Everyone is looking for alternate energy sources these days. I think this is one that is almost always left untapped. 🙂 Just think of all the wasted power when the pet hamster is doing his thing with the hamster wheel. You can now do something to harness all that wasted energy, build yourself a Hamster Powered Generator! "The first criteria we needed to design the alternator was an estimate
If you have ever wanted to make a remote control project, this Universal Remote Control Tester project that uses the Ubicom SX28 Microcontroller could be a good starting point. This chip is now being sold by Parallax. "This project use the Ubicom SX28 micro controller to made a test of the frequency and the complete wave taken form a IR remote control, could be an TV, Audio, VCR, or any
I have seen lasers used to "dazzle" security cameras before but they normally use visible light and need pinpoint accuracy to be effective. I had never thought about using an array of IR LEDs (infrared light emitting diodes) to create a permanent result that would not be noticeable to anyone else around. Original Version, Translated version "IR.ASC is an infrared light – to the device before Divining infrared surveillance cameras.
A Hacked Gadgets reader took his Almost There project up to over 42,000 feet a few years ago and documented the process. Looks like Near Space is gaining some popularity recently. Here is a list of projects that are worth a look: Near Space Project 1 Near Space Project 2 Near Space Project 3 Near Space Project 4 "So, here’s what I decided to do. Use a Pressure
There are many products that will allow you to hook up your latest audio gear to your car stereo but none of them will give you the sound quality of this Ford Ranger MP3 Radio AUX Input MOD. "I recently purchased a new cell phone and wanted to play my MP3’s in my truck. My truck has the factory radio in it and did not alow me to do this.
This Gun Robot project can monitor the entrance to your fortress and ward away any enemy attacks! The servo action seems nice and smooth, next step would be to make it IP based so that you could have the unit at work and control it from home. 🙂 "The bot is totally controlled by an external joysitck or joypad. The app uses DirectX DirectInput to get the data from
We know that you can make a cool clock scope, but have you ever seen a video game played on a scope? Well have a look at Scopetris! It seems that one scope manufacturer actually put the game in the firmware of the scope. "The two resistor ladders, interfacing ports on the AtMega32, were connected to an oscilloscope in X/Y mode. The position of the beam was thus
