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
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
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
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.”
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
