Andy Rawson built an open hardware Thermal Imaging Device for use with Smart Phones (the code and details will be posted soon I am assuming). We have seen the commercial version of these Thermal Imaging Cameras used on home renovation shows to pinpoint insulation issues. As Andy mentions these cameras are much more than the average home owner could afford to spend to learn where his house is lacking
Seems that reverse engineering remote control toys is becoming quite popular. Last week we saw an RC toy car get hacked so it could be controlled by an Arduino. Kerry Wong recently completed a project where he reverse engineered a toy helicopter. Many inexpensive remote control toys use IR light to transmit commands instead or conventional RF signals which is what Kerry is dealing with in this project.
Jon Bennett from JBProjects.net has just completed his latest creation. He purchased a cheap $9 remote control car, added a bit of electronics and now has a car that allows complete control using an Arduino. He has PWM control over the motors to give the car some refined control. All of the code has been made available so you could make your own.
I enjoy fishing and try to get out at least 2 or 3 times a year. Sometimes the fish are biting like crazy but other times they are just not very active. I think with a Underwater Exploration Vehicle like the Nøkken 3 ROV the fishing experience would be totally changed. I can imagine scouting the bottom of the river looking for the best spot and it would be
Ian gives us an inside look at Bunnie Huang’s Workshop. I couldn’t quite figure out the voice at the beginning and the end until Chris Gammell ran the credits (I am very sure it’s him). Bunnie sure has some cool tools, he has just picked up some equipment to allow him to reball BGAs, that can’t be easy…Â I was surprised to hear that he doesn’t haggle very much,
  IronJungle was inspired by my Multimeter Clock when he built his Voltmeter Clock that also displays Temperature. He used a PicAxe as the microcontroller and has interfaced to a DS1307 Real Time Clock and a DS18B20 Temperature Sensor. Three trim pots were used to adjust the meters to full scale in setup mode.
You probably remember those fun Light Bright boxes that were so much fun to play with. This one looks a lot different than the plain white wedge that I had when I was young, but the concept is the same. Over at Mean PC you can see how a simple Lite Brite was turned into a Lite Brite LED Clock. You can see the numerous build videos that take
