On Monday we featured the first part of Pager Data Snooping experiment. The video above demonstrates the completion of the experiment where the data is successfully retrieved from the device, conditioned and fed into a serial port, some special software allows a Windows computer to display all the messages that are being transmitted to pager clients.
The Halluc II looks like a kids toy on steroids! It not only rolls around on its wheels but it can also use the wheels like feet and walk. When it comes up to an obstacle that is too tall for the wheels it can lift the wheels to match the raised surface elevation.
Daniel Eindhoven sent in his latest creation, this is one killer looking coil gun! The laser effects are fantastic. 🙂 If you love coil guns make sure you have a look at our top 5 coil gun list. "Fully semi-automatic, up to 14 shots. Capable of delivering over 18J kinetic energy, and speeds up to 110km/h! (42 gram projectiles). It’s a single stage gun, using a 8800uF(4×2200) capacitor bank
If you are lucky enough to be in Germany you might want to check out the high tech Shell Eco Marathon Europe 2009 entries. The event will be at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz track from May 7th to 9th. One of the teams competing is Team Aurora from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, see some of their car pictures below. "The current European Shell Eco-marathon record for a combustion engine
This is an interesting look inside a Russian Nuclear Power Plant Control Room. It was completed in 1990 after a 8 years of construction. Even though it wasn’t built yesterday I am surprised that it doesn’t have more computer screens to monitor the status of the plant. If you like dials, buttons and lights you would be completely at home in this control room! "Because this powerplant was completed
Every time I see a microwave beside the curb I think of all the things that could be made with the MOT (microwave oven transformer). Bob Davis just finished some of his 2400 Volt Soda Can Crusher experiments that uses a MOT, some large caps and a handful of other electronics. The crushing results are a bit more dramatic in one of his last can crushing experiment which used
You may remember the interview we did with Roger Smith a few years ago. This time Roger is demonstrating how power can be transmitted about 10 feet through thin air using tuned coils. Of course this would not be practical for normal power transmission since even during this demonstration Roger takes a poke from the resonator coil. 🙂 It would be interesting to see one of these scaled up
