Max Cornelisse from the Netherlands has done some incredible hacks. He is a 24 year old science grad who likes to poke fun at how insecure some systems are. I guess they could be staged but most of them look very real. Let me know what you think… Anyone able to translate what is going on in the train video? Thanks to Rutger B. for sending in this translation.
James Brown, Shawn Ironmonger, Michael Moninski and Dan Moore from Purdue University put together quite the gambling machine. They made a Smart RFID Poker Table that could keep track of where chips where placed on the table. After watching a few of the gambling cheat shows on TV where people use misdirection and slight of hand to increase their bets when it is in their favor would be shot down
Jordan Crittenden and Edwin Lai built this DIY Polygraph, their goal was to construct it for $50.00. “The basic design of the polygraph is shown in the diagram to the right. The four analog circuits: plethysmograph (pulse rate meter), GSR meter, breathing rate meter, and audio preamplifier, are attached to the first four pins of the Mega32 analog to digital converter (ADC). The polygraph can then be run in one
Tobias Hocke has built a cool binary clock that is based around the ATmega8515 microcontroller. Slap in a 9 volt battery and push a few buttons to set the time and you have a clock that very few people can read. Check out his site for a full schematic so you can build your own.
The VGA Test Box project allows a normal microcontroller to output directly to a CRT monitor for testing. “The goal of this project is to create a device that is capable of outputting VGA signals to a CRT monitor in order to display figures, text and characters. Timing is a core essential in this project. If the signal is off by even 1 microsecond, the signal synchronization with the CRT
Johnny Lee a Ph.D. student from Carnegie Mellon Univerisity is working on some interesting projects. Looks like these prototype Foldable Displays are quite advanced. I can think of so many applications for these displays. The second video demonstrates an prototype automatic projector calibration system that is fast and accurate. “Using infrared tracking and projection, we can simulate displays on flexible and foldable surfaces. This allows us to fit a
The Gamerator is one heck of a gaming machine… And just think when you get thirsty all you have to do is full your mug from the center of the game system! “Introduce yourself to THE GAMERATOR … the ULTIMATE gaming machine in the world of home entertainment. Pre-loaded with 187 licensed classic arcade games … the Gamerator has everything from Tecmo Bowl to Pac Man, Street Fighter to Galaga,
