Andres Guzman-Ballen, a Senior at the University of Illinois studying Computer Engineering sent us an email about his latest project. It is a Wireless Electric Mountainboard. You can see the video below of the hard wired version that he built when he wanted to debug some issues he was having with the wireless setup. “I chose a mountainboard because the truck design allows the rider to carve more since the
If you have ever wondered what the inside of a TV Factory looked like you are in luck. Looks like there is very little brought into the plant in a finished form. Everything from the styrofoam packaging material to the plastic housings are made in-house.
Automated robotics is has always fascinated me. Kiva Systems makes a Robotic Warehouse system that is simply amazing. Just imagine not having employees needing to go out to shelves to retrieve product but rather have the product come you the employee. That is a cool concept but it does take a ton of technology and equipment. I have always wondered how long one of my Mouser order takes to get
Hacked Gadgets Forum member Alexander125 from Romania is using his ioBridge IO-204 to help him secure his house. “I’ve been recently working on a sistem to keep my house safe while I’m away.Using the IO-204 module I’m building a simple sistem to monitor power consumption in the house, movement(if there is any) using PIR motion sensors and the doors or windows. For the interface with the IO-204 I decided to
Len Bayles has designed a great looking Meter Clock which is based on the Atmel AT89C2051 microcontroller. The design is similar to the Multimeter Clock that I created. Len provides the code and schematic on his site so you can make your own. “The software in the microcontroller handles the count for the time. It “talks” to a 4 channel Digital to Analog converter to derive the voltage to position
This article is for educational purposes only, ripping off a poorly created system is still theft. That being said we can learn lots about how not to create a card payment system. Koala from Because life is a hack was curious what made his laundry card payment system work, after cracking open the case he was surprised to see an EEPROM inside. Using a Bus Pirate and a Openbench Logic
Here is a cool battle between a Paintball toting Tank and the Paintball Sentry. Looks like the tank needs a bit more speed and punch to be able to be a contender. Thanks for the email Jeff. “I mounted a turret kit from our website to a Traxxas slash and pit it up against the paintball sentry”
