January 27, 2009 – Hacked Gadgets

Shoot your Alarm Clock with Gun O’Clock

Alan Parekh January 27, 2009 9

The Gun O’Clock product reminds me of the Phaser Blasted Alarm Clock that was featured in Make volume 8. Kipkay also did a weekend project based on it. There are so many cool clocks, I wonder which one works the best? I hope you can do math in your sleep with this math clock, or can run fast if you have a Clocky. There is some strange allure with

Complex Hacks

Power Monitoring using a Hacked Kill-a-Watt

Alan Parekh January 27, 2009 4

Limor has documented the process she used to expand the functionality of one of those off the shelf Kill-a-Watt power monitoring devices. Hacking into the Kill-a-Watt circuitry she added a wireless transmitter that is now able to sent data to a central collection receiver. "This project documents my adventures in learning how to wire up my home for wireless power monitoring. I live in a rented apartment so I