This is not the Prius of electric cars. The X1 was designed for one purpose, to go fast. “Wrightspeed builds extreme performance electric supercars. With advanced electric drive train technology, our cars raise the performance driving experience to a new level – while still returning 3 times better energy efficiency than the most efficient cars available. Wrightspeed is building the X1, demonstrable today in a street-legal prototype, using lithium-ion batteries
Here is an interesting video of how a microprocessor is made. “Microprocessors normally serve as the CPU in a computer system and are basically “digital electronic component[s] with miniaturized transistors on a single semiconductor integrated circuit. Microprocessors made possible the advent of the microcomputer. Before this, electronic CPUs were typically made from bulky discrete switching devices (and later small-scale integrated circuits) containing the equivalent of only a few transistors” Via:
If you are into photography you need to have a look at this site. Lasers, cameras and LEDs are a good mix! “The design begins with construction of a laser module. It is set up to contain 8 laser pointers, plus an additional IR (infrared) laser. This allows for sufficient expansion for other uses, including general high speed photography. A detector is provided for each laser. By pulsing the lasers,
Connecting power to anything spinning is not the easiest DIY project. I came across this problem when I made a rotating LED display. This article has some good details that should make it a bit easier. “This site describes how to make a slip ring power connector by using four ball bearings. It then is connected to a motor’s axle and allows to continuously power a rotating fluorescent light.” Via:
Want a phone that will be unique looking, forget about going to the mall and buying a new faceplate. Make a phone out of an old Nintendo Controller. “Relive the glory days with this NES Controller that has been modified into a cellphone. Everything is original – the buttons and casing. This modification uses a Nokia 3200 radio and electronics because it’s so easy to get the casing off and
Most of us have a bunch of these old mice laying around collecting dust. If you didn’t make some cool art with your mice last week here is another idea to recycle it into a cool project. This article will show you how to turn an ordinary mouse into a flashlight, perfect for looking into computer cases that always seem to be in the darkest corner of the room. You
Check out the cool coil gun projects at Another Coilgun Site. Near the end of the video you will see the coil hand gun! This thing is computer controlled using a microcontroller for enhanced operation. “At last!! A functioning example of the combined wants in a coilgun pistol. You always see posts for this and that, read how if it could do such and such and the inevitable plans on
