The Anti-Tracker is a PIC 16F628 based GPS project that you may be interested in building. The author provides source code upon request. “The AntiTracker is a new concept in GPS tracking systems. The idea behind the AntiTracker is that many units in the field do not need to have their positions reported back. These field units are however interested in where the units being tracked are. The AntiTracker BASIC
Here is a crafty hack that converts a normal building intercom into a personal wireless keyless entry system. Video after the jump. “Now don’t tell the co-op board, but I crafted a plan to ditch my Mul-T-Lock key for good. My apartment building, of course, uses an intercom system to remotely unlock the front door for guests, deliveries, etc. This keychain upgrade gets me in the front door… keylessly. The
Have a look at the Keepon Interaction Robot , Hideki Kozima developed it and Marek Michalowski gave it intelligence. It looks simple at first until you realize that it has two color cameras, a microphone and an amazing range of motion. Video after the jump. “Keepon has a yellow snowman-like body. The upper part (the “head”) has two eyes, each of which is a color CCD camera with a wide-angle
Congratulations to Peter and Colin who won prizes last weekend. We are doing something a bit different this weekend. The item above is an opto-isolator, one of the 2007 Cornell University ECE 476 Microcontroller Design used it. The challenge this week is to find the project that used it. 🙂 The prize is a laser pointer pen with a built in 256MB USB drive. This contest will run for this
Looking for a tiny Windows XP computer? Is a Nintendo Gameboy small enough? “The cool thing is that the little system will actually run Windows XP off of a Compact Flash card. I would assume Linux would work just fine as well. You’ll need to hook it up to a monitor to see what you’re doing though, it looks like they ran out of room to install one into the
Captain ØdegÃ¥rd posted a cool project that he just finished in the Hacked Gadgets forum. The LED Jukebox is just one of his documented projects. Video after the jump. “Really satisfied, everything works even after i fiddled around with putting in the last 30 LEDs, putting the total to about 40. Decided to go with only one backlighting color for plexi, didn’t see point in having it flash as it’s
Bruce Land over at Cornell University teaches a microcontroller design course that has the students get into groups and design cool projects. The ECE 476 Microcontroller Design Final Projects for 2007 are now posted on the course Web site. The projects include everything from a ultrasonic car parking aid to a laser pong game! Hacked Gadgets will be featuring some of these projects during the next few weeks. What are
