Tetranitrate has created a nice looking DIY LED Chess Set. It looks a bit time consuming to build, but the results are great! "Sixteen blue LEDs and sixteen green LEDs are glued inside the hollow recesses in the base of each chess piece. The positive contacts for the LEDs are wired to copper washers attached to the base of each chess piece. The negative contacts for the LEDs are
If you want to up improve your gaming skills, this Joystick Macro Hack is just what you need. If you are like me and can’t press the fire button as quickly as you would like your problems are over. With this mod you can program two special function buttons that will give you super human strength (when it comes to quick button presses). "This mod is fairly simple to
These videos demonstrate some interesting and dangerous jet engines. I think this would be a interesting hobby that would make your neighbors and insurance company hate you… I wonder how many garages have been burnt down with some testing like this.
The winner for the last contest will be announced soon. The prize will help you to have a closer look at custom circuit boards, board repairs etc. This contest will run for one week (June 21 – June 26, 2008) . 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
This Rube Goldberg Easter Creme Egg Smashing Machine is one of the best Rube Goldberg machines I have seen. One of these days I have to try one of these builds. 🙂 "A Rube Goldberg machine that is used to squish a Creme Egg. It goes around the walls of our lounge. This is an entry in Cadbury’s "Unleash The Goo" competition, in which entrants must find the most
You have seen the Staubli Robot under Wiimote control, now have a look at a Mitsubishi PA10 Robot Arm being operated in real time using a Nintendo Wiimote. The inspiration for this project was from this Wiimote Sword hack. Non-translated page. "It was quickly decided that the same could be made much cooler and, not least in real time with our PA10 robot. And with PA10’ens open interface, it
Maxim has put together an article that describes how to make your own camcorder on the cheap. The program that you need for your computer can be found here. "There’s no reason to shell out big bucks for a video camera if all you’re doing is screwing around on Youtube, so why not take one of those cheap little disposables and turn it into a full-blown embarrassment-capturing machine? Supplies:
