Cool Gadgets

Inkjet Printed Microcontroller Input Device

I have seen projects that use the resistance of objects around us as feedback into an electronic circuit but I didn’t know that inkjet ink was conductive. I would have thought that it would not have been but I guess at least the type that the project creator is using is. Unfortunately I only have laser printers around me these days since I can’t stand the issues surrounded by replacing

Bikini Models Photoshoot using the MegaHex 6 Propeller RC Chopper

Remember the MegaHex that we featured here earlier this year?  Well the Aerobot RC copter was recently on location showing off what it’s good at. I can just imagine how much effort it would have taken to get these shots using traditional equipment. My favorite effect is poolside shot where the camera explodes into the air. I think I will have to volunteer to operate the copter next time it’s

Mobile Phone controlled Plant Growbox

If you love growing plants and wish you could check out what’s happening when you are on the move take a look at this Mobile Phone controlled Plant Growbox that The Cheap Vegetable Gardener has put together. It has the ability to remotely monitor your plants and adjust the environment you are providing for them on the fly. You probably remember the DIY soil moisture sensor and the LED plant

Iron Man Repulsor Light Laser Glove Project

If you have seen the Iron Man movie the image above is sure to be familiar to you. Patrick from Germany shared this project with us in the Hacked Gadgets forum, we have seen other cool Iron Man Repulsor Light projects before but as far as I know this is the first that it truly very dangerous. So a word of warning, do not attempt to copy this build unless

Human Theremin using Infrared Light

The guys over at Nerd Kits have made a cool Human Theremin project that uses Infrared Light. IR light from an infrared LED is bounced off someones hand and some of the light is reflected back onto an infrared transistor. The closer the hands are the more IR light is reflected back onto the IR transistor. The output of the IR circuit is fed into a Nerd Kit microcontroller and

Medical Mirror monitors your Vital Signs using a Camera

Ming-Zher Poh who is a MIT student studying  Electrical and Medical Engineering has created a Medical Mirror using a cheap camera as the medical sensor. The camera doesn’t have to be anything special, the cheap webcam in your laptop would do just fine. It is looking for a person and tracks their face. Once it is locked onto the face it monitors the slight changes caused by blood flow. “Public-domain

Wooden Quadrocopter

We have seen some amazing Quadrocopters in the past but this Wooden Quadrocopter adds the emphasis on the Quadcopter  body and structure. There are no less than four types of wood that have been machined into this incredible machine. The parts were designed based on an older kit and redesigned to be made from wood, the alien detail in the top dome is very well done. If you want to