Complex Hacks

Home Made Mill

If you are into DIY equipment have a look at the Home Made Mill that Kenneth Maxon built, it is just one piece of equipment in his dream workshop. I am sure envious of his cave of creation, I am trying to think of something that couldn’t be built in there. ” The CNC project also included the design and construction of three independent forced air cooled twenty six volt

'69 Pontiac GTO controlled using a iPod Touch

If you are looking for something cool to do with your iPod Touch have a look at what Dave Phipps has done with his ’69 Pontiac GTO. Using an iPod Touch interfaced to a RedEye controller he now has remote control of many features. He has a good range (WiFi range) and can remotely open the windows, doors trunk and soft top. He can also start the car and rev

How to Hack someones Wi-Fi Connection

I don’t condone hacking someones Wi-Fi connection but rather learn from what can be done to protect your own connection. Darren from Hak5 shows us how with a bit of hardware and some software you can easily get in the middle of peoples Wi-Fi connections. Darren isn’t using his WiFi Pineapple shaped tool anymore but they are still available. I had never heard about Airdrop-ng before, it reminds me of

RoBo Blower - Remote Controlled Snow Blower

You might remember the  Snow Removal Robot that we featured here last year. Well now there’s another snow blower to add to the snow removal automation list. The RoBo Blower is a remote controlled snow blower that allows you to remove all the snow you want from the comfort of your living room. Thanks Chip. “Herb Spencer is the inventor of The RoBo Blower. He is a master tinkerer and

Voice Controlled Robotic Helicopter

This Voice Controlled Robotic Helicopter is quite interesting. You can speak English commands and it follows your instructions. I need that system in my car, I could get so much work done if I didn’t have to do all the time consuming driving. Via: Hack a Day and Bot Junkie “We recently got the system working on a quadrotor helicopter.  We extended the topological map to 3d, added some orientation

Phone Recorder

Our friend Muris from elektronika.ba has sent in his latest project. It is a Phone Recorder that records all phone conversations in the entire house. There is also no need to turn it on or off, it monitors the phone line and starts recording as soon as a phone is picked up. It stores all of the conversations in MP3 format for easy storage or review. There is an archive