When starting a project it is often easier and cheaper to start with an existing product. In this case a Radio Shack HexBug toy was the base. Some new electronics allows this robot to learn some new tricks. "The Hexbug sold by Radio Shack is a tiny robotic insect with very simple reflexive “reverse-turn upon obstacle” response. Interesting, but it quickly gets old. How about giving it a real
Rick (mrfixitrick) was working on ramping up the speed of his new Tesla Turbine Blender a bit too quickly! It sure makes for some funny carnage though. 🙂 "I was using the water-pressure powered CD turbine as a powerful blender, by using a foot-pedal valve to introduce a blast of air pressure into the water stream. (air and water pressure at the same time…;) I stomped on the foot
If you have a bunch of LEDs kicking around looking for a project to jump into have a look at this LED Chandelier! With 160 white LEDs and some time you could have a light that you can’t purchase anywhere. "List of parts. 1. Extra bright white LED’s =160 pieces 2. Motorcycle Wheel SPOKES = 4 pieces 3. Perforated Hard board of required size = 1 piece 4. Stepdown
DrumDror3000 has constructed a very elaborate DIY drum system. Using PVC pipe, wood, sponge, rubber adnd some piezo sensors he is able to create electronic drum signals that his custom electronics is able to monitor and reproduce fantastic drum sounds. "As you will see in the video i decide to use PVC pipes and parts due to that the parts are some how like Lego, but it not so
I hope this article doesn’t creep out as many people as the Remote Controlled Pigeon article did. It looks like researchers have found a way to take some brain cells and repourposed them to operate a robot. Have a look at this New Scientist article for more information. "It’s these spontaneous electrical patterns that researchers at the University of Reading in the UK want to harness to control a
This contest will run for one week (Nov 1 – Nov 6, 2008) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done with it. Please do not give the answer in the comments. Send an email to contest @ hackedgadgets.com with "Name the Thing Contest" as the subject, and the message body consisting of:
Happy Halloween from Hacked Gadgets! The video above is from our friend Rick Crammond, he is hacking up a pumpkin the way any true hacker would do it. 🙂 The second video by Macadin is a neat idea, a projector is used to project an image into a pumpkin. If done right this could be a spooky effect that would reduce your candy expenditure.
