BMW E39 EV Conversion
Converting a gas car to run on electricity is not a simple task. Damien Maguire takes us through the progress of his conversion. His BMW 5 Series car will never be the same again!
Alan Parekh
Hackaday Hardware Contest
This is the coolest DIY electronic contest I have seen yet. I am sure it will get a ton of entries because of the grand prize, a trip to space! If you happen to win the grand prize but think that space is a bit over the top for your nerves you can always just take the cash equivalent which is close to $200K!!!! Of course there are
DIY Acrylic Skeleton Clock
Benmurton made this working DIY Acrylic Skeleton Clock, the reason I say working is that when acrylic is cut into thin pieces it tends to be quite flexible. He did a great job building this clock, I immediately thought that it was laser cut since a laser machine would make quick work of this build but after looking further into his build log it turns out that he actually
Magnetically Actuated Micro-Robots
When you think of a robot you normally think of wheels that move it around with some type of motor. Are these magnetic robots the future? Can this design be scaled up? Via: Adafruit
KMel Robotics Flying Robots Play Instruments
Check out the KMel Robotics Flying Robots that can Play Instruments. The control of the quadcopters is amazing to be able to play these notes with the accuracy and timing that they can! “Just a reminder about how this all works: each one of these robots has its position measured down to the millimeter (or better) at a very high frequency using an external localization system. The individual hexrotors
The Final Key – Hardware Password Manager
Passwords are a pain to keep on top of. The Final Key project is a Hardware Password Manager. It is based on an Arduino with a an EEPROM soldered onto the board. I am thinking that this needs to be a product that the masses can purchase at Best Buy. Thanks for the tip Jim. “The Final Key is a piece technology that solves a problem. The Final
Optical Mouse Video Output Hack
The $5 mouse that you just tossed in the garbage might have had some hackable life still in it. As Conor Peterson shows us most optical mice are actually quite simply in operation with most of the hard work being done by the low resolution camera sensor. With a bit of Arduino code he was able to read out the serial image data directly from the mouse and display