Rafael Mizrahi has put some serious work into this Guitar Hero Robot called Guitar Heronoid. If you are not very good at Guitar Hero this robot may be what you need to get some high scores. If this hack it a bit to hard, why not go wireless first. “The robot is divided into two basic parts, “brain” and “body”. The “brain” is in charge of detecting and analyzing the
Kipkay has made another one of his videos. 🙂 In this video he straps a small rocket motor to a toy car. When the motor is activated it goes off with a blast, Kipkay estimates that it is going 1800 scale miles per hour!
Jerome Demers from Quebec has put together a great article. If you are looking to get into robot building this Robot Building Instructable could be a step in the right direction. The parts could be scrounged up for free from things you have laying around or they can be purchased inexpensively.
Dan’s Workshop has an example of a Grease Powered Toy Jeep. This project uses some interesting modules that take heat and output electricity. “I used two of the Marlow SP2348 modules in series for the heat to electricity converter. I used white heatsink grease to make a good thermally conductive bond between the two heatsinks. Actually, the bottom heatsink (the hot side) was just a flat plate of aluminum, about
Imagitronics has created a new interactive version of Pong. He calls it Bongo Pong, rolling right and left on a platform controls your on-screen pong paddle. Video after the jump. “I started work right away on the project. I quickly found out that Indo boards do not come cheap, with prices starting around $80, so I decided to make my own. For $6 I was able to get a short
This Paper Rocket Kit looks like fun, just print and build! “Still looking for something to shoot into the sky on new year eve? Here it is: Build your own little paper rocket – it comes complete with a pneumatic launch pad. Using pressurized air as it’s only fuel, the rocket might rise as high as five meters. No fire and no explosives are used – it’s perfectly safe for
If you are musically inclined this Open Source MIDI Keyboard hack might be something that you would be interested in. Using this system you could start with an inexpensive keyboard as demonstrated or use anything else that you see fit. “This project details the steps to build your own Open Source (musical) keyboard which connects to a computer via USB and sends MIDI signals. This is achieved using an AN2131
