to poke holes in the product before it goes to market. Via: Gizmodo and TechEBlog

6 Axis PC Controller
Complex Hacks

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  Here is a cool project in development, it’s a joystick for the PC that uses accelerometers to to detect user input. It uses a CUBLOC 405 module for the brains and a Dimension Engineering accelerometer to sense movement. “Today, I was able to get a sneak preview of 6 Axis PC USB controller made by Garrett from scratch. It looks really cool, kinda like the Nintendo Wii controller and