Have a look at this Apple Floppy Amp if you are an Apple fan and would like to hold on to some history. "PARTS – Note that not all are necessary and many can be substituted (e.g., you probably don’t need the $30 volume pot, the one that comes with the amp works pretty well) – Sonic Impact 5066 T-amp – Apple PC 5.25 Floppy Drive – 12V, 2A Power
Many of you have an old IBM XP computer collecting dust in your basement. If you are wanting to do something with it since you can’t throw out the thousand dollar box think about upgrading it! Stick a micro ATX motherboard into it and mod the floppy drive to accept CDs. Your old XT machine will be running at speeds it could only dream about. "I have this
This RC Car project shows you the perfect method of allowing your RC car to get a drifting workout without you having to do all the work! "The Autonomous Drifter spawned from a project/tutorial suggestion in the forums. Namely from Simplywel. In the most simplest of terms, it’s a hacked rc car, but really only the remote control has been hacked. The car itself wasn’t altered in any way.
Have a look at Robomagellan from the guys at the Ottawa Robot Enthusiasts. It was inspired by the DARPA Challenge! Videos after the jump. "Robots traverse a pre-defined course dealing with various obstacles along the way. Waypoints may be marked with objects that the robot must touch or come within a specified distance. The robots will be guided primarily by GPS and vision systems. Robots will be fully autonomous,
The Wiimote has again proven to be a great resource for the creative hacker! If you are lucky enough to have some motorized blinds you might want to have a look at this Wii Remote Window Curtain Control project. Video after the jump. "The curtain control system is an existing system from Goelst and is called "G-Rail 6200". Normally it is controlled by infrared or wallswitches. However,
If this research wasn’t being performed by a reputable University I wouldn’t have believed that a Monkey could control a Robot with Brain Power! "In a first-of-its-kind experiment, the brain activity of a monkey has been used to control the real-time walking patterns of a robot halfway around the world, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center. The Duke team is working with the Computational Brain Project of
If you have ever wanted to make a remote control project, this Universal Remote Control Tester project that uses the Ubicom SX28 Microcontroller could be a good starting point. This chip is now being sold by Parallax. "This project use the Ubicom SX28 micro controller to made a test of the frequency and the complete wave taken form a IR remote control, could be an TV, Audio, VCR, or any
