Chris sent in his Radio Controlled Tank that is controlled by a SparkFun BlueSmirf module. Anyone interested in the plans to build your own? Update: Chris provided a link with more details. “I made the chassis completely out of a sheet of brushed alu. It uses the Tamiya twin motor gearbox, a PCB of my own design, a BlueSmirf radio from SparkFun and has two servos to pan/tilt a video
Keith Wakeham, an engineering student replaced the backlight of a LCD monitor to operate using LED lighting. “My very wonderful cousin gave me an old 17″ LCD made by the company GEM (I don’t know who they are) which was making a big racket with squealing. I knew it was the backlight so I said I’d take it knowing that to get it repaired by a pro would cost 30-60
If you have a FON router this hack will give you access to the serial console. “Out of the box the foneros wireless router has Telnet and SSH turned off. By accessing the buit in serial console you can turn SSH on and access various settings and reflash the firmware.” Via: Gizmodo
This is almost as funny as the USB dog! I hope that’s a full flashbag in your pocket. 🙂 “The size of the device changes depending on the amount of data it holds. When the device is about to blow up you will see the familiar error message on your screen: “There is not enough free space”. When switched off the flashbag remains pumped up, so you can estimate with
How much cooling do we need? This looks more automotive than a computer part… “So you think that your computer may be “heating up” a bit too much? Doom 3 and Half Life 2 are renowned for intensely heating up your PC. Even if you don’t have those and you feel a bit too much heat roaming inside your box, you could get your worries deleted with this massive boy.
Want to be a DJ? You can go hands on with a modified Wiimote called the WiiJ. But when you get serious the Kuka industrial robotic DJ is the only way to go! Videos and more pictures after the jump. “The Juke Bot is a pair of Kuka industrial robots; each is surrounded by a set of platters (you know, vinyl LPs). The two bots act independently, deftly grasping an
Transform your old scanner that is just collecting dust in the closet into a cool tech lamp. “This instructable shows you how to make a desk lamp out of scrounged scanner parts and a few extras from Home Depot. I have set up a small solar array, controller and a storage battery. I wanted to make some low power lighting that I can use in my office that would not
