Matt Meerian hacked an old intercom into a masterpiece by stuffing it with some electronics.This Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Joke Intercom System has the ability to play MP3 audio tracks with the touch of a call button. The entire thing is controlled by a central microcontroller and the attention to detail by using the old NuTone intercom helps pull off the effect. If you are interested in playing with
With inspiration from this Sprites Mods hack, Bidouille.org has done a cool new version of the hack. Using an Arduino Microcontroller and some custom code the data from the Agilent technologies chip is retrieved. Have a look at this document (PDF) for some more details on what makes the technology work. "Relationship to Object Motion The relationship between the optical flow in the image plane and the velocities of
Gary Eneberg has made a great looking pair of speakers and documented the steps. For a total cost of $430 US it is a fantastic deal for such a nice piece of work. "The enclosures were made using 3/4" Baltic Birch plywood except for the front baffle which consists of two pieces of 1/2" plywood laminated together. The inner piece of the front baffle fits tightly into the cabinet
Just a reminder to catch the first episode of Prototype This. It should be good!
