Looks like the creators of Printball trust their machine. Watch the video to see how much they trust the system! This could make some cool graffiti. 🙂 "The PrintBall is like an Ink-Jet printer using a PaintBall Gun as printhead. The gun is mounted on a custum made pan & tilt unit which is connected to a Max/Msp based software through an Atmel chip [programmed in Basic]. The software
Here is a neat idea to keep some of your old video tapes out of the landfills. The Video Tape USB Hub will give you a cool looking place to plug in your USB cable thumbdrive. I can think of one extra thing to do, install a small motor and keep a small loop of tape that spins when the device is powered. "Materials: – One old video tape (preferable
Sprites Mods has done it again! Their latest hack is this Automated White Board that can take text input from the internet and plot it onto a white board for the world to see (there is a web cam looking at the board). "The idea is that if I want the pen to be off the whiteboard, the electromagnet gets released and the spring will push a perspex rod
If you are wanting to grab some free Wifi from someone far away have a look at this Wifi Predator from our friends at i-Hacked. "The predator is a modified wireless router connected to a high-powered antenna and running custom firmware to actively seek out open wireless connections. Once they are found, it will test them for internet connectivity and then join and repeat the one with the strongest signal
Youtube user KDG86 has made quite a few interesting projects. This Wireless GPS Project is nice and simple but have lots of cool possibilities. He is using a GPS module that outputs RS-232, this signal is connected to a wireless transmitter. A receiver is then used to get the data into a computer. Since it is RS-232 all you need is a terminal program to have a look. He
So just when you thought all your cell phone was good for was making calls and surfing the net something like this cool program is made that allows you phone to control a cool helicopter! These MikroKopter helicopters look like so much fun even without the cell phone control. 🙂 "DUBwise is the acronym for Digital UFO Broadcasting with intelligent service equipment and is a Tool for Mobile
The Missouri S&T AESS UAV Team is working hard designing their autonomous RC Plane and by the looks of the latest test flight things are progressing nicely! "Using HIL simulation allowed us to all to get a better of idea of what we had to do once we got out to the airfield. In the end performing the HIL simulation in the lab saved us a lot of time and
