Mitch Altman at the Maker Faire
Here is an interesting talk with Mitch Altman who is the creator of the TV B Gone. It is nice to see that he is genuinely interested in sharing his electronic passion with others.
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DIY Headphone Amplifier
I just bought a pair of Sennheiser headphones that isolate the outside sound so that the music you hear is crystal clear, the drivers are also very far into your ear. This produces a music (or podcast) experience that is fantastic. One other side benifet is that the volume is very low. Using the stock portable music player headphones I would have to crank the volume to get an
Precision Position System not based on GPS
A Gyroscope, Accelerometer and Magnetometer are used to allow a small electronic device that is worn in a boot to keep track of your movements and therefore your actual location.
Strain Sensors in Textiles allow for Human Movement Monitoring
If you get a sore back from bad posture habits or repetitive stress situations from work this Strain Sensors technology could help you in the near future. The sensors remind me of the glove keyboard sensors we have seen before. If this technology advances as fast as everything else is we will soon have these microscopic sensors woven directly into the fabric of a shirt and the outputs will
Hacked Gadgets Workbench Contest Winner
We had 34 fantastic entries for the Workbench Contest. These entries have been viewed more than 11000 times so far! They will continue to provide inspiration for years to come when people are looking for bench ideas. It was very hard to come up with a winner for this contest since there were so many great entries, many of them describing fantastic layouts and equipment ideas. It was nice to
AVR Microcontroller Based Video Game
This AVR Microcontroller Based Video Game board is very well made for a prototype board! It goes to show that with the power of a modern day microcontroller you can do what used to take many huge boards full of electronics not that long ago. "When I started with the AVRs, i was wondering if it would be possible to create a fluid game like Super Mario Bros, based
LEGO Safe
This LEGO Safe project demonstrates the creativeness you can have using LEGO. No, you wouldn’t want to store your diamonds in this safe, but if this locking scheme was implemented in a real safe I think it would be sound. "Put away your valuables in this Lego Mindstorms NXT Safe and nobody ever can get even close to it! This 6,5 Kilogram heavy weight SAFE has an electronic code