December 2007

Remote Controlled Camera from a Cellphone

Wow what a hack! SMS your hacked cell phone and it will take a picture and send it back to you! Have a look at the details of this Remote Controlled Camera from a Cellphone that uses a Picaxe microcontroller. I would dare anyone to try to take this onto a plane. I am sure the conversation would include “Honestly it is just a remote camera that looks like a

Hacked Gadgets September - October Comment Contest Winners

The results are in. Here is the list of winners for the last comment contest. Lee, comment 6 wins the Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery software package.. Huge 1GB IBM Hard Drive feki00, comment 3 wins the $25 ThinkGeek gift certificate. Robot Arm Clocks Elepski, comment 6 wins the $25 Make Store gift certificate Computer Controlled Water Spray System One $99 Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery software package. Thanks to

Mech Robot

Andres Bella has created a cool Mech Robot that is powered by a Parallax Microcontroller. “I used a Basic Stamp II microcontroller, is pretty easy to program, and it does everything I need for this project, I got a Power Started that is a very good power supply and gives me enough juice to power up all the electronics, the motors, and the compressor. The micro-controlled controls the solenoids valve

Autonomous Roboat Sailing the Irish Sea

  The RoBoat team from Austria won the 2007 Microtransat. The France IBoat was a strong contender but had some technical difficulties. “The Microtransat is a transatlantic race of fully autonomous sailing boats. The race aims to stimulate the development of autonomous sailing boats through friendly competition. The Transatlantic race is currently planned for late 2008 with several smaller races taking place before then.”