In the past year or so cellphone jamming has become an increasingly more popular subject. Everyone has been plagued by obnoxious cellphone users in malls, buses, school, work, movie theaters, and in spite of being highly illegal, cellphone jammers are popping up in more and more places. Green Bay Professional Packet Radio has a great writeup on how it works and even a how-to for building your own
Robotics is an ever expanding career field and also now and ever expanding hobby. Numerous organizations have been put into place for the facilitation of robotic education and study. One such program called “Botball” is popular among students that range from junior high to high school. Their programs help develop and make the fascination that people seem to have naturally with robots, grow. It is something to look into if
We are happy to announce another fine writer will be joining the team here! Patrick Servello has set his sights at MIT to major in Software Engineering or Electrical Engineering. He operates a business repairing computers and working with computer networks. Patrick is planning to follow his passion for IT security, he has found holes in popular sites such as NYtimes.com! To learn more about Patrick have a look at
Greener Business has put together a $15 Portable Solar Powered USB Charger with an LED Flashlight project that might appeal to the green person within you. “With this project the thing that makes it really useful is that you can leave the device in the sun, without anything hooked upped to it, then bring it anywhere with you to charge your USB devices, because it’s hooked up to the
What is an oscilloscope, what can you do with it, and how does it work? For those Hacked Gadget makers who have had little experience in working with oscilloscopes and would like to learn more about them, check out these tutorial sites. Oscilloscope tutorial Oscilloscopes Use of the Oscilloscope Using an Oscilloscope Oscilloscope Tutorials
