   Using Muriatic Acid (found at your local hardware store) and Hydrogen Peroxide (found at your local drug store) Felix Rusu from LowPowerLab was able to make a DIY SMD Metal Stencil using a Pop Can. He cut out a section of the aluminum can wall and transferred the SMD pad image to the metal using the toner transfer method. Touching up some of the imperfect areas of the
Thanks to Danielle from PBS for sending in this interesting video about The First Software Patent. They will be releasing a new video every 2 weeks, check out the channel for a bunch of interesting ones they have already released (there are 6 so far). The guy who invented the screw in coffin might not get rich from the idea but if this was available when the idea of
If you want to hack a Keurig B40 the first thing you will need to do is get inside. As we can see by the video that Jared McClenahan sent in that is easier said than done. Gone are the days when things were made to be taken apart and fixed. It doesn’t look like these machines were made to be taken apart after the main housing assemblies were snapped
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,
