Guitar Hero is very popular these days but like any piece of equipment that gets tons of use it will break or wear out. The basic warranty is only 90 days so fixing it yourself will become necessary in many situations. Have a look at the Guitar Hero DIY Repair Guides from the guys at 5FRETS for some great tips. "Unfortunately, the Guitar Hero World Tour guitar has notoriously
I shudder at the thought of soldering up this Surface Mount LED Array from bear24rw. Have a look at the build, the circuit board was designed and etched by hand and the picture documentation is very good. These are the same guys that made the RFID Doorm Room Unlocker. Thanks Max. "The driver we choose to design was highly inspired from this one. The basic idea is that you
Gadget Gangster has a new project called the Simple Servo Tester. It allows you to plug in up to two servo motors and test them with a simply turn of a dial. You can purchase the project in kit for here if you are interested in adding this to your test equipment. "A little bigger than a postage stamp, the Simple Servo Tester lets you control two digital or
Spookyblue entered the Show us your Halloween Project Contest with this great use of some flashing LEDs. That effect is sure to enhance any zombie or skeleton sitting in your Halloween cemetery! Via: Hacked Gadgets Forum "Place a spookyfire "blob" inside a pumpkin, a skull, or anything that would look cool if it were lit with a guttering candle. This effect works great as an indirect light source, but
Art Vanden Berg build a High Altitude Glider Project that has performed 5 flights to date. Have a look at the great documentation of the flight system and flight results. One of the issues we have seen with all of the near space balloon projects that we have featured lately is attempting to predetermine the landing zone and racing there to retrieve the cargo. Having a plane that can
ABB has recorded some new behind the scenes video of their robots. You probably remember the ABB robots that we featured before. Have a look at these cake decorating and pancake picking ones. It almost seems that the pancake robot is doing the impossible! "ABB Robots installed by RG Luma are helping specialist food company Honeytop to speed up its pancake production and improve health, safety & hygiene. "
Have a look at this complex GPS guided ATV project. I can just imagine a group of these things in an amusement park allowing automated carts to provide an automatic tour. More details can be found here. Thanks Amnon "This is a kids ATV modified to be controlled from a innovation first controller (Servo stirring and Victor 884 motor controller). The controller is connected to a laptop that in
