Justin Schunick, Mark Hollenbeck, Luke Shaheen, Scott Gillette and Glenn Black from Northeastern University have created one of the coolest sensor system I have seen in a long time. It uses a PIC 18F4550 microcontroller and an array of simple sensors that are made out of copper plates. It can detect hand movements in 3space all around the tops of the sensors to provide an accurate position indication. At
This Arduino based Capacitive 3D Controller that Kyle McDonald built looks like it is way to simple to function. Have a look at the video to see the amazing type of accuracy this device is capable of. The possibilities are endless for this cheap setup, I can imagine a security pass code that is not a code but rather a gesture within the 3space that the sensor field can
If you loved the original Wolfenstein 3D you need to check out this iPhone virtual joystick by Alex Winston. “ Talk bi-directionally between an iPhone and iPod touch without the need for jailbreaking and only using 2.0 SDK published libraries. The demo illustrates integration with Wolfenstein3D and a virtual joystick that allows for control of movement.” Link Via
The Fireball V90 CNC Router is a CNC machine that comes in kit form requiring assembly. There was a sneak peak of its capability last week. See the text that the Fireball V90 routed into an old circuit board, with a PCB routing bit the Fireball V90 CNC Router easily went through everything that was in its way, and that included surface mount chips! Currently the Fireball V90 is one
Ozan Sarıer is a composer, performer and a designer for musical instruments and interfaces. His latest creation is this Piyola, it is a USB device which was made from recycled parts. The keyboard plays a single octave, key presses are transferred to the computer using a found USB joystick.
Jeri Ellsworth who is well known for her C-One creation has been working on some crazy projects over at FatMan and Circuit Girl! Hack a Day featured the Floppy Disk Audio Recorder which is a thing of beauty. It can record about a 1/2 second on each track and uses the internal sensor to automatically move the head to the next track after every disk rotation. See that video
The guys at Stupid Inventions made an Automated Slinky Machine, yes it’s a pointless machine, but that is the point. 🙂 "Are you tired of not being able to use your Slinky Jr. because it’s too small to fall down the stairs? Well the folks at Stupid Inventions have come up with a way to use your Slinky Jr. without any stairs at all!"
