We had 34 fantastic entries for the Workbench Contest. These entries have been viewed more than 11000 times so far! They will continue to provide inspiration for years to come when people are looking for bench ideas. It was very hard to come up with a winner for this contest since there were so many great entries, many of them describing fantastic layouts and equipment ideas. It was nice to
This AVR Microcontroller Based Video Game board is very well made for a prototype board! It goes to show that with the power of a modern day microcontroller you can do what used to take many huge boards full of electronics not that long ago. "When I started with the AVRs, i was wondering if it would be possible to create a fluid game like Super Mario Bros, based
This LEGO Safe project demonstrates the creativeness you can have using LEGO. No, you wouldn’t want to store your diamonds in this safe, but if this locking scheme was implemented in a real safe I think it would be sound. "Put away your valuables in this Lego Mindstorms NXT Safe and nobody ever can get even close to it! This 6,5 Kilogram heavy weight SAFE has an electronic code
We have a returning contest sponsor! Thanks to USB Fever for the FM Transmitter with hands-free functions prize. They have an amazing sale on their Universal Slim USB Car Charger, you might want to pick one up while they are only a penny! This contest will run for one week (Nov 15 – Nov 20, 2008) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item
Tours are always interesting. It is great to see how others have put together assembly lines or come up with a way to automate the processing of a widget. The Hadron Collider is a project that is so complex and at a scale that is almost unbelievable. A select few got to go on a tour and lucky for us a group from Bad Astronomy recorded their experience! "The
These football playing robots look simple at first until you see how they operate. Robofoot is one of the competitors in the annual Robocup challenge. "Robofoot is a student initiative devoted to the development of autonomous and cooperative multi-robots systems. The main goal of the project is to be the first Canadian team to participate in the Robot World Cup Soccer Games, the RoboCup (www.robocup.org), in the Middle Size
This Flat Bulb an interesting bulb design. It seems like when something revolutionary is developed future designs tend to be very similar. Is there a good reason for light bulbs to be round? "flat bulb is designed by korean designer joonhuyn kim. unlike ordinary bulbs its volume is 1/3 smaller, reducing the cost of packaging and transport. its slim shape allows bulbs to be easily stacked and prevents breakage
