Alan Parekh

Altoids Can Morse Code Oscillator

Nginuity from the Hacked Gadgets Forum has put together a cool Mores Code Oscillator housed in an Altoids tin. It’s a work in progress and needs a few bugs to be worked out but it is looking quite good so far!

Airsoft Turret V2

  Here is the version 2 of the Airsoft Turret. If this is the first time you are seeing this have a look at Version 1 first. “As promised here is version 2.0 of the airsoft turret project. Based on an overwhelming amount of fan feedback from the first project we decided to make the platform a little more flexible by supporting both USB and Radio Controlled interfaces so more

Monitors Galore

I love multiple monitors, I don’t think I could go back to just one. But I only have two, three when I extend my desktop onto the laptop screen… This setup makes me feel like my system is just a toy. 🙁 I think I need a new resolution for this year, more productivity from bigger monitors (and more of them)… “For those of you who are tech-heads, I’ll list

Solid Drive Speakers

Andy McCaskey of Slashdot Review took a look at a very interesting device at CES. Slap it onto a table (or almost any surface) and you have an instant speaker. Reminds me of the magneplanar technology. “This was the most fascinating device that we saw today – Inductive Dynamics Inc makes devices that attach to walls or surfaces and turn them into speakers for home theater applications. In this photo,

OpenMoko - World’s First Integrated Open Source Mobile Communications Platform

We have all seen the new Apple iPhone that was just released at CES. Now have a look at the new OpenMoko open source phone that has some similar sexy lines. The specifications sound impressive, what do you think? Have a look at the presentation (PDF). “Until now, mobile platforms have been proprietary and scattered. With the release of OpenMoko, which is based on the latest Linux open source efforts,

Footmouse

  If you are tired of using your hands to control you mouse why not make yourself a foot mouse! Yes there are commercial models available, but what fun it buying something if you can make it… “A footmouse made by myself. My right foot controls directly the position of the cursor (not the speed), and my left foot controls 4 mousebuttons. The mechanism for both pedals consist of a