This Homemade Round Object 3D Scanner does a good job of scanning cylinders. I like the simplicity of the design that rolls the object over the scanning element. "I modified a Dell scanner in such a way that it can used to scan cylindrical objects such as a soda can or, in this case, an energy drink can."
Using a DVD player screen, a rewired toy keyboard and toy laptop looks like it made a great start to this DIY Parallax Propeller Laptop.This project demonstrates the power of the Propeller microcontroller. Full documentation is available so that you could make your own. "This is a Propeller laptop – with a 6502 co-processor and 64K of static RAM! The Propeller handles all I/O for the 6502 and runs
Our friends has just finished the next step of the Suzuki Electric Bike build. You may remember the last step which was the making of the gauge package. I found this process very interesting since I have recently purchased a CNC kit which I will be putting together as soon as I have some spare time. In the past I have seen many processes of making parts but I didn’t
Darren from Hak5 goes over a cool tool called Nmap. If you want to do some snooping or just some exploration on your own network this is a good tool to learn. Video after the jump. "Nmap ("Network Mapper") is a free and open source (license) utility for network exploration or security auditing. Many systems and network administrators also find it useful for tasks such as network inventory, managing
David Pogue who is a New York Times technology columnist discusses what is new and cool for 2009 when it comes to cell phones. Lots of iPhone technology is discussed but there is also lots of other features and functions that we can all use.
The prize this week is a hard drive enclosure. This contest will run for one week (Feb 21 – 27, 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
This is a very impressive hack. It uses the cool Peggy that is made by Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories. It was originally created by Jay from Planet Clegg, best of all full instructions are provided so that you can make your own. "While that’s pretty impressive, it’s also a bit invasive, since it requires rewiring the Peggy board. The new version of the project streams data to the Peggy
