Merry Christmas from everyone here at Hacked Gadgets, keeping the hacking tradition alive the video today is three roomba robots performing Christmas carols. 🙂 “Make your Roomba a musical instrument! RoombaMidi2 is a small Mac OS X program that makes your Roomba appear as a MIDI interface to MIDI sequencer programs like Ableton Live, Apple Logic, and so on. RoombaMidi2 is an update of the original Java-based RoombaMidi. The
If you are looking for a simple and cheap audio hack, this Homemade Foam Plate Speaker hack may be what you are looking for. “As you can see on the picture, I did use a foam plate. I tried other materials and I found the best quality of the sound is produced by a lightweight material but strong enough to avoid excessive vibration. Paper plates are too soft, plastic disposable
Looking for a laser project that is a bit on the complex side, have a look at this Laser Image Projector. “This is basic instructions on how to build a portable image projector that uses a green laser instead of normal light. The laser permits images to be cast great distances, and doesn’t require focusing – it’s always in focus. Materials Required: * Green laser module 10mW+ * 1 solid
Have you ever wanted to remotely turn on or off something in your house when you weren’t home? This time of year the Christmas lights come to mind. What if you could call your house, type a few keys on your phone and turn on those lights! With this Phone Line Relay Controller project that is exactly what you can do. "The administrator should call-in the device from another telephone.
Here is a well documented DIY tutorial on how to build a basic electronic speed controller. The article takes your through a ground up process on how to build the circuit as well as how to program the PIC that controls the speed controller. The article does indicate that the design does lack sophistication, but this is a good place to start. You could use this design as a learning
Normally I do not care much for seasonal DIY hacks, not because they are not cool, but often other sites do way too many of them at a time. Here is a pretty cool version of a Tesla Coil. No photoshop what so ever. Just some creative setup, some gel filters and a 91 second time exposure. Merry Tesla, oops! I mean, Christmas. Tesla Christmas Tree
Are you a vacuum tube audiophile? Some audio nuts claim that there is nothing better than the sound of a vacuum tube amplifier. With all of the latest break-through semi-conductor technology, why would anyone want to use 30 year old, or older technology??? Check out Tube Cad Journal for the answer. John Broskie’s Guide to Tube Circuit Analysis & Design web site is packed full of data, software and audio
