Complex Hacks

Rebuilt Universal Laser Systems Laser Engraving Machine

  Andrew Kilpatrick who is a member of the Toronto Hacklab wrote a good built log of the Resurrection of a Universal Laser Systems Laser Engraving Machine. No it wasn’t simply cleaning out the dust and replacing a few blown components. As it turns out the existing electrical control system was not repairable so a new electrical system had to be built from scratch. Building the control circuits that were

Latest Hard Drive Clocks

  I can’t believe that it has been over 3 and a half years since I made the first hard drive clock. Since then there have been lots of cool clocks created by some talented people. Jason Amsel and Konstantin Klitenikfrom from Cornell University came up with this hard drive clock version (2nd on page), they added a nice touch screen that can be used to set the time. Ian

Wood Ferrari V12 Engine

  If you want this Wood Ferrari V12 Engine masterpiece you better work fast since this Ebay auction is coming to an end in about 4 days. The 400 hours of build time sure show, hopefully when it is sold the creator can purchase a new keyboard since it is obvious that his current one has a stuck caps key. "FERARI V12 365GTB/4 WOODEN DAYTONA MOTOR ,FULL SIZE , MADE

Suzuk-E - Suzuki Electric Bike Active Cooling, LED Dimmer Circuit and CNC Stencils

The Suzuk-E Electric Bike build continues. The last time they did some cool Gear Casting using CNC and Foam. This time they added some active cooling to the electric motor and used a CNC machine to make some stencils, constructed a custom LED Dimmer Circuit and lots of other fun projects. “Over the course of several road and trail runs the motor temps were topping 100F as measured in the

Paintball Sentry Gun has Multiple Enemy Tracking

  You may remember the Paintball Sentry Gun that we featured last year. Well the team over at The Sentry Project has not been resting, the new version of the gun software is now available on Ebay and it looks very impressive. It was very sensitive and precise before but have a look at the videos, it has been tweaked to improve the results! I wish I owned a junkyard,

Puff - Arduino Robot that finds and Blows out Fires

  This Puff Robotic Fire Fighter is a nice mix of sensors and motors. The sticker job does a great job in making the robot look like something out of a toy box. The panic mode is cool, just like a human it has a fight or flight instinct! "Puff is able to Put out Fires – He Scans his Head to find the Flames – he orientates towards the

DIY ATmega8 Data Acquisition System

  Recording live data is something that you could use very often but most of the time we live to learn without it. What is the temperature in your attic over the day or what about the pool? Is the heat sink temperature acting as you thought it would even after operating for many hours? This ATmega8 Data Acquisition System is a powerful system that can do all of that.