April 6, 2013

Name the Thing Contest – 227

  The prize this week is a breadboard power supply. This contest will run for one week (April 6 – April 12, 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, and the

Guitar Tuner for the Blind Hack

    Guitar tuners are quite common these days. Only problem is that they use displays or LEDs to indicate how the tuning process is going. Sam from J44 Industries made a guitar tuner that a blind person can use for a charity called Remap. His design starts with an off the shelf guitar tuner, only problem with this one is that it used LEDs for visual feedback. He used

Robotic Music - The Human Element Album Released

   Patrick Flanagan who we saw a few years ago has just released an album, you can get The Human Element by Zazari for free here. To see what other cool things Patrick is doing be sure to check out his blog. “I’ve just released my first EP, The Human Element, which is available for free download at Bandcamp (jazari.bandcamp.com) and SoundCloud. All of the percussion instruments on the album