Alan Parekh

The Remember Ring

What’s that burning feeling? Oh yeah, it’s my anniversary… The Remember Ring is an interesting concept that might be just the thing us forgetful guys need. 🙂 Still a concept but I think it would sell. I guess you could also just build this feature into a watch and be done with it though. “One of the worst things, if not the worst, a husband can do is forget his

Micro Mosquito Helicopter by Interactive Toy Concepts

  The Micro Mosquito Helicopter looks like it can be lots of fun. Either the guy in the video is very skilled in flying helicopters or this unit is simple to fly. I have seen people trying to get the hang of flying RC helicopters and not having an easy time… “The future of R/C fits in the palm of your hand! The Micro Mosquito is the world’s smallest, lightest

Simmons Hall Two-Story LED Display

  Using a PIC16F877A microcontroller and some high current electronics a grid of windows was turned into a huge LED display. Seems like students at MIT have lots of tech fun! “The Simmons LED Display is a home-made two-story high 6×6 array of windows outfitted with ultra-cool Luxeon LXHL-LR3C Royal Blue LEDs. It is located in the exercise room of the architecturally infamous Simmons Hall, a residence hall designed by

Hacked Coke Machines

Looks like the average joe can now read about Coke machine programing. Seems that the service manual is now readily available. When are companies going to learn to guard this material better? Go here to see a video of someone getting into the machine menu. “COIN PAYOUT ROUTINE This function allows you to dump coins from the coin mechanism. Press select button 4 to enter mode and the lowest coin

ATM Hack

  When the manuals are provided online and the default passwords are not changed on most system when installed you are just asking for problems. I think the main problem with this system is that you can enter programming mode straight from the keypad, this is convenient however it would be much more secure if the operator was required to unlock the front of the machine and flip a service

Rechargeable USB Battery

When I think of USB and batteries I automatically think of a device that uses a battery to make 5 Volts and outputs it using a USB jack. Moixa is doing the opposite, it uses a standard USB port to charge batteries. Best of all the plug is built into the battery. “No, they’re not the latest USB Flash drives in a fancy casing – Moixa’s USB Cell products are