Congratulation to the last contest winner. The prize this week is a remote control watch. Have fun flipping channels and turning off TVs everywhere! This contest will run for this weekend only (December 1 – 2, 2007) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done with it. A hint is that the device
Andreas Jakl developed the software and Stephan Selinger developed the hardware for the Shaker Racer at Symbian Resources. It reminds me of this RC Car Wiimote hack. Stephan sent in some pictures of the car hardware and some additional details. Thanks Stephan! “We are using an MSP430 microcontroller by Texas instruments on a board by www.olimex.com and the BlueNiceCom IV Bluetooth module. The microcontroller software is written in C.” Video
In most cases when you hear about circuit bending it refers to bending of the audio signal of various hardware devices. I ran across this web site that deals with the bending of video devices. This web site is packed full of stuff. The author displays sequential images of bending a device and provides video links of bent output. When possible he provides links to manufacture documentation and schematics. In
Yes Yes, I know, there are many good sites out there that tell you how to build your own CNC router. Here is a site that walks you through the whole process of building a CNC router, from the ground up, with videos. The web site covers 36 steps to build a CNC router, 35 of the steps are documented by video. The whole router is built with basic hand
Max Cornelisse from the Netherlands has done some incredible hacks. He is a 24 year old science grad who likes to poke fun at how insecure some systems are. I guess they could be staged but most of them look very real. Let me know what you think… Anyone able to translate what is going on in the train video? Thanks to Rutger B. for sending in this translation.
This Eggstractor works quite well. I don’t eat lots of hard boiled eggs but when I do I usually end up picking tiny pieces of shell off the egg for a minute or two. I think this idea is good enough for Dragons Den (one of my favorite shows)! “Very useful way to peel an boiled egg. With this homemade gadget you can peeling over 50 eggs per minutes
Have you ever wondered about all of the different batteries on the market these days? Urban legends about batteries?? Are you suppose to drain them completely before you charge them or charge them after every use? Would you like to build a smart battery charger to charge the your batteries just enough so you will not fry them? When would you use nickel-cadmium over nickel-metal-hydride? Why would you want to
