Using a bunch of microcontroller controlled white LEDs is one way to jazz up a coffee table! Check out the LED Coffee Table that Evil Mad Scientists has developed. If you think this technology would look nice in your table you are in luck since you can purchase a kit to build your very own. Video after the jump. “Our kits include the giant printed circuit boards, components, instructions, regulated
Here is an way of making a simple electrical motor, to see more interesting videos have a look at the collection that David Colarusso has put together.
uC Hobby has a nice article about a project that uses an Arduino Microcontroller to read in temperature data and control an optically coupled motor using PWM. “Oscar Gonzalez gives us a simple tutorial for speed controlling a PC FAN and reading a LM35 temperature sensor with an Arduino microcontroller. He covers the use of an optocoupler, PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) and reading analog voltages with the Arduino. This devices
Hack your old UPS and install a covert hard drive by using the existing USB connector for access. No one can tell that there is storage in there. “Your computer downloads in plain sight. Pictures, movies, music, files, whatever! Nobody will even know it’s there. Not your kids, your wife, a burglar – not even the RIAA!” Via: Hack n Mod
I can just imagine how much fun Andrew Hundt, Boris Lipchin and Ned Fox from Carnegie Mellon University had creating this Wiimote Lego Tank Surveillance Robot. “This robot is composed of Legos and uses a handyboard as the control hardware. It has 4 wheel drive each controlled by a lego motor, and a pan tilt mount for directing light and the video camera. The Wii Remote talks to a
Lush Projects has an cool tape deck hack that allows for some neat sound mods. “First mod was to setup one deck to allow scratching. To do this I originally removed the pinch roller so that the tape could run free. Later on I realised I could modify the pause button to retract the pinch roller without actually pausing the player. The second mod was to make a tape delay
Have a look at this huge Seven Segment Display made by Turd, a Hacked Gadgets Forum member. Other than the ones made by the guys as Sparkfun this has got to be the largest one I have seen. Watch a video of it in action. “I made this for a test. It’s made from a picture frame, some foam from a camping mat, blue translucent film and a shopping bag
