Alan Parekh

Inline Skating on a Roller Coaster

  Check out this guy Inline Skating on a Roller Coaster. What some people will do for fun!!! There used to be a video up on Youtube but it got pulled. If anyone knows of a new video location please post it in the comments. UPDATE. Thanks to HUB for finding a new version of the video. Not sure how long it will stay up… Via: Gizmodo and TechEBlog "An

DIY Wireless Keylogger

  If you are looking to do some covert key capture this DIY Wireless Keylogger could be a project you may want to consider. "The Wireless Keylogger consists of two main building blocks: the transmitter, and the receiver. The actual keylogging takes place in the transmitter, which is in fact a PS/2 hardware keylogger, with a built-in 2.4GHz wireless module. Captured keystroke data is transmitted through the radio-link in real-time,

Lunar Lander Game

  If you want to test your hand eye coordination this Lunar Lander Game is sure to help you out. Best of all it isn’t like all the games that we see today where you are staring at a screen. This game allows you to see a real object moving around based on your talent. Thanks Iain. The electronics for Lunar Lander are based around ATMEL AVR microcontrollers. An Arduino

Automatic Safe Cracking

  Carlos from Carlos’ Contraptions found a safe that is sure to be filled with bars of gold and bags of diamonds. His problem is that the darn thing is locked. There are indications that others have tried to get into the safe unsuccessfully, his plan was to use technology to crack the safe. The snag that he got into is the servo motor selected to turn the tumbler was

Moth Head Robot

  We have seen insect robots here before such as the Cockroach Robot, that thing makes me shiver just looking at it. In this example a Moth Brain Controlling a Robot. Via: BotJunkie "The team found that the moth can steer the car and quickly adapt to changes in the way the vehicle operates — for example by introducing a steering bias to the left or right similar to the

DIY Desk Drum Machine

  Next time you need a mental break at work why not setup a DIY drum machine on your desk. 🙂 Via: Gearfuse "The d-touch drum machine is a drum machine with a tangible user interface: it is controlled by placing and arranging physical objects on an A4 piece of paper, which we call the interactive area. The interactive area is arranged in 11 rows, each row corresponds to a

Rensselaer Polytechnic Formula Hybrid

  Rensselaer Polytechnic has entered the Formula Hybrid Competition.Their Rensselaer Formula Hybrid entry is sure to be a strong contender. Best of all to us, they are documenting the build process in a blog for all of us to enjoy. The electronic control seems to be very impressive, I can’t wait to read and see some more details as it progresses. The huge team effort reminds me of the Shell