Check out this cool Parallel Port Relay Controller Based Halloween Light Show it shows what some creative thinking and a bit of code and hardware can produce. “The most important thing you are gonna need is the controller. There are many out there, but for this tutorial (its easiest and cheapest) we are gonna use the kit74 parallel relay board. 30$, 35$ assembled. This circuit is going to interface
Seems like you can put a computer in anything. Have a look at this Guitar Computer.
Got kids cutting through your yard all the time? Is the solution a fence? No way that is what everyone else does and is so yesterday… What a true geek does is builds a Computer Controlled Water Spray System to get the job done! “As you can see I have met a bunch of my goals in prototype 1, I can shoot about 30 feet and can cover a
Trossen Robotics just had a project contest and the winners were all great. The second place Computer Controlled BBQ Smoker is my favorite out of the lineup! It uses the same logic that I use, anything can be improved with automation and electronics. 🙂 “Details: I/O: Phidgets 8/8/8 Inputs: Standard Meat Probe Thermistor Outputs: Phidgets Servo controller, Futaba Servo Software: Custom VB.NET application Software Process: Thermistor generates resistance with
R&D Magazine has put together a list of the 10 most brilliant inventions of 2007, the one that stood out for me was the Honeywell Integrated Primary Flight Display Read about the other inventions here. Video after the jump. “Integrated Primary Flight Display (IPFD) is Honeywell’s Synthetic Vision System (SVS) ― a new product that will be offered on multiple platforms for business jets. IPFD uses cues that pilots already
This creative hack turns an old mouse into a camera trigger. You can buy one from the manufacturer but that isn’t much fun. “Dave Schlier had a spare oldie (mouse that is) that he recycled into a shutter release cable. Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t think that clicking a mouse is the most affective way to take a shot. But if that what it takes for you computer
This steam punk computer is one of the best I have seen yet. It would be great if the gauges and knobs did something.
