Alan Parekh

Spatial Sounds - 100dB at 100km/h

    This Spatial Sounds interactive audio installation could hurt if you get a little close! Thanks to Koen Coppens shot some video of it in action and sending it in. “Spatial Sounds (100dB at 100km/h) is an interactive audio installation by Marnix de Nijs and Edwin van der Heide. In this engine-powered installation, a speaker is mounted onto a rotating arm that is several meters long. Like a watchdog,

Capacitive Touch Sensor control Footwell and Glove Box LED Lightning

     If you are looking to pimp your ride you might want to consider adding a Capacitive Touch Sensor controlled Footwell and Glove Box LED Lightning.  The code for the ATTiny85 is available so you can have a head start instead of having to figure out everything from the ground up. I think some of the major car manufactures should wake up and move away from the old click

Remote HD with Amazing Features

 ÂÂRemote HD can do all these things and offers a ton of features at an affordable price like: Added support for iOS 5 Plays DRM protected Movies, TV Shows, Podcasts, Trailers, Music from iOS devices or iTunes on Mac/PC Added support for doubleTwist+AirTwist add-on; AirPlay from Android Optimizations for iPhone 4S added Support enhanced slideshows with music Added support for Camera for Apple TV iOS app Fixed iPhone 3GS

Time Delay Alarm Circuit using a 4060 14 Stage Ripple Counter

If you need a simple Time Delay Alarm Circuit, this might be just what you need. Nice thing about it is that since it is based around a 4060 14 stage ripple counter which means there is no programming needed, just wire all of the components and power it up. The circuit uses a photo resistor to start the timer, the circuit wants to be in the dark, as soon

Impressive Automatic LED Stair Lighting

This LED Stair Lighting Controller will make your home look amazing. The idea is to control two sensory infrared “beams”–a lower beam for the bottom step and another at the top of the stairs. Whenever the beam detects something interrupts (like feet) then the stairs light up, and after a 15 second delay, the lights will then automatically turn off. This install was done with custom blue 5mm LEDs, the

Smartphone controlled Remote Dog Feeder powered by the Avnet Spartan-6 LX9

    Check out this Smartphone controlled Remote Dog Feeder, it is powered by the Avnet Spartan-6 LX9 that was designed and built by Kevin Keryk, an Avnet engineer. It is build on a wood frame with a battery power supply which is housed in an Altoids tin. The batteries power the Spartan-6 LX9 board and a Digilent PMODCon3 Board. An Ethernet cable plugs the Spartan-6 controller into a port on

Stop SOPA

  What is SOPA? The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA, H.R. 3261) is on the surface a bill that attempts to curb online piracy. Sadly, the proposed way it goes about doing this would devastate the online economy and the overall freedom of the web. It would particularly affect sites with heavy user generated content. Sites like Youtube, Reddit, Twitter, and others may cease to exist in their current form