Most people would just buy a regular coffee machine when they need one. But that’s just way too easy for this German tinkerer. He completely built his own coffee machine from scratch: Although the website is in German, there is a very impressing video and many pictures documenting the whole construction phase. Be sure to also check out his other projects!
Apparently Toyota omitted placing a EV push button switch on North American Prius 2004+ models. This push button, is normally pre-installed at the factory for Japan and European versions. Here is a well documented hack that shows Prius users how to install their own EV push button. It appears that placing the Prius in EV mode could, possibly, improve fuel efficiency. But the owner’s manuals of the European and Japanese
Trossen Robotics puts together some cool contests! This Automatic Deadbolt System was the second prize winner in the latest contest. I could just imagine how it could be used, hold on I will unlock the door for you, darn I don’t have a good signal with my cell phone, hold on I will walk over to the door and manually turn the knob to let you in. 🙂 Thanks
"Here are two experimental "extreme" business cards that are almost impossible for someone to throw away – one in the form of a key ring torch and one card that actually dials me up by itself! This one has a computer inside with more processing power than took the first astronauts to the moon (No, I’m not kidding!), yet the main part costs less than 50 cents. …Even if these
In the past year or so cellphone jamming has become an increasingly more popular subject. Everyone has been plagued by obnoxious cellphone users in malls, buses, school, work, movie theaters, and in spite of being highly illegal, cellphone jammers are popping up in more and more places. Green Bay Professional Packet Radio has a great writeup on how it works and even a how-to for building your own
What is an oscilloscope, what can you do with it, and how does it work? For those Hacked Gadget makers who have had little experience in working with oscilloscopes and would like to learn more about them, check out these tutorial sites. Oscilloscope tutorial Oscilloscopes Use of the Oscilloscope Using an Oscilloscope Oscilloscope Tutorials
Here is a project that you can build to show you some instant stats on almost anything you may want, emails, number of Diggs an article has, CPU usage of your computer, etc. There is a great build log for the project and the creator has released the entire project so you can build your own. You will find source code, schematic diagrams and even the PCB file on his
