2009

GPS Tracking Key Pro Review

Hacked Gadgets was sent a GPS Tracking Key Pro by Land Air Sea to review. There are many GPS device types available these days, this one acquires a GPS signal and records the time and location of the device to internal memory. Later the system is connected to a computer and the data is retrieved from the device. There are two ways to view the data in text form, or

Velocity Sensitive Digital Piano - Cornell University ECE 5760 Advanced Microcontrollers Final Project

  The Cornell University ECE 5760 Advanced Microcontroller course is done! As usual there are lots of interesting creations that have full documentation for us to have a look at. There are 10 projects posted (2 of them still need the project details to be added). This time there is a great variety of projects, everything from realtime face tracking to this Velocity Sensitive Digital Piano by Chris McNally and

Kitchen Turned Upside Down

rotating kitchen from Zeger Reyers on Vimeo.   You got to love art, this kitchen will be rotating for 3 months. I wonder how it will smell in the end? Looks like this art exhibit was built with the same criteria that I develop projects with, it needs to be fun an interesting but not necessarily serve a purpose. At first I though how boring is this, they have glued

Makerbot Roots

  This is a good video of the roots of Makerbot. I have one of these on the wish list, I would love to be able to print 3D parts! "The sign on the door reads MakerBot industries. Inside, boxes line the floors and there is a flurry of activity. A light humming sound fills the air. Machines buzz as they print physical objects that merely minutes before were 3D

Button Code - Single Button Code Entry System

 This is a project that I have been working on, it is just completed and ready to go! The video may be a bit dry since it is just going over the features and how to use the controller. If you want to see it interfaced to a rotary phone have a look at around 7:40 minutes into the video. The Button Code is a system that allows a single

Electromagnetic Field Detector

  You might remember the vintage looking 9 volt battery box. This Electromagnetic Field Detector is another old new device by Hacked Gadgets Forum member JingleJoe. Have a look at the forum thread for lots more pictures and some more videos. If you want to purchase it you are in luck, it was just posted on eBay! "The wood started new, but I gave it my patented aging process and

Video of Solder Reflow in Progress

Have a look at this great video footage that is over at Curious Inventor. It was recorded at a SMT soldering class where a skillet was used to heat the board to flow the solder paste. It still fascinates me how well the parts magically align themselves! If you are looking for soldering skillet information, have a look at the article we did about the Adafruit skillet. Another popular method