Check out the cool Binary LED Clock that Hacked Gadgets member Turd made. Have a look at the forum post for more details including the schematic. Looks like this is a great use for some old school 74HC4040 Binary Ripple Counters. Video after the jump.
Amazing AIR-Guitar Demonstration by Carlos Vamos. He is a guitar playing master, the second video is non-technical but demonstrates how good he is! “Carlos Vamos demonstrates his Prototype hand made custom AIRguitar. The guitar neck is from Ibanez, the guitar body was build with the Kind help and cooperation of Marcus Van Engelen. The final guitar asembly and wiring was done by Carlos Vamos.” Via: Make
Here is a collection of The Incredible Machine creations. Which one is your favorite? “The Incredible Machine (aka TIM) is a series of computer games that were originally designed and coded by Kevin Ryan and produced by Jeff Tunnell, the now-defunct Jeff Tunnell Productions, and published by Dynamix; the 1993 through 1995 versions had the same development team, but the later 2000–2001 titles had different designers. All versions were
Seems like there is no end to the uses of old hard drives. This hack uses the voice coil of a used hard drive to act as a Laser Shutter. Thanks for the tip Robo. “We have developed a high-speed laser shutter based on voice-coil actuators found in generic hard disk drives. We have enhanced the shutter with a new driver circuit described below and a notched flag, achieving 500ns
The latest iRobot is the ConnectR, looks like this could be a great hackable robotic platform. It will be available soon for the mass market but unfortunately it is currently only being made available for a select few to test it. Video after the jump. “Don’t miss out on special moments at home even when you are away. The iRobot ConnectR is a fun new way to see, talk to
