It’s often sad when a cool toy or gadget gets broken. Luckily there is no need to toss it in the trash, why not hang onto it and build something out of it when inspiration comes knocking. That is what John from Team Droid did when his RC Helicopter had an accident. "I had a toy helicopter that had lost it’s tail rotor in an unfortunate accident. I didn’t
Our friends over at TheWorkshop.ca have just completed the the next phase of the Suzuki Electric Bike Hack that we have been following. This phase includes some stats on top speed and possible distance this bike is capable of. I have to figure out how I can get a electric guitarist to play cool tunes while I work, I would be so much more productive. 🙂 "The graph is
Jordan Horwich wanted to have some unique speakers. He sure pulled it off when he took some iPod shells and stuffed them with some speakers and electronics which now look right at home beside his Apple laptop. "I was looking through a bunch of old stuff when I came across my original iPod. I had long ago scavenged it for parts, so I came up with another use for
Thanks to Astia for sending in this LED backlight project, I think this is the perfect way to add a festive touch to your computer system. "The whole project consists of architectural strip RGB controlled LED’s … After several meters of the strip LED’s were received as a gift, along with a 12v DC power supply, a colour changing solution was needed to control the strip. After some dabbling
Rube Goldberg devices are great, this method of remote control reminds me of one of those devices. There sure are better and simpler methods of sending commands from one computer to the next however none would be as crazy as this idea (I mean that in a good way). 🙂 There was a computer show years ago that transmitted data in the top corner of the screen during the
This DIY Net Gun project must be a blast to play with (pun intended). Not sure if these are used by any modern law enforcement but I think I remember seeing some footage of a commercial version years ago and it did seem to be a good non lethal weapon. I can imagine having some automated units in the back yard that deploy when an intruder is detected. 🙂
This tiny dog robot kit by G-Robots looks like it will be lots of fun. I can’t find a place in North America that sells it yet though. I have no idea how they got the servo motors to move so fast! Have a look at the first video that was shot by Robot Watch and notice how quickly the servos move to certain positions. The kits looks like
