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
Dazaro3 shows us how to make a Tiny Surveillance Spy Bug in this video. Dazaro3 makes the PCB using the toner transfer method. Since the board is very small (9mm X 9mm) and the parts and even smaller assembling the thing looks very difficult! The result is a super small device though. “Parts used: Home made PCB ,9mm X 9mm SMD 2N3904 transistors x 1  (All capacitors and
 If you are looking for a new remote platform Carambola might work for you. The Carambola Core is a small module that is only 35×45 mm (larger if you use the development board), open-source and Linux friendly. It allows for simple wired and wireless networking capabilities to connect to everything around you. This Remote Controlled Car takes full advantage of this to allow this car to be driven
The prize this week is a breadboard power supply. This contest will run for one week (January 19 2013 – January 25, 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
If you like pixel art or want to see some of the 80’s video game graphics again the PIXEL Interactive LED Art Mirror might be for you. The project is a continuation of the Haunted Mirror project that we saw before, Al Linke has started a Kick Starter for this one and the funding goal has been met so you can pledge one there and get one. “PIXEL Guts
