January 2010

Harford Hackerspace CNC Machine cuts Throwing Star

The Harford Hackerspace has been building a CNC machine. You can see all the build details here. This machine is a huge success! The Z axis can lift an amazing 65 lbs and it has no problem cutting metal throwing stars. What more testing do you need? I think we can call the build done at this point. “The CNC machine’s construction has advanced to the point where we can

Cool Phone Watch Spotted at CES

So going to CES was not in the cards for me this year. Not a problem since I am not all that interested in the mainstream stuff anyway. I am more interested in the far out gadgets and some of the crazy products that may not find it in consumers hands. I have mainly been following the coverage from Zedomax, Hack a Day and Makezine. This phone watch that does

Model Rocket Launched with Camera

I purchased a small model rocket kit a about 10 years ago, it was lots of fun until it got permanently stuck in a tree. I can just imagine how much more fun it would have been if I could have experienced the flight from a perspective other than from a fixed ground based location. Well, I Build Rockets has done exactly that. They have strapped a cheap $11.50 camera

Step-a-Sketch - PIC 16f84a based CNC controlled Etch a Sketch Toy

This Step-a-Sketch project is sure to bring back some memories if you are around my age. I remember having one of these growing up, I think I got it for a Christmas present one year. Unfortunately it was killed when I was going through my how does this work phase. Almost everything with screws around me got taken apart, some were even put back successfully. By using a PIC 16f84a

Midlands Limos Range Rover Sport Limo Build

What does it take to pimp out a Range Rover Sport into a limo? A little more than a paint and polish that’s for sure! Have a look at some of the build pictures that Midlands Limos sent in below for an idea of how invasive the process is. Next time I ‘m in the UK I will have to have a ride in this limo!

Name the Thing Contest - 114

Thanks to Digiarty Software, Inc for sponsoring the contest this week. They are providing 10 copies of WinX DVD Ripper Platinum, that is $299.50 worth of software spread out amongst 10 lucky winners. Nice thing about this software is you can make backups of all your DVDs so that your originals can be kept safe and you can just watch copies. “WinX DVD Ripper Platinum can rip the content of

Bumble B Assembly

We mentioned before that Fletchtronics will be building a bunch of Bumble Bs and sharing the process with us. Well the creation of the devices are done and the videos are finished. Watch them for some tiny surface mount techniques. I haven’t played with a Bumble B before but we have featured a project that was built with the $17 controller. What is a Bumble B you may ask, here