Jason Paul is known for his super human abilities but when you add a Rube Goldberg Machine on a huge scale things get very interesting! I guess danger of death makes everything more interesting and this is no exception. There is no shortage of don’t try this at home in this video. I am not sure if the entire thing was taken in a single take though since there are
Hank Dietz who is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Kentucky has built this Adapter that allows your Mirrorless Camera to be used n a Large Format Camera. This gives you more features such as tilt and shift to allow you to take pictures that would not be possible in the small frame of the original camera. “Well, first off, the unit described in
 Our friend Viktor has dusted off one of his old projects and shares the details with us. If you have been burning the candle at both ends you have no doubt fallen asleep on the couch with the TV on. When you wake up many hours later the first thing you do is turn off the TV which was working away with no one watching it. This Vintage
Colin Karpfinger who you might have seen in Wired recently (and on Hacked Gadgets before) wanted to inspire the current group of students at his old College, he told them how he started out in electronics and some of the stumbles along the way. He talks about his 555 timer project where he built a beeping countdown bomb simulation on a breadboard. Unfortunately the professor wasn’t very impressed. 🙂
This weekend is the New York Maker Faire, check out this great Nerdy Derby which is inspired by the boy scout race tracks. Looks like they have just enough wood glue to keep the track together and build a few cars. “The Nerdy Derby is a no-rules* miniature car building and racing competition inspired by the Cub Scouts’ Pinewood Derby. With a larger, more undulating track and no restrictions
 If you have someone special who you want to make a nice electronic project for have a look at this LED Heart Project over at PyroElecto. Chris made it for his Grandmothers 91st birthday! Just think of the technology that his Grandmother has seen in her time, I am sure she will get a kick out of it. A PIC 18F252 controls the 16 LEDs that are arranged in
When you have a quick look at the mouse above you might not see anything special but with a closer look you will notice that the scroll wheel is not stock. Rhett sent in some pictures of his Logitech Scroll Wheel that he Upgrade to Titanium, he made the upgrade after the original wheel changed color and the internal rubber parts started to fall apart. “Rather than running out
