Alan Parekh

Voice Controlled Helicopter

  Voice control is great when it works. This Voice Controlled Helicopter looks like it functions well but I guess they could have taken 10 takes at making the video where every command was recognized the first time. I can see this being the next big interface for all of the hot new toys in the coming Christmas season. Not sure it would be more fun than a Helicopter with

World’s Largest RC Model Plane

  I have seen some big RC model planes before but this one is huge! I can just imagine the time and money invested into this thing. I would hate to even attempt to take it up for its first flight since I would be terrified of crashing it into a million pieces. My hat goes off to the workmanship that went into this marvelous machine.  

DIY Electronic Meat Thermometer

  This DIY Electronic Meat Thermometer project will not only have you end up with a cooking thermometer in the end bit you will also learn some signal processing techniques. "To passionate chefs, cooking is an art. Knowing exactly when a cut of meat is cooked to perfection requires knowing your meat and your grill. But with a little bit of technology, we can build a digital meat thermometer, and

Chiara Robot

  You may remember the Hexapod Robot that Matt Denton built. I think this new Chiara Robot could give Matt a run for his money as far as features and power. Chiara  was developed at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tekkotsu lab, best of all it will be manufactured and sold by RoPro Design, Inc. David Touretzky, Gaku Sato, Ethan Tira-Thompson, and David Rice have done a great job on this system.

Apple iPhone Dock made from Old CDs

  The guys over at Geeky Gadgets made a cool looking Apple iPhone Dock from some Old CDs, you might remember the pencil stand that they made before. This is a great project since you probably have all of the materials at hand and you don’t need much in the way of tools. What would make it cooler is if the top CD had an apple logo burnt on it

Arduino Oscilloscope

  This Arduino Oscilloscope project is a great idea. For people that are getting into electronics having a meter is good but having a scope is great. With this project you can take your $30 Arduino board and turn it into a oscilloscope, it won’t show you great detail or very fast circuits but often times that is not needed. "This software allows you to get a visual representation of

Prius Hybrid Plug in Electric Conversion

  From what I hear the Toyota Prius is a fantastic hybrid car however the car does not come with a plug to charge it from an electrical outlet. Nikki has changed that by installing some extra batteries and a charging system so that she can plug the car in at night and top up the batteries. Via: Make "Batteries: 28, 7.20 Volt, Nickel-Metal Hydride. Three OEM Panasonic Prius (2004-2009)