Congratulation to winner of the last contest. The prize this week is a compact flashlight, it is sure to come in handy when poking around in the dark areas behind computers and server racks. 🙂 This contest will run for this weekend only (August 18 – 19, 2007) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what
I thought I had seen it all, have a look at this automated cat litter box. It actually gets connected to the water supply of your house and dumps the waste into the house sewer system. Video after the jump. "CatGenie, the world’s only automatic cat box that automatically flushes, washes and dries. With CatGenie Self-Flushing Self Washing Cat Box never touch, change, smell or buy cat litter again. Includes
Ben Jackson has built a nice simple PIC microcontroller based project that interfaces to a MA2260 Accelerometer. Ben provides the source code so you can see his interface technique. It is interesting to read that there was a number of errors on the datasheet for the device, in my opinion the errors that he found are totally unacceptable! “This little board demonstrates the capabilities of the MMA2260 +/- 1.5g X-Axis
Build a laser listening device for less than a fast food meal. Video after the jump. “In a microphone, sound waves (differences in the pressure of air) cause a diaphragm to vibrate back and forth, altering its resistance to an electric current. When an electric current passes through said diaphragm, the output forms a complex signal which can then be reinterpeted by speakers or a recording device as sound. The
The iFrame by Jake Durrett is a nice example of a picture frame that can do it all! "For the past year or so, I have been working to perfect a digital jukebox to manage all my media. I first started out with just an old eMac plugged in under a table, where I would use Apple Remote Desktop to control iTunes. There was something I really didn’t like about
With a laser pointer, two pager motors, a mirror and a small project box you can build a simple laser projector. The output looks like the patterns that were created by the Spirograph.
This is one electronic gadget that I don’t want anywhere near me! This Electric Chastity Belt is called the Dream Lover 2000. Have a look at some of the construction details and more videos of the creation. Video after the jump. “I have created an add-on to the CB-3000 chastity belt which can deliver an electric shock via a remote control. The philosophy behind it is that proper training can
