Jascha van Pommeren created the Unibot, a robot that pivots on a single wheel. Video after the jump. “The Unibot is a self balancing unicycle robot. This robot combines the principles of the famous wheeled inverted pendulum and inertia wheel pendulum. A well known application of the wheeled inverted pendulum is the Segway. Take one wheel off the Segway and add an other one perpendicular to and above the remaining
This creative hack turns an old mouse into a camera trigger. You can buy one from the manufacturer but that isn’t much fun. “Dave Schlier had a spare oldie (mouse that is) that he recycled into a shutter release cable. Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t think that clicking a mouse is the most affective way to take a shot. But if that what it takes for you computer
If you are looking for the perfect housing for your next amp project look no further than your kitchen cupboard. 🙂 This Baking Pan Amp is the cool result. “I purchased the heaviest cast aluminum (3 mm thick), baking pan I could get my hands on. Add to it a massive chopping board made from laminated pieces of heavy timber with handles, and now we are cooking! The finished amp
Congratulation to the last contest winner. The prize this week is a cable tester that will keep your network working well. This contest will run for this Canadian long weekend only (October 6 – 8, 2007) . 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
This steam punk computer is one of the best I have seen yet. It would be great if the gauges and knobs did something.
Check out the cool Binary LED Clock that Hacked Gadgets member Turd made. Have a look at the forum post for more details including the schematic. Looks like this is a great use for some old school 74HC4040 Binary Ripple Counters. Video after the jump.
Amazing AIR-Guitar Demonstration by Carlos Vamos. He is a guitar playing master, the second video is non-technical but demonstrates how good he is! “Carlos Vamos demonstrates his Prototype hand made custom AIRguitar. The guitar neck is from Ibanez, the guitar body was build with the Kind help and cooperation of Marcus Van Engelen. The final guitar asembly and wiring was done by Carlos Vamos.” Via: Make
