Youtube user vegmatic1966 has made lots of electronic experimentation videos. The two videos above explain a simple AM Transmitter that uses a 555 Timer and the video below shows off a AM Transmitter that uses a PICAXE microcontroller.
Adam Greig from Negative Acknowledge has developed a nice Nerf Sentry Gun, he used the NERF Vulcan which was the same gun I was thinking of using for my Nerf Gun project which is currently being finished but it was quite a bit more than the knock off that I ended up using. Via: Hack a Day “The gun itself is now running off a 3-cell lipo pack, which about
The prize this week is a one year digital subscription to Make Magazine, this will give you lots of idea for your next project. This contest will run for one week (June 20 – July 2, 2010). 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. If you need a closer look at
Tod from ThingM has come up with a cool new product called LinkM. It will allow you to control your BlinkM devices with no dedicated microcontroller. Via: Electronics Lab “LinkM is a USB adapter that addresses two of the most frequently-requested BlinkM features: It enables you to program BlinkMs without setting up a separate I/O board, such as an Arduino. It lets you program or control multiple BlinkMs simultaneously. Plug
The first 8 seconds of this short video looks like a nice little robot with 4 wheels and a raising and lowering center platform. After the 8 second mark this robot shows us what is cool with this robot! As it approaches the first raised step the platform is thrust upward to the top of its travel very quickly, the result is a jumping robot! The robotics department of the
This mbed RFID Tweeter project really shows off the power of the mbed microcontroller platform. With a relativity small program this project is able to read RFID tags and communicate with Twitter to send messages under specific circumstances. The mbed is based on an ARM processor, you can find the full impressive datasheet here (PDF). Video after the jump “Hardware Components For this example, we use: An mbed! An ID-12
LANGUAGE WARNING. Things on Hacked Gadgets are usually G rated but there is a bit of swearing in the video so if this offends you please skip this article. This is a hilarious video, these guys rigged up a car airbag to be triggered remotely and stuck it under the center cushion of their couch. Poor guy who they got to sit directly on the airbag when it went off.
