The Robocut is an interesting lawn cutting robot. It is great because you build it yourself and it’s powered by a Parallax Stamp Microcontroller. Just like iRobot did for the Roomba, RoboCut has the ability for the purchaser to play with the design and come up with their own idea for the system operation. Have a look at the circuit board below, there’s even a small amount of prototype
This LED Coffee Table made by Spark Fun is one high tech piece of equipment! I am sure there will provide many hours of entertainment. "The table itself was bought secondhand and refinished. Then it was retrofitted with proper mounting for the big LED matrix. The individual LED matrices were mounted on a custom plastic frame. All this work was done by resident mechanical engineer and lady-killer Casey Haskell.
This Dolmette Chinsaw Bike was built awhile ago but I never saw anything about the build. What a cool design! You got to love companies that have lots of money to throw around for fantastic projects like this. Video after the jump. "The combined power of 24 DOLMAR chainsaw engines is fed into to a 5-speed Harley-Davidson transmission by a series of twelve toothed belts. For use in the
Brett Raub created the coolest most powerful blender I have ever seen! He calls it the Top Fuel Blender since he uses it at the race track where he needs a blender that does not plug in. The motor is from an old weed wacker, the exhaust is an old toilet and there is a bunch of electronics that control the system and display. Since the blade system operates
The Arduino Microcontroller is taking the DIY community by storm. I have seen Arduino projects everywhere lately! Have a look at some of the links below for some cool project ideas. "Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software. It’s intended for artists, designers, hobbyists, and anyone interested in creating interactive objects or environments. Arduino can sense the environment by receiving input from
If you want a bit more out of your iPhone have a look at this iPhone remote controller. English translation. "Controlling works easily with the help of 5 buttons on display. Four to control the direction of rotation of each wheel." Via: Zedomax
Some things just look wrong. This video is one of those things. Looking at the non-circular gear mechanisms at rest you would think that there would be no way it could turn and function. But the proof is in the video!
