This video shows 3 ways to open a door, first 2 will give you the been there done that feeling. The 3rd is fantastic, using a Wimote the user simply gives his wrist a flick to unlock the door! Here is the project link, and here is the translated version. Video after the jump. “DIY doorlock system via FreeBSD6.2 + Bluetooth HID stack + libpasori. To authenticate a user, this
After you are done building a project there are always some extra components scattered about, instead of wasting time sorting them back into bins why not make some component spiders out of the extra parts. “Years ago when I was in school, I got most of my parts from snipping or desoldering them off of junked curcuitboards, or from taking apart old equipment. One day I took some of the
This Hydrogen Fuel Cell RC Car Upgrade Kit is one of the coolest RC cars kits I have seen in a long time. It is pricey though, hopefully when these hydrogen fuel cells become more common place the price will come down to earth. Video after the jump “The H-cell is a unique integration “upgrade” kit for electric hobby R/C cars, designed as a drop in unit that can fit
The Everingham Rotating House must be the geekiest house I have ever seem (I love it). When you get tired of the view from the living room just press a button and rotate the house to change the view. Or when the sun is glaring on the TV instead of closing the blinds you could just rotate out of the sun! “The Everingham rotating house is a 24-metre diameter octagon
Electric go karts seem to be getting more popular these days, the Felixtimlock go kart is one of the fastest ones I have seen so far. There is a description video of the kart after the jump.
Last weeks weekend contest was a great success. This week there will be two items given away to two lucky winners. Giveaway item 1 is a graphic LCD module, thanks to David from uC Hobby for providing this module! Giveaway item 2 is another camera tripod. This contest will run for this weekend only (April 20 – 22, 2007) . To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an
If you are lucky enough to have an extra roomba kicking around why not mod it to shoot peoples feet. 🙂 “I own a Discovery roomba and use it in the never ending battle against dog hair. I love it as it does an amazing job at sweeping up not only dog hair but all sorts of dirt and dust. I didn’t want to take the chance of killing it
