Looking for a pen that does more than the average pen? If so, you need to look into getting a space pen. “* writes on wood, metal, drywall, rubber, plastic, foam * features level and plumb vials,rugged ABS construction, magnetic base * removable Space Pen * Packaging is blister carded * metric and imperial measurements” Via: Daily Gadget
Have a look at this cool video, call your robot using Skype and have it perform spoken commands while you remotely watch the results. I for one am very impressed! Link “Hot new video shows a Roboquad robot being controlled by voice, over the Internet with the help of Robodance and Skype’s video call service. The robot explores the house while beaming back audio and video to a laptop
Funditor shows us how to make a DIY night vision system using a large flashlight, some colored plastic discs and an old digital camera. The result is an invisible spotlight that will allow you to see what the light is pointed at using the camera. High power IR LEDs could also be used but would cost a bit more.
Youtube user Starcross42 has posted a number of interesting Laser Effects. The Galvanometer laser show is the most complex and is my favorite. Lots more videos after the jump.
This PIC microcontroller Disco Light looks like it produces the same effect as the professional ones costing big dollars. “This is an early picture of my discolight effect. Because of the AGC circuit theres no need for potentionmeters for sensitivity adjust. I replaced them with trimmers. Now the microphone is on the control electronics because theres no need to place it outside the box and the possible noises from the
Nick from the Digital Dawg Pound just made a cool Telit GM862-GPS Vehicle Tracker using this Spark Fun module. Code is provided on the site if you are feeling energetic. “The GM862-GPS is a hardware module with support for connecting to the GSM (mobile phone) network and receiving GPS position data. It also includes a Python interpreter, this combination makes it the perfect choice for building a tracker. After setting
If you have a RC plane or rocket the BeeLine GPS might add a new dimension to your flights and launches. Have a look at the site for lots more information. “The BeeLine GPS also has on-board non-volatile memory that stores coordinates for download after your flight. 128 k-bits of storage means you get more than 10 minutes of data. View your flight profiles in Google Earth! Here is a
