The prize this week is a coax cable stripper, I think this is the first time we are giving away something that was the item to guess. This contest will run for one week (Sept 18 – 24, 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. Please do not give
So you have probably heard all about the Open Hardware Summit which is being held in New York on September 23rd. If not you should click here to read what it’s all about. Hacked Gadgets is one of the sponsors of the event but I will unfortunately not be able to attend, this means that I have 2 tickets for a Hacked Gadgets reader who will be in New York
Jouni Vasama and a friend put together this little Plush Ghettoblaster that they call the Domoblaster. What fun it must be to be able to whip this out and crank out the tunes. Forget about the big plastic boxes that we are haul around to get our fix of tunes, this thing will give you just an equal amount of visual enjoyment as it does sound pleasure! A nice feature
If you are getting a bit sick of all the microcontroller and complex IC projects this Line Following Breadboard Tank will be a nice break. There is no microcontroller in this puppy, in fact all you need to do if you want to make your own is buy the parts (or search for them in your junk box) and start building. The schematics and complete build instructions are provided. “The
Have a look at this cool project that our friends from Gadget Gangster put together. It is called the Web Clicker, it gives you an easy way to control IR devices from any web connected device such as an iPhone. I think I could through a wench into the demo with an IR Jammer though. 🙂 “The Web Clicker is a web server & IR transceiver. You can record any
Dustin Evans sent in his newest creation, it’s an iTable. We have seen other tables with LEDs in them but I think this is the first one we have seen with a iPod dock and an LED light show to match. Dustin built this table with 64 LEDs which are all being controlled by an Arduino. If you would like some more details you can see the code that was
You may remember the electronics podcast that we featured about a little more than a month ago. Back then the show had no name and only 2 episodes, since then the show has been making some great strides! Dave Jones and Chris Gammell have put another 6 one hour episodes in the can, there is also an all important name, it is now known as The Amp Hour. Thanks for
