Alan Parekh

USB Cigar Storage

  If you have some top secret into that needs to hide in plain sight have a look at this USB Cigar. When the cigar is together there is no sign that it has been hacked! "Materials: A thick cigar An USB flash disk of small dimensions Some wire, 2 x LEDs (red!), 1 x 10K resistor Wood primer Some tape A short USB extension cable Very thin paper, the

Computer Transformer Videos

  Computer generated special effects seem to be getting better and better by leaps and bounds these days. I have watched the first video at least 6 times and can’t seem to find any flaws in it. I am still a pushover for real innovation thought like this video of the Sony QRIO Baseball Pitcher.

Apple TV Patchstick.ca Review

  Patchstick.ca adds some functionality to your Apple TV. Watch a review of the device above that Jordan The Cheap Geek did. "Instead of having to re-create and re-patch your AppleTV every time there is an update, we provide a smart update process and additional functionality. Works for Mac AND Windows."  

HD Projector Build

  Maxi Huber sent in this HD projector build that he documented in a Youtube video. He purchased the kit from a German company. Looks like a cool project. "The benefits from this projector are: The price is very cheap (499€) for an HD projector with DVI, HDMI (Playstation3 is working via HDMI!), S-VHS and many other conectors! The fans are very silent and the lamp costs just 20€ so

Coffee making Robot

  I need one of these robots to make me some coffee in the morning! Even though I a sure there was lots of prep prior to each mini scene this robot is actually very strong and flexible! Thanks for sending it in Alex.

High Tech Roller Skates

  Roller skating got taken over by roller blading, what technology is next? Have a look at the next generation of wheels that can be attached to your feet and take your pick. They all look very interesting but I wonder how hard they are to use?        

Arduino Nano Drives 8X8 LED Matrix using Micrel MM5450

  When working with a microcontroller there are never enough pins to do the job. Sure you can move up to a hundred pin microcontroller and call it a day but you will have to pay a huge price for that chip, instead it is generally better to pass off the IO complexity to another chip. In this project Oscar uses the Micrel MM5450 is doing the heavy lifting when