If you like Guitar Hero and had some long hair in the 80’s that you are missing this game is for you. Tiago Martins, Ricardo Nascimento and Andreas Zingerle have been working hard on a system that will bring your headbanging memories back. Strap on the long hair wig controller, load in the game software and rock out with your hair. When you are done have a look at
If you need to send some wireless data from one microcontroller to another have a look at this Cheap Microcontroller IR Data Transmission project for inspiration. It uses an IR LED, a resistor and an optional visible LED for the transmitter. The receiver is just a IR receiver with no extra components. These receivers are the same that you find in DVD players other remote controlled electronics. Rentron has
Using some Parallax processing power Joe was able to monitor his garage doors to make sure it wasn’t forgotten in the open position. Using a Parallax Pink module the system is able to produce a Web page so that the door status can be checked from anywhere. "Parts: Parallax Basic Stamp 2 Parallax Board of Education Parallax PINK Parallax 4×20 Backlit LCD Radioshack Project Box Piece of Plexi Glass
If you have a spare cell phone display and are handy with a microcontroller this cool Cell Phone Display Oscilloscope by Almost There could be your next project. "Check out these impressive specifications rivaling scopes costing twice the price (about $9 MSRP)… Vertical fixed at 5V full screen (or 0.5V per division, if it had divisions.) Horizontal Sweep fixed at (approximately) 43mS full screen when over-clocked at 8MHz (or
This Sticky Light demonstration looks like tons of fun! It was created by Alvaro Cassinelli, Kuribara Yusaku and Stephane Perrin of the Department of Information Physics and Computing at the Ishikawa Komuro Laboratory of the university of Tokyo. Via: Waxy Links "As an art installation, the most interesting aspect of the work is that it promotes a reflection on the role of light as a passive substance used for
The prize this week is a cable tester. This contest will run for one week (Aug 22 – 28, 2009) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done with it. Please do not give the answer in the comments. Send an email to contest @ hackedgadgets.com with "Name the Thing Contest" as the
The normal iPhone docks are quite plain and simple. This nice wood dock is a piece of artwork that is sure to please. Looks like Todd has also made some out of plastic. "I recently got a case for my iPhone and it’s the kind that precludes the use of the dock. I kind of like the dock concept, but instead of taking a Dremel to the existing dock,
