Bogdan Raducanu from Electro Bob was curious how quickly LED strips reduce in intensity. Just like watching someone grow, LEDs dim over time very slowly. You can see how he built his LED Logger version 1 and the new version 2. “Its PCB is developed from that of the ego box, replacing the 7 segment drivers with 8 channel high power drivers. Everything is based on tuxgraphics.org web client
Thanks to Alexandre for sending in his latest project, it is a DIY Quadcopter that is powered by an Arduino Pro Mini Module. He took out the original control electronics and did a brain transplant with a Arduino Pro Mini Module and a ton of sensors. Looks like it can fly very nicely, his next goal is to upgrade the microcontroller to an ARM7 stm32F103 (PDF) for more computing
Do you work in an office where you sometimes telecommute? You may have a use for a Cheap Telepresence Robot that can be used to sit in one some meetings while you are relaxing in your boxers sipping a coffee. If you have the money to spend you can look into something that is more plug and play like the Anybot. If your company doesn’t let you telecommute why
 The prize this week is a breadboard power supply. This contest will run for one week (January 27 2013 – February 1, 2013). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item above and what it can be used for. Please do not give the answer in the comments. Send an email to contest @ hackedgadgets.com with “Name the Thing Contest” as the subject,
Many University campuses have blue light emergency stations people can go to if they are in distress. John Yin, Cordelia Lee and Adrian Tung have made a device that will do something that these stations can’t, their project can take and send a picture of the situation. The prototype device has a microcontroller, bluetooth module and a camera. When the take picture button is pressed it will snap a
If you have a Raspberry Pi sitting on the shelf looking for a purpose have a look at this Raspberry Pi Dog Treat Machine project for some inspiration. The box allows you to feed Judd (a friendly and hungry dog). All you need to do is send an email to Judd and the box will dispense a treat to Judd, take a picture and email the picture back to
Mike from Mike’s Electric Stuff has a pick and place machine that he uses to assemble some of his projects. A short in the wires going to one of the stepper motors caused one of his motor drivers to fail. When he swapped one of the different drivers in place of the blown one it also blew. Most pick and place users would toss both of them in the
