Alan Parekh

Roomba as MIDI Instrument

  If you want to have more fun with your Roomba check this out! “RoombaMidi has the following features: – provides GUI interface to controlling Roomba (MIDI not required) – acts as normal MIDI interface to any MIDI application – supports up to 16 Roombas, one per MIDI channel. – responds to MIDI notes 32-127 as tones on Roomba beeper, – MIDI notes 32-127 play corresponding pitch, velocity is duration

NoizBox

If you like playing with sounds you will love the NoizBox. Listen to the audio clip of it in action. If you want to make your own Seb has provided the schematic, parts list and code for the PIC microcontroller on his site. “The stripboard ‘touchpad’ on the right of the right panel was added to give some fingertip control over the second modulation source depth and frequency. The top

FlashWear Flashing T-Shirt

If you are looking for a new shirt that stands out, I can’t think of a better one than this one. “The new FlashWear T-Shirts are operated via 2 x AAA batteries (not included). Batteries will last for approximately 12 hours and can be replaced. Each FlashWear Flashing T-Shirt has a small hidden pocket inside where the battery compartment is located. The battery pack contains a small on/off button as

Strange Watches

You might remember some of the crazy watches that have been posted on Hacked Gadgets before. There was the $200,000 Cabestan Watch, the Talus watch and the Stanley construction watches. TechEBlog has a top ten list of crazy watches ranging from an Ultra Violet watch to a Morse Code watch. The only watch that I think could be added to the list is the Nixie watch. “Watches can be used

Sound Level Indicator

This is a nice simple sound meter indicator. Small enough to build directly onto a perf board and all of the components are quite common which will keep the build cost down. “This project uses an LM3915 bar-graph IC driving two sets of ten LEDs for a 30dB range. The circuit is unique because it has an additional range of 20dB provided by an automatic gain control to allow it

Eletronic Jewelry

Here are some links to some very unique electronic jewelry. Not the typical stuff you will find in the average store. If you are looking for something that is definitely different for mothers day these are for you… Link 1 Link 2 Link 3 Link 4

Origami Flexible Screen Devices

Here are a few products that I can’t wait until they come out. I love small devices but hate small screens. This concept by Inventables would solve the problem. “The Origami DVD Player is a portable DVD player concept that could be manufactured with a new e-paper (a full-color flexible display technology) being developed by Mag-Ink in Israel. As a product, it would target the business traveler who wants a