Been reading for a while and not quite sure where to jump in? Maybe you would just like to learn more details? Hardware modding/hacking is lots of fun, and can have a very rewarding outcome. For starters, here is a great article for beginners, covering pretty much all the bases. Also Wikipedia is an excellent source for some beginner knowledge, everything from capacitors, to resistors, to solder, and much much
Joe over at Hack N Mod took a bunch of our super bright LEDs to create some cool fiber optic displays. He goes over the basic steps in the video below so that you can make your own.
Happy New Year! Some people celebrate with fire works, here at Hacked Gadgets I think a cool Oscilloscope Audio Show would be more appropriate. 🙂 Albert from DIMA Audio Visual sure knows how to put on a show. Unfortunately for me he’s in Spain. Albert is a DJ who enhances his shows by capturing the image from an oscilloscope using a camcorder, he then projects the image on screens for
If you have a pool why not spend the winter months building something to enjoy in the warmer months? Have a look at this pool project for some inspiration. “This is a solar powered microcontroller driven pool fountain. It was designed to provide an entertaining, pleasant visual and audible water effect in a cordless low-maintenance device. Hardware: The basic hardware design has the following features: – Low-voltage battery powered –
This is my own personal mod, it’s simple to make, and it looks great. Great addition to my other individualistic geeky items :] ** Before you take part in this modification, please be aware that you are using an AC house current to power the light bulb, AC can kill. So please, for all of us at Hacked Gadgets, be careful** Materials: 1) 60 Watt light bulb (other wattages can
This Speaker Power Detector might be a project that you want to add to your existing stereo system. The author is working on a revision so it may be something to do in the near future if you don’t want to implement the prototype design. “The circuit revolves around the LM339, a low-power comparator designed to be easy to operate from a single (positive) power supply. A comparator compares two
How to make your own scratchpad out of nothing but a pizza box and an optical mouse. I’m sure everyone has a spare optical mouse–and if you’re anything like me–an abundance of pizza boxes lying around. Check out a video of it in action. I love to see these sorts of ultra low budget hacks. Keep up the good work out there. For some more cool stuff, check out
