Toy Hacks

Win a Pleo

Photo courtesy of Perspective Branding Robert from Robots Rule passed on a tip about a Pleo giveaway contest that some of you may be interested in. “The Pleo pre-order date has been moved from February 3rd to sometime this spring. To make up for it Ugobe is holding a contest to give away 10 Pleos in a contest to those people that are signed up on Ugobe’s E-mail list. You

Internet Controlled Security Robot

Once the full scale version of this car is made all it will need is a paint ball gun to keep the bad guys away! “Build a security robot that can be controlled and viewed over the internet. The planned final version will be a kids 48” electric car with a network camera attached. 1/4 Scale Trial Version: I opted to try this out with a $20 RC car from

Robosapien Dance Machine

  Take your WowWee robots to the next level with Robodance. “The next version of Robosapien Dance Machine, the free open source program also known as Robodance, has support for the Nintendo Wii Remote. You can watch a funny sneak preview video of this new release in action now. ( Warning: this video contains graphic footage of a robot tickling Elmo! ) Robodance already lets you control your WowWee robot

Top 10 Christmas Project Ideas

10. Microcontroller Christmas Music This project will allow you to create your own music using a microcontroller. “With Christmas fast drawing near, I thought it appropriate to create a project that has a festive theme and also shows what the humble PICmicro is capable of doing with a little imagination and the right tools. i.e. PROTON+ Compiler. Everyone and their reindeer has created Christmas projects in the past but most