I have been getting such kick out of some of the creative items that are available in the Makers Market that I opened my own store! The store is not so creatively called the Hacked Gadgets Market. There are only two items in the store, one is a set of Electronic Component Coasters which are sure a conversation starter. The other item is a Computer Motherboard Clock which was fun
If you need to explore a tight space or pull something from one point to another this Squeeze Exploratory Robot looks like it would be up to the task. The older Holio Robot was taller and had wheels instead of treads. Via: HG Comments ” He crawls around between rafters and floor boards. His main role is to pull network cables and alarm across roof spaces too small for people.Â
If you need to monitor a fan on a piece of equipment this PC Fan Failure Alarm from PCB Heaven should fit the bill. The RPM monitor line is used to determine what the RPM of the fan is and if it falls below an adjustable threshold the alarm is tripped. Heat buildup due to a faulty fan can do some serious damage in a short time, this simple circuit
Luis sent in this neat game that he built using an ATmega 328 microcontroller. He is from Honduran and this system was featured as the first video game system made in Honduras on several local newspapers and some local TV programs. “This is a monochrome game with monaural sound I created using an atmega328. The circuit has 3 MCUs (One for composite video, the IR receiver de-codifier, and the last
Our friend Edo who brought us the cool 64 RGB LED Table has just installed some stair lights into his stairwell. Edo has started a new Youtube account which will contain all of his interactive furniture creations. I spoke to Edo about his creation and he didn’t know about the stair lighting controller that we sell, all I can think is that creative minds think alike. 🙂 Our original prototype
Owen sent in his cool Touch Screen Hack for his TI 84 Plus Calculator. He is using an Arduino to read in the data from a Nintendo touch screen, the touch data is then sent to the calculator’s serial port so that it can then graph images based on where the screen is being touched. Did I mention that Owen is 16! I am trying to think what I was
The time will come when you need to have some distance between sections of your project, or you just need a remote way of interfacing to it. Peter Jakab has developed this Infrared or Radio Remote Control Project which should fit the bill. If you have line of sight you can use IR to create the link, if you don’t you can simply use RF. The existing design has a
