March 30, 2009

Ultrasonic Cat Water Dish Monitor

  Using an Parallax ultrasonic sensor, an Arduino and a computer this Ultrasonic Cat Water Dish Monitor project will allow you to monitor the cat dish level from anywhere. 🙂 I think a cool upgrade would be monitoring and record the time and frequency of usage and temperature. It would be cool to see an increase of water drinks as the temperature in the house got warmer. Have a look

iPhone Volume Control Sensitivity Hack

  If you are having problems with the sensitivity of the volume control of your iPhone have a look at this hack. Like the author of the hack you may want to wait until you need to open your phone since performing the fix will void your warranty. "The volume buttons are housed on the back plate along with the gyroscope?, mute button, headphone socket and power-off button. It quickly