Toy Hacks

Laser Shooting Duck Hunt Game

  Have you ever been to carnivals and played Duck Hunt Game? Check out the video of this Laser Shooting Duck Hunt Game which shows how this game has evolved using Laser technology. It was carried out by few students from San Jose State University and made the use of laser guns for shooting the eye-catching ducks made up of glass which is makes this game more fascinating to play.

Voice Controlled Hex Bugs

  Check out this interesting project which uses some remote controlled Hex Bugs. By adding a computer, an IR Toy from our friend Ian and an Arduino Jim Choate has created a way to add voice control to these cool little bug toys. The voice commands are deciphered by custom software running on the computer which was written in C#. If you are interested in having a look at the

Romo Phonebot at CES

  Marc de Vinck from Make is at CES and is hunting down all of the stuff that we think is cool. Check out this neat Phone Robot called Romo. It works out to be quite an expensive robot considering it holds your smart phone, as long as it doesn’t take a tumble down the stairs I think your phone is quite safe though. There is a developer section for

Crazy Walking Machine Project

  Have you ever heard of a walking machine made from bent wires and run by a single 1.5V AA battery wherein the motor and battery can rotate with crank? Hackolog member brought this amazing concept, where you can build your own walking machine just by using fewer components.  You can start by connecting the motor to the crank to which the wheels are fitted. Now when the wheels meet an obstruction the motor starts

Open Picus Dancing Twitter Santa

  If you want to drive the guys over at Open Picus nuts send a tweet to their dancing santa! Check out their Open Picus Dancing Twitter Santa project to see how they connected the santa with a few bits of electronics to their system. I have a feeling that this will be a fun gadget on the desk until it keeps dancing non stop for a few hours… “I

Circuit Bent NES

This vintage video game player has a few extras on it. The extra knobs buttons and switches allow you to play this game console in a new way. With the original circuit board connected to in certain audio circuit location you are able to alter it in a pleasing way, watch the video below to see an example of this in action. Thanks to John who passed along this link

Laser Targeting Wrist Mounted Crossbow

If you have see the DIY Pulse Laser Gun or the Iron Man Repulsor Light Laser Glove Project then with one look at this Laser Targeting Wrist Mounted Crossbow you would know that Patrick Priebe was the mad man behind it. Watch the video below to see it shooting balloons, cans and light bulbs. I would think that a micro video camera mounted on the glove would make for some