If you want to make a project that is a bit creepy, this Robot Spider is for you. It uses a powerful Parallax microcontroller so it could also be adapted for many other purposes. "Microcontroller: Javelin Stamp (with Ubicom SX48AC, Parallax) Sensors: 1x ultrasonic sensor (Deva-tech SRF04) 2x sensor with micro-switches Actuators: 3x Standard Model servos for the musculoskeletal 1x Micro servo to the pan of ultrasonic sensor "
I have never seen Polymorph before. It’s a plastic that can be melted in hot water, molded in your hands and when it dries it is rock hard! Using not much more than some Polymorph, some cordless screwdrivers and some wooden curtain rings this robot by XRobots was created. " I constructed the pelvis part for the android first. This is made from aluminium strip material to make a
I love using old computer equipment and breathing new life into it. That is exactly what Giovanni Militano did when he took some electrical parts and stuffed them into an old CD-ROM case. The resulting DIY Headphone Amp looks great! "This headphone amplifier will reside primarily on my desk at work, so it needs to fit into an office environment. Fortunately I had a dead Plextor external CD-ROM kicking
This LED Painter system looks like it works very well. If you want your living-room to groove this may be the ticket for you. It is using a chip by TI that I have never heard about before, I can see the TLC5940 being incorporated in many products and DIY projects. "The LED Painter is a 16 channel RGB LED controller (or 48 independent LEDs) using the Texas Instrument
I have been thinking about ways of reducing my fuel expenses due to the increasing gas cost. If this 150 mph British Steam Car could be converted from liquid petroleum to french fry grease we might just have my next vehicle pick. "Burning liquid petroleum gas at 750° F to pressurize that 360-hp Curtis turbine, the 25-ft.-long Steam Car can turn 10.5 gallons of water a minute into some
I haven’t seen Iron Man yet but it is on my list of movies I want to see. Looks like there are lots of gadgets in the film, including this Iron Man Repulsor Light made by Carlitos’ Contraptions. "Objective To build a very powerful LED flashlight mounted on my hand palm that would turn on and produce brighter light as I move my hand back (and the angle between
You pass some of the large apartment buildings that look nice but they have dozens of unsightly satalite dishes hanging from the side. This Camouflage Satellite Dish system by Sqish looks like a great solution. "What is it? The Sqish is a quirky contemporary alternative to a satellite dish. What does it do? The Sqish can can be aimed at mid and high powered satellites including Astra, Hotbird and
