December 11, 2007

Is this real or What?

Has anyone seen this Think Geek ad? I am not sure if this is a gag or not? Think Geek Ad This device claims to have a 300 foot range and has 15 amp plugs on it. The ad does not indicate power ratings and does not provide any other technical data other than they have tested it at 300 feet (sounds fishy to me) Scientists are currently working on

Business Card Phone Dialer

"Here are two experimental "extreme" business cards that are almost impossible for someone to throw away – one in the form of a key ring torch and one card that actually dials me up by itself! This one has a computer inside with more processing power than took the first astronauts to the moon (No, I’m not kidding!), yet the main part costs less than 50 cents. …Even if these

Six Channel IR Remote Control System - PIC 16F84 Based

Alfred73 has made some interesting projects. This one is the Six Channel IR Remote Control System which uses a customized remote control to take control of some normal appliances. It is based on the older 16F84 PIC but should be simple to convert to work with the 16F628A. Code and the schematic are provided on the site. “This project is a remote control system based on a pic and an