Thanks to Dino Direct for sponsoring the contest this week. They will be providing a $20 gift Dino Direct certificate or a 50mW Violet Laser Pointer to the winner. They sell tons of cool tech products so finding something won’t be hard, deciding what you want from the large selection will take awhile though! If you are looking to get some new toys have a look at their site right
Thanks to Protostack for sponsoring the contest this week. They will be providing a USBASP AVR Programmer to the winner. The AVR programmer is based on the Thomas Fischl’s USBasp design and connects to your computer’s USB port. “Some of the features include: Support for AVRDude from version 5.2 onwards Allows you to to read or write the microcontroller EEPROM, firmware, fuse bits and lock bits Support for Linux, Mac OS
Thanks to Gadget Factory for putting up the prize this week. They are providing a Papilio Barcode Genie kit to the lucky winner of the contest, simply plug in your scanner and increase your productivity. Of course the hardware is completely hackable so you could really make it do whatever you would like it to do! If you can’t wait to get one you are in luck, they on sale
Hack a Day is running a cool contest where you need to hack apart any dancing santa you can find and create a cool walking santa project. “The challenge: Acquire a dancing Santa. We don’t care which one it is, how much you spend, how big it is etc. We know there are tons of models out there ranging from dancing Christmas [Homer Simpson] to giant life sized Santa. It
The prize this week is a pair of wire strippers, this will this will help you prep your cables to be attached to your next great creation. This contest will run for one week (November 6 – November 12, 2010). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done with it. Please do not give
The prize this week is a pair of wire strippers, this will this will help you prep your cables to be attached to your next great creation. This contest will run for one week (October 30 – November 5, 2010). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done with it. Please do not give
The prize this week is a loupe magnifier, this will let you get a close look at whatever you are working on. This contest will run for one week (October 23 – October 29, 2010). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done with it. Please do not give the answer in the comments.
