Race motorcycles are fast, mean machines. One way to make them faster is to use technology to help the bike shift and control a NOS system! That is what Chris P. of the Parallax forum did to his Kawasaki ZX10. Chris has published his code on the forum also so that you can see how he did it and build your own if you dare. “During the early spring of
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
Bob Davis shares his technique to repair laptop LCD display using some white LEDs. Bob has lots of interesting hacks documented and has some cool videos on Youtube. “You first need to remove the screen from the laptop computer. Then you need to remove the metal trim at the bottom of the screen, assuming that is where the light is located. Some screens have connections to the screen that go
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.
Here is a collection of Musical Tesla Coils! We have featured lots of cool Tesla Coils here before, and a few musical ones but there seems to be a new trend to play music with the spark output. The first video is by the guys at The Geek Group, they go over the basics of how it works, there are lots of cool examples of the circuit at work
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 –
