Fellow Canadian Rick Crammond demonstrates how effective shielding is using a fun demonstration. Have you ever stripped some shielded cable and found the foil wrapped around the wires or looked in some electronic gear and seen some some copper paint on the inside of the cover and wondered how effective it is? Well this demonstration shows you that a bit of thin metal can really do some amazing shielding.
So you think your meter is tough do you? Dave Jones of the EEVblog took a few cheap and a few high quality meters and subjected them to some high energy discharges. If may have seen a component let out its magic smoke but it is something else to see a meter literally blow apart. This destruction is all thanks to a machine that Doug Ford built.
Thanks to Joshua for sending in this familiar tune being played in a not so familiar way. A PIC18F4520 is connected to an H-Bridge and is pulse width modulating two brushless DC motors to create the Super Mario Brothers theme!
In this GSR-Monkey (Skin Conductance Measurement System) Martin Sona uses the principle of galvanic skin response to plot some data onto a grid. Two people can be connected and monitored at the same time. I can imagine using this system as a two way lie detector, how often do you get to turn the tables when performing a lie detector test? Via: Hacked Gadgets Comments “The hardware (besides the PC
If you want to see what you are worth per hour this Minimum Wage Machine would be a great exercise. If you were making minimum wage in New York you would crank the handle and get a penny about every 5 seconds. Via: Zedomax “The minimum wage machine allows anybody to work for minimum wage. Turning the crank will yield one penny every 5.04 seconds, for $7.15 an hour (NY
Our friends over at Gadget Gangster have released a funny prank that would make a perfect April fools joke. The Trickster Computer Mouse Prank circuit plugs into the victims computer and moves the mouse violently ever now and then. 🙂 They offer kits for sale but have also released the code so you can burn your own chip and make your own. “1 – Compatible with all operating systems 2
Have you ever been cut off by the most irresponsible driver in the world? Well what you need is a Harpoon Car Attachment to teach them a lesson. Simply ram them with the harpoon and bring them to a stop, if you still aren’t satisfied release the tear gas. Via: TechEBlog
