Wrap Around Immersive Gaming Screens
If you are looking for a better experience when playing your video games a wrap around screen would kick things up a notch. Have a look at some of these screen ideas.
Amazon Echo Hacked Into Billy Bass Fish
Amazon Echo seems to be all the rage these days. What is even better than a quick answer from a sleek looking black box? Having a Billy Bass Fish speak it to you! Brian Kane hacked this up as a cool demo. There is currently no information on how it was built so for now you can just use this as inspiration! Via: The Verge
Spontaneous Pop-up Display – Collapsible Display
If you are looking for a display on the go this new Kickstarter will be of interest to you. It is an interesting collapsible display that uses a short through high power DLP projector to get the job done. It has already tipped so this will become reality. Until a paper think color roll up display is available this will be the next best thing. “SPUD is the only
Yamaha AV Receiver Teardown and Troubleshooting
The Post Apocalyptic Inventor got his hands on some cheap Yamaha audio gear. He took apart the receiver with the hopes to troubleshoot and repair the unit. Unfortunately a cap had spilled it’s guts and leaked all over the PCB corroding it very badly. It would be possible to repair but it would take a long time. If that wasn’t bad enough many of the main high power (expensive)
DIY Cheap CNC Machine using DVD Drives
If you are looking for a project build that can probably be put together with some items out of your junk box and about $10 in parts. The main drive for the system are the motor units from 2 old DVD drives. An Arduino controls the system. “components used 1. 2x old PC DVD Writer 2. Arduino nano 3. Small servo motor 4. L293D 5. Zero PCB”
Long Range nRF24L01 Testing
Long range data transmission can be useful. There are lots of options out there but the cheap nRF24L01 modules with an external antenna can work wonders. iforce2d has done lots of testing with a nice DIY rig. He has a stationary transmitter and a receiver mounted on his car, the car rig has a GPS and SD card modules to that he has the ability to record the
Drone with 1000 Watts of LED Light
1000 watts of light doesn’t sound like much. But 1000 watts of LED light mounted to the bottom of a drone flying overhead looks amazing. The video captured at the end of the video is stunning and the smoke scenes are mesmerizing.