Complex Hacks

RC Aircraft Simulator Controls

  MikeysRC has built an RC Aircraft Simulator that replicates what it would feel like to fly a plane using a stick and pedals. The pilot that is demonstrating the system is following the plane in the sky as he flies it but the plane has a camera that is transmitting the flight video in real time to a monitor. This means that you can fly it using the controls

Guitar Tuner for the Blind Hack

    Guitar tuners are quite common these days. Only problem is that they use displays or LEDs to indicate how the tuning process is going. Sam from J44 Industries made a guitar tuner that a blind person can use for a charity called Remap. His design starts with an off the shelf guitar tuner, only problem with this one is that it used LEDs for visual feedback. He used

Robotic Music - The Human Element Album Released

   Patrick Flanagan who we saw a few years ago has just released an album, you can get The Human Element by Zazari for free here. To see what other cool things Patrick is doing be sure to check out his blog. “I’ve just released my first EP, The Human Element, which is available for free download at Bandcamp (jazari.bandcamp.com) and SoundCloud. All of the percussion instruments on the album

3D Printed Speakers

  Check out these 3D Printed Speakers, they have been printed with 2 different materials. This allows the design to have something that resembles a ton of square light pipes. With some addressable LEDs on the inside it sure puts on a show!  “These speakers are composed of two components that are 3D printed simultaneously: 1. Flexible rubber base (Objet TangoBlackPlus) 2. Clear crystal-like protrusions (Objet VeroClear) The clear crystals

Mantis Hexapod Walking Machine by Matt Denton

  We have featured Matt Denton’s hexapod designs in the past. He has been spending some time working on a project that is a bit bigger than the previous ones! His new design which has been 4 years in the making called Mantis is a Hexapod Walking Machine. He has taken lots of pictures in the Facebook page (a few can be seen below). This video done by Daily Planet

DeltaMaker - A Delta Robot 3D Printer

    If you are looking to get into 3D printing have a look at this DeltaMaker – A Delta Robot 3D Printer. Their Kickstarter was successful so it will just be a matter of time until these units are rolling off the production floor! Via: Make  “Product Hightlights: Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) using 1.75 mm filament – PLA and ABS 100 micron layer resolution capability  10″ diameter x 11″

Digital Reversi Board Project

    This Digital Reversi Board Project by Hanting Lu and Kai Wang from Cornell University look like fun. It is just like the real reversi game and ensures that players can’t make invalid moves. An Atmel Mega 1284 is used to read in the press locations from the touch sensor and is also interfaced to the bi-color LEDs using a TI 3 to 8 line decoder chip and a