UPDATE: The project is complete have a look at everything here. Nerf Gun Hack part 1, part 2, part 3 This is the final part of the Nerf Gun Hack. Check out part 1 which goes over the how the chosen gun works and part 2 which goes over the electronics used in the project. This time a completed perfboard version of the project is built and the system is
Collin Cunningham made a great video about the benefits of using perfboard for prototyping circuits. Via: Adafruit “When you think “DIY electronics,” one of the first images that likely comes to mind is of parts and wire soldered to a standard piece of perforated circuit board — and that makes sense. Perfboard is widely used because it’s so versatile. Essentially, it’s just a grid of potential solder-point connections.”
The prize this week is a loupe magnifier, this will let you get a close look at whatever you are working on. This contest will run for one week (June 26 – 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. Please do not give the answer in the
François Knorreck works as a technician in a hospital in France, but when he isn’t working he tinkers with motorcycles. He spent 10,000 hours over 10 years and spent 15000 Euros on this DIY Sidecar Superbike. After all is said and done the bike looks a bit different than it did when the build began! François has documented some of the build details here. “While this is a very special
I enjoy kicking back and watching a movie on my home theater, of course in my case I just have some extra equipment stuffed into my living room. I guess when you are rich and famous a dual purpose room isn’t good enough. That is why companies like Goldmund are in business designing and creating million dollar home theater rooms pumping more watts than my air conditioner sucks. “Today, we
After watching the Water Touch Screen video I was expecting to read that there was tons of sensors monitoring disturbances in the water, or changes in pressure due to the introduction of the users fingers. Was I ever wrong, turns out that a Web Cam and some carefully crafted software is all the magic that was needed here! Via: Neatorama “The webcam takes a picture of the surface of the
GPS technology is cheap enough that we are starting to see GPS being used in some cool new ways. You may remember this GPS game that we featured before. Markus has made a project he calls the Little Reverse GeoCache, it is based on a similar project that was made by Mikal Hart. The box can only be opened when it is in the correct location, the trick is that
