Congratulation to the last contest winner. The prize this week is a tiny helicopter. This contest will run from Saturday to Tuesday (December 22- 25, 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. Please do not give the answer in the comments. Send an email to contest @ hackedgadgets.com
Have you ever wanted to remotely turn on or off something in your house when you weren’t home? This time of year the Christmas lights come to mind. What if you could call your house, type a few keys on your phone and turn on those lights! With this Phone Line Relay Controller project that is exactly what you can do. "The administrator should call-in the device from another telephone.
The wife and I are going to China for the holidays I will be away from my Hacked Gadgets post for two weeks. I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. In Chinese Happy New Year is 新年快樂 (Xin nian kuai le!) I will be checking out some Chinese electronics swap meets and some other gadget related locations. If all goes well I will
Here is a well documented DIY tutorial on how to build a basic electronic speed controller. The article takes your through a ground up process on how to build the circuit as well as how to program the PIC that controls the speed controller. The article does indicate that the design does lack sophistication, but this is a good place to start. You could use this design as a learning
When it comes to USB devices I think missile launchers have to be one of the best additions to the group! Have a look at these great missile hacks. Did your favorite hack not make the list? Leave a comment to let us know. “The following video illustrates how a to translate values from your PC Joystick to control a USB Missile Launcher and fire at objects that you
Hacked Gadgets has been asked to provide a paid non-biased opinion of this technology. LandAirSea Systems has developed a remarkable USB GPS Tracking device. Toss in a few AAA batteries and it is ready to stash in whatever you want to track! It has a magnetic base for easy mounting to the undersides of vehicles but it is small enough to stash in a gym bag or other small items.
Oh Boy, This is getting really scary. I have not given this much thought, but as I read this article I was hit with a ton of bricks. Pretty soon we will be able to hack ourselves!!! Liquid polymer neural interface Here is another one. Guess who could be the rat? Datajack implant for Rats Digital processing of rat brain neurons
