This interesting iRobot PosterBot demonstrates that with an open mind some electronics and a bit of code you can build just about anything. Videos after the jump. “This is a moderately difficult project which requires about $50 in parts and basic electronic skills (This doesn’t include an iRobot create,Command Module and old Inkjet printer) . You should be able to read a schematic and make a basic prototype or bread
Looks like the door unlock fob that you have on your keychain that uses can probably be cracked in about an hour. Many car manufactures such as GM, Toyota, VW, Fiat, Chrysler, Daewoo, Honda, Jaguar, and Volvo are at risk! “A group of Israeli and Belgian researchers found a vulnerability in the algorithm that is used to secure anti-theft digital key systems in numerous vehicles, including those made by such
Have a look at this Autonomous Sentry Gun that was built for the Defconbots competition. The site has lots of good documentation of the build. (Article mirror) More videos after the jump. “The electronics for this project are going to be relatively simple as well. To control the three servos (pan + tilt + firing), we are going to use the Pololu 8-channel servo controller. Normally we might use
Have a look at this cool video, call your robot using Skype and have it perform spoken commands while you remotely watch the results. I for one am very impressed! Link “Hot new video shows a Roboquad robot being controlled by voice, over the Internet with the help of Robodance and Skype’s video call service. The robot explores the house while beaming back audio and video to a laptop
If you like robotics and PIC microcontroller projects like I do this PIC Robot Centipede is sure to tickle your fancy. The project uses the cool Centipede Robot. Video after the jump. “I ordered a bunch of PIC programming materials at the start of summer break to learn more about embedded development and generally play around with them. For my first sizeable PIC project I decided to replace the brain
Doktor Andy has developed a method of using a cheap print server as a network controlled switch. Video after the jump. “One day it hit me. I wanted to connect my coffee-machine to the internet. and my television…and my desk light… There are different approaches. One of the most stupid ones was to stuff a relais-board into my pc and….greeaaat idea..absolutely….”sorry, I cannot cook coffee because I first have to
Ronald Dekker put together an LED clock using a PIC 16F84 microcontroller. Some people would wonder why a $5.00 clock from the store couldn’t be used. It could be, but where would the fun be in that? “The 16F84 processor used here is a little bit out dated and no longer in production. I used it because of the simple fact that I had it lying around. The more modern
