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
