DIY Attack Dyno Project

  This DIY Attack Dyno Project is designed to fit in the dash of a car and will give you measurements such as horse power and torque based on just a few car connected sensors. “The Attack Dyno is a convenient and affordable way to bring an attack timer and dynamometer right to the comfort of your own vehicle. The whole design is built to fit right into the space

Name the Thing Contest – 293

    The prize this week is a relay module to get your next project started. This contest will run for one week (Feb 15, 2016 – Feb 19, 2016). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item above and what it can be used for. Please do not give the answer in the comments. Send an email to contest @ hackedgadgets.com with “Name the

Microchip MPLAB Xpress Cloud-based IDE

  If you have ever installed MPLAB on your development machine you know how heavy this software is. Microchip has now given you a nice light weight option. MPLAB Xpress Cloud-based IDE is now available and will let you get up and running in no time. Thanks for the tip James. “MPLAB Xpress is a perfect starting point for new users of PIC Microcontrollers – no downloads, no machine configuration, and no

Emergency Personal Locator Beacon Teardown

  AvE got his hands on an Emergency Personal Locator Beacon. This is one of the few things made in Canada! Looks like no expense was spared in the build. The lithium batteries are still operational even though they were dated to expire 16 years ago. I have never seen the  tape measure like antenna. Without making an electrical connection is it doing anything? I was expecting to see a

Glass Sculptor

  Making things out of glass can be very fast and efficient. Have a look at this video that shows how glass bottles are produced, after watching this you will appreciate how versatile glass is as a raw material. Jack Storms does things in a much different way, rather than melting and heating his art he creates by grinding and cutting. The video below is beautiful and reminds me of

Soft Robots

  When most people think of a robot it contains hard fixed parts that move with certainty and could cause some damage to things around it if there was a collision. These soft robots are the opposite of the type we featured in the past that humans could ride on, and if there was a bug in code have a bad day on. A soft robot has compliant pieces that

Lego Paper Airplane Maker

  You can build some really cool stuff with LEGO. With enough gears and bendy bits you can make this Lego Paper Airplane Maker which can take some paper in one end and shoot our a paper airplane out of the other end. Arthur Sacek spent some quality time building this creation for Arrow. Via: Gizmodo