Interesting concept, lots of the bikes we see today are mechanical bikes first with some add on electronics and motors that make them electric assisted. The motors are normally hub motors that are mounted within the wheel(s). The electronics connect to the brakes to sense when the user is braking and has a throttle to power the electric assist motor. If the battery is dead you are still able
Bob over at Making Stuff didn’t want to purchase an expensive cable for his digital calipers, instead he decided to build it. A small 3D printed grooved part with a few connected wires is all that is needed to connect to the data output port of the calipers. A logic level converter is needed to change from 1.5 volt output of the calipers a voltage high enough for a solid
If you are looking to send some data or some audio over a fairly long distance wirelessly you can have a look at this very cheap solution if line of site will work. Iforce2d is using a very inexpensive laser diode and receiver to get the job done. This code is what does the heavy lifting as far as getting the data across the link.
Enomoto is developing a 5-Axis 3D Printer which will be for sale in about a year. This will change much in the 3D printing world since there were limitations that were imposed from the regular elevation printing style. Since the platform is able to move the printed piece in any angle very complex parts that were impossible before can now be built. Via: Hackaday
If you enjoy table tennis this trainer might be a great next project. Thomas Mayer created this as his bachelor thesis project. Two Playstation CL-eye cameras are used to view the play area and track the ball. A project is then used to display game elements that the players can interact with to play many game scenarios. The game was created using VVVV which is a visual/textual live-programming environment for easy prototyping
Ben Heck and his team built this Mechanical Television. It uses holes drilled into a vinyl record which is spun with a light source behind it. A light sensor is then used to determine the amount of light that is reflected off the surface of the item that they would like to transmit. A complimentary rotating disk with a controlled light source is used to duplicate what the
If you are tired of reaching for your tiny volume control knob to adjust your music when using your computer look no further than these projects by Engineering Nonsense and DIY Perks. The top one uses a DIGISpark board and a rotary encoder to adjust the volume via USB and the one below uses a potentiometer to adjust the analog output of your signal feeding your amplifier.
