DIY has used OpenHab is used to build a home automation control system using a Raspberry Pi. They are controlling an RGB strip. They are using some Adafruit modules to interface the Raspberry Pi to the light strip. “openHAB is a software for integrating different home automation systems and technologies into one single solution that allows over-arching automation rules and that offers uniform user interfaces. This
Kevin Hou built a Wood Turned Bowl with Inlaid Letters as one of his final high school projects.  He used sketchup for design the bowl and common power tools to bring it to life. His school has a very well equipped shop, most of the build was created with conventional woodworking tools except for the letters which was cut out on a CNC machine. The build took 60 hours and was
Samy Kamkar had built a device that is called Poison Tap. It is a Raspberry Pi Zero which plugs into the victims USB port. The device that looks like an Ethernet connection, your computer inherently trusts this connection and this is where the exploit starts. ” emulates an Ethernet device over USB (or Thunderbolt) hijacks all Internet traffic from the machine (despite being a low priority/unknown network interface) siphons and
Tinkernut took a vintage camera and smoshed it together with some mini technology to re purpose it. A Raspberry Pi, camera module, WIFI module and screen is used as the wireless camera. The completed system sends each captured picture to the cloud. The code is very basic but turns this device into a robust IOT device that is fully functional.
Kurzgesagt has released a great video that explains Fusion Energy.  At this time Fusion Energy is not practicable as an energy source but after Elon Musk is done with kitting out the Gigafactory he has the deep enough pockets that could toy with Fusion Energy. “Fusion power is energy generated by nuclear fusion. Fusion reactions fuse two lighter atomic nuclei to form a heavier nucleus. It is a major area
If you are looking for a better experience when playing your video games a wrap around screen would kick things up a notch. Have a look at some of these screen ideas.
Amazon Echo seems to be all the rage these days. What is even better than a quick answer from a sleek looking black box? Having a Billy Bass Fish speak it to you! Brian Kane hacked this up as a cool demo. There is currently no information on how it was built so for now you can just use this as inspiration! Via: The Verge
