We have seen lots of intelligent methods of monitoring and curbing energy usage recently. The hacked Kill-a-Watt comes to mind. This SmartSwitch device is a prototype device that would allow you to feel how much energy you are using. If the light switch is hard to turn on that is because you are already using lots of energy and the internal brake is on. This would hopefully make you
Go big or go home! That seems to be the theme here, you are looking at a Huge Media Center Remote Control. If your eyesight or manual dexterity are not what they used to be this may just the thing for you. 😉 If you are interested in making your very own the source code has also been made available. “A few weeks ago I ran into a huge remote
It is nice to see something other than a basic machining project for a final university course. This team spent 5 weeks putting together a cool final project that would create and serve an ice cream to some hungry onlookers! "The Department of Technological Studies at Ohio Northern University developed these ice cream serving robots as part of an extracurricular activity for ONU’s homecoming festivities. The project took 5
This interesting Hacked Camera Robot that OddBot made is great since it uses a camera that most people would have no use for anymore. He has mounted it onto a mount that the robot can control and when ready the robot can take the picture. Best of all the system is autonomous. "I’ve hacked a cheap camera and mounted on a pan / tilt neck assembly. Pictomatix MkII only
KeithRobot has made a crazy looking walking robot. It looks like the helicopter needs to be a bit more powerful to make it more useful but it is a great proof of concept. I can just imagine this thing being automated, it could fly close to the destination and walk the rest of the way.
Dave Peterson sent in this cool Macro Adapter that he built for his Olympus FE-310. It is a wonderful combination of used and disposable parts, you would never guess what it was made from by judging the results alone! "Took the objective lens out of a pair of MultiTech Survivor DCF 8×22 binoculars, cut out the center of a Fujifilm 35mm canister lid, cut the bottom half off the
If you have a few old hard drives laying around here is Hard Drive Tesla Turbine that can be made in a few simple steps. "Build a Tesla turbine from 2 old computer hard disk drives using basic hand tools and a pillar drill. No metal lathe or other expensive fabrication machinery is required and you only need some basic craft skills. It’s crude, but this thing can scream!
