Congratulation to the last contest winner. The prize this week is for the person who wants the convenience of having a TV remote available at all times or the prankster who wants to take control of every TV they see. This contest will run for this weekend only (October 20 – 21, 2007) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and
Check out this cool Parallel Port Relay Controller Based Halloween Light Show it shows what some creative thinking and a bit of code and hardware can produce. “The most important thing you are gonna need is the controller. There are many out there, but for this tutorial (its easiest and cheapest) we are gonna use the kit74 parallel relay board. 30$, 35$ assembled. This circuit is going to interface
You might not have enough time to build this LED Hat in time for Halloween this year but if you start now you should be finished by next year! It is hard to understand the complexity of this project without thinking about how it works for a few moments… “Okay, so I bought an AVR STK500 programmer board for about £80 from http://uk.farnell.com, which comes with an ATmega16 and an
Seems like you can put a computer in anything. Have a look at this Guitar Computer.
If you want to do an extra special project this Halloween why not look into the Halloween Monster in a Box. The results are very spooky indeed. “I’ve built a prototype Monster-in-a-Box that I’m pretty happy with – based on Mark Butler’s Super Easy Monster in a Box, (http://markbutler.8m.com/creepzone/semitb.htm) I just added a few enhancements – a real trunk (thrift shop $10), the drill opens the lid instead of lifting
If you are looking for some great Halloween project links, check out the great list that Reverend Jones of the Hacked Gadgets forum put together. If you have some extras to add to the list add them in the forum or in the comments below! Don’t look at the Dead Rat LED Throwie project if you have a weak stomach. Halloween Monster list Hundreds of Projects Animated Projects Concussion Cannon
Got kids cutting through your yard all the time? Is the solution a fence? No way that is what everyone else does and is so yesterday… What a true geek does is builds a Computer Controlled Water Spray System to get the job done! “As you can see I have met a bunch of my goals in prototype 1, I can shoot about 30 feet and can cover a
