Inventgeek has released their Paintball Turret Plans so that you can make your very own! The kit is available here at Ponoko. Sounds like you may be able to wait a bit and purchase a cheaper version direct from Jared at Inventgeek though. "Due to an overwhelming interest, we now have a full kit available from Ponoko.com. This kit includes all the parts you will need to assemble the
This one minute video above demonstrates how you can make a Paper Record Player with only a piece of construction paper, a needle and some tape. It is so interesting to see how simple the pressed record technology actual is. Now compare that to CD and DVD technology, you need a ton of tech to make heads or tails of the tiny pits that are burnt into those! Interested
A quarter gives you 15 minutes in most meters here in Winnipeg. Based on my calculations this meter is good for almost 6 weeks. Only problem here is that no mater how much you plug the meter you are only able to stay in the spot for 2 hours. I would love to see the face of the meter attendant who comes across this meter though! Here is the
When you are driving down the road in a modern car and a tune comes on that you don’t know you can press the info button to see who sings it and what the name of the song is. This data is courtesy of the Radio Data System. Edin has made a circuit so that you can add this data to your own radio such as the vintage radio
The prize this week is a loupe magnifier. This contest will run for one week (Aug 1 – 7, 2009) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done with it. Please do not give the answer in the comments. Send an email to contest @ hackedgadgets.com with "Name the Thing Contest" as the
I would like to see this crazy robot play a match of table tennis with a human. Prepare to be amazed, these videos are unbelievable! Via: Hack a Day and Bot Junkies "Interactions in the real world (not only physical but also social and psychological interactions) are inherently parallel phenomena. By constructing models and engineering systems that take into account such parallelism, one can expect a better understanding of
This Oscilloscope Display project uses no external components! All you need is the microcontroller and a power source. Source code is provided so you can build your own. Via: Electronics Lab "After programming the micro via the ICSP connector, place a jumper between the pins VDD and VPP (reset input tied to Vdd). The oscilloscope will be set for 2mS/div on X axis and 1V/div on Y axis. One
