So when you think Toyota what comes to mind? Cars? Well after watching these videos your outlook may change… Seems like Toyota is spending lots of time and effort in the robotics area. The results are spectacular! Another video after the jump. “Toyota Motor on Thursday unveiled a robot that can play the violin as part of its efforts to develop futuristic machines capable of assisting humans in Japan’s greying
Trossen Robotics puts together some cool contests! This Automatic Deadbolt System was the second prize winner in the latest contest. I could just imagine how it could be used, hold on I will unlock the door for you, darn I don’t have a good signal with my cell phone, hold on I will walk over to the door and manually turn the knob to let you in. 🙂 Thanks
Alfred73 has made some interesting projects. This one is the Six Channel IR Remote Control System which uses a customized remote control to take control of some normal appliances. It is based on the older 16F84 PIC but should be simple to convert to work with the 16F628A. Code and the schematic are provided on the site. “This project is a remote control system based on a pic and an
We are happy to announce another fine writer will be joining the team here! Patrick Servello has set his sights at MIT to major in Software Engineering or Electrical Engineering. He operates a business repairing computers and working with computer networks. Patrick is planning to follow his passion for IT security, he has found holes in popular sites such as NYtimes.com! To learn more about Patrick have a look at
Greener Business has put together a $15 Portable Solar Powered USB Charger with an LED Flashlight project that might appeal to the green person within you. “With this project the thing that makes it really useful is that you can leave the device in the sun, without anything hooked upped to it, then bring it anywhere with you to charge your USB devices, because it’s hooked up to the
Seems like almost anything can be done with a oscilloscope and some determination! Video after the jump. “Star Wars on mame, hacked to render on an oscilloscope driven from the sound card. The dots in the corners of the image compensate for any DC offset, to stop it drifting around the screen.” Via: TechEBlog
Here is a project that you can build to show you some instant stats on almost anything you may want, emails, number of Diggs an article has, CPU usage of your computer, etc. There is a great build log for the project and the creator has released the entire project so you can build your own. You will find source code, schematic diagrams and even the PCB file on his
