Stanislav Ponomarev has been working hard with his NerdKit Microcontroller. He developed an impressive RGB LED Tetris Game. I think this version is probably more fun than the original version. 🙂 I could just imagine scaling this up and playing it on the side of an apartment building with each window acting as a pixel of the game. Stanislav will send in the code and schematics as soon as they
iFixit has cracked open a Microsoft Kinect and wow is there a ton of technology packed in there. This sensor bar is the total opposite of the Wii Sensor Bar which has virtually no tech in it. After seeing what makes the Kinect tick I totally understand why Adafruit Industries has offered a $2000 bounty for the first person to write some open source drivers for the Kinect. I have
The prize this week is a pair of wire strippers, this will this will help you prep your cables to be attached to your next great creation. This contest will run for one week (November 6 – November 12, 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
Doug Smith demonstrates how to use Pulse Injection to find problems with printed circuit boards. He built a small probe that allows him to poke around all areas of the board to see if there is any areas which are sensitive. This method is probably not economical for a hobbyist to use unless you can find the Fisher PG EFT that Doug used in the Apex Electronics bone yard for
Dave Jones walked through Apex Electronics in Sun Valley California. The video he took really shows off how much stuff the place really has! I wish I had a store like this in my city. 🙁 They have aisles of related items such as reels of wire but as you will see in the video the shelves are stacked about 20 feet tall so there is no way you would
Zombies are our friends right? The guys over at The Transistor has put together tons of junk and made a cool game.
Remember ZORK? Take a look at this typewriter which has been automated by hooking up tons of electro-mechanical goodness to an old typewriter! Thanks for the tip Jack. “Each key is attached by fishing line to a solenoid, an electromechanical device that pulls down when electric current is passed through it. The solenoids sit behind and underneath the typewriter in a multi-layer structure. The solenoids are connected to a MOSFET,
