Alan Parekh

Technology Maiwagon 2006

Here is a mobile neighborhood party maker. Comes complete with bar, barbeque, stereo, computer, Playstation, LED Music show… The list goes on and on, have a look at the gallery for pictures of the build. “Generally, we emphazise high tech these days and the wagon is full of electronic and software features, which no model of the local or national competition can match (the international competition may, perhaps, but we

Riding an Inverted Pendulum

Using the same principle as this unicycle here is another one that has a neat look. For more pictures have a look at the photo gallery. Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 “The delicate balance gives the movements of unicycles a stiff and jerky quality. Automatic stabilisation, however, requires the unicycle to be fitted with a highly dynamic four-quadrant drive. The short reaction times required, in the range of milliseconds,

Steam Rowboat

This Steam Powered Rowboat is a work in progress, it will be quite interesting when it is done. Here are a few videos of the creation in action. Video 1 Video 2 The creator was recently on Tech Now showing off how he hacks together some of his custom projects.

Robosapien gets Brain Implant

Here is a way to make your Robosapien smarter, all it takes is a brain implant. Watch the video to see what the enhanced Robosapien can do. Here is the kit you need to do it yourself. “We hacked a Robosapien just because we thought they were so cool. After taking our robot on a couple of field trips, we were ask so many times “How did you do that?”

RC Car Laser Lap Counter

Build a laser lap counter for your RC car. In part two of the build you can add a number of IRDA sensors to the project to make it even better! “The two channel system shown below includes two lasers, two photo transistors, one inch tubing, one inch round tubing (to mount the lasers) and a microcontroller system to tie it all together. The main control board for this system

 Low Power PLL FM Transmitter

There are some very interesting projects over at Dick Cappels’ Project Pages. They range from simple LED voltage boost circuits to this complex PLL FM Transmitter. The video of it in action is quite interesting since he installed an LED to monitor what the transmitter is doing. • Dark: No power is applied to the circuit. • Steady red: Power is applied and oscillator is off. • Steady blue: Oscillator

Simulator Racing Seat

This seat is amazing. Watch the top video first. See how the guy is leaning and getting thrown around? We all know the guy that leans into corners when playing racing games 🙂 Now watch the second video to see why this guy is moving around so much! Force Dynamics is making some fine equipment.   Video 1