Why buy an off the shelf product if you can make it yourself. That is what some guys at Cornell University decided to do when they needed an RFID reader. RFID Books “For our final project, we designed and built (and exhaustively tested) an RFID-based proximity security system for use with Cornell Identification cards, which have been RFID-embedded since fall of 2003. The idea for this project was sort of
Until now controlling Winamp was quite boring, using a mouse, keyboard, remote control etc. But now there is a way to control your tunes using a rotary phone dialer! Check out the video of it in action. Note the quote below is a translated quote, see the original page for the true text. English Page Original page. “After one procured oneself the materials, one attaches her in accordance with the
How do you feel about creepy crawlies? Now think about that bug being able to drive a vehicle around your house. “Four distance sensors were positioned at the front of the robot to detect potential obstacles. When a sensor was within a close proximity of an object, a bright light would shine toward the insect from the direction of the obstacle. This was designed to work with a cockroach’s natural
Nick Dawkins has made an interesting spinning LED device. As it spins it can display the time and a picture of the globe. Watch the video. “My device uses 19 LED’s and a 24V motor for the main drive. For an easier build I decided to use a battery to power the PCB and LED’s. If enough interest is shown in this device, I will update the site with full
Here is a mobile neighborhood party maker. Comes complete with bar, barbeque, stereo, computer, Playstation, LED Music show… The list goes on and on, have a look at the gallery for pictures of the build. “Generally, we emphazise high tech these days and the wagon is full of electronic and software features, which no model of the local or national competition can match (the international competition may, perhaps, but we
Using the same principle as this unicycle here is another one that has a neat look. For more pictures have a look at the photo gallery. Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 “The delicate balance gives the movements of unicycles a stiff and jerky quality. Automatic stabilisation, however, requires the unicycle to be fitted with a highly dynamic four-quadrant drive. The short reaction times required, in the range of milliseconds,
Here is a way to make your Robosapien smarter, all it takes is a brain implant. Watch the video to see what the enhanced Robosapien can do. Here is the kit you need to do it yourself. “We hacked a Robosapien just because we thought they were so cool. After taking our robot on a couple of field trips, we were ask so many times “How did you do that?”
