August 19, 2006
Report: Dell orders about 2 million AMD PCs
(real time daily chart from yahoo) (real time 3 month chart from yahoo) This could possibly help me, I have some AMD and Intel stocks, I am rooting for Intel right now as their stock is lower. Well I always root for the under-dog… via [News] Current AMD Prices via [Yahoo] Stocks, Stocks ... More
Skype + Outlook
Hmmm… I guess this is new idea, I think technology has been out there for a while, no one has put it all together yet… via [skylook] Web, Web ... More
LG MFJM53 8GB MP3/Video Player
Check this out, almost looks like the LG Chocolate, hmmm… i wish they had a LG Chocolate that would combine the two… via [reghardware] Consumer, Consumer ... More
Robotic Arm?
© Caroline “Yoshiyuki Sankai’s Hybrid Assisted Limb (yes, that’s a nod to the haywire computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey) is suit that gives its wearer superpowers: the ability to lift an extra 88 pounds or walk long distances without tiring” Max, “Wow, I need one of those whenever I move~” via [Forbes] Rob ... More
Make Vision Gadget - Weekend Project
Okay, here’s a nice weekend project from Make, they have a LED display consisting of a bike wheel and AC motor from one of their household mixers… Link [Make] DoItYourself! ... More
August 18, 2006
HOW TO - Make a sound level indicator
Here’s how to build a pretty neat looking sound meter, I just bought some ear projection that is rated for 30db, so this might be fun to test if they really work with a visual indicator… via [Make] Max, “Hmmm, what if I could build a sound level detector and hook it up to my GPRS modem… This seems very interesting…& ... More
Make a Touch screen Slotmachine and Blackjack in your car
Okay today I was thinking and figured, why don’t I just put a touch-screen slotmachine in my car? I am stuck in traffic 2 hours a day. So that’s 2 x 5 days x 12 months = 120 hours a year. “I can gamble while I am waiting at the stop light,” I figured. DIY Link DIY Link [HTML in English] Auto, Auto, DIY Zedomax, DIY Zedoma ... More
DIY - Make an Alarm System in 3 minutes
Here’s a DIY on how to make an alarm system in 3 minutes. We will use a loud buzzer and some magnetic switchs from Radio Shack to create a simple yet effective alarm system. We will throw in a LCD, keypad so we can alarm the alarm system using a 4-digit code and be able to see the system status using the LCD. DIY Link DIY Link [html] DIY Z ... More
3D Virtual Reality Touch screen
Check out this 3D Virtual Reality Touch screen from Microsoft. Seems very interesting, we will have a new wave of touch screen products soon… via [business 2.0 blog] Consumer, Consumer ... More
August 17, 2006
Live motion 3D video camera
O’Reilly’s Radar has a brief write up of a “3D live motion video camera that uses LIDAR technology to get a range-finding for every pixel” - you could “scan” an area and put all the 3D data in to just about any application, wow! Link & full image.Max, “Kinda cool” via [makezine] Entertainment, ... More
The next big myspace - emerging e-community technology
Well when I was playing golf with the SK Telecom guy 6 months ago, he also told me about cyworld opening up in SF, kinda like myspace.com, which is very popular in Asia right now. I guess cyworld is part of SK too, hmm…I should have bought some stocks… Well actually he offered to refer me to people in cyworld for a job but I promptly r ... More
Send a SMS message to a cell phone using a Bluetree GPRS modem and CuTOUCH™
Here’s an application note that uses Bluetree’s M2M Express GPRS modem and CuTOUCH touch screen controller to send a text message. These GPRS modems are becoming more and more common so we gotta learn to interface w/ them at one point or another. Yes, we will also use a “touch-enabled” Chocolate LG cell phone… link ... More
August 16, 2006
Helio? Multi-lanugage service?
I guess Helio is the new cell phone service provider. I actually had a random chance of playing golf 6 months ago w/ one of the project managers of SK Telecom, who is the parent company behind Helio… I heard something about it, and now like couple months later, it’s here! wow… I guess you can text message in different languages, ... More
The new LG Chocolate phone
You gotta check this LG Chocolate phone. It’s got a touch interface, kind of like the ipod: I got the UK version but I guess you can get it from Verizon now, but you can’t use your SIM card since verizon uses CDMA instead of GMS. Consumer, Consumer ... More
Add a 2 Giga-byte SD/CF Card to ur App
Do u want to add a 2 Giga-byte FAT File System to your Touch-screen controller, CUBLOC, or any other Microcontroller? Here’s how to make a SD Card Dongle using SD-COM5, SD Card Reader, and an XPORT Dongle. Link DoItYourself! ... More
Add a NEMA17 Stepper Motor to ur App
Do u want to add a Stepper Motor for your app? Today we will use a R208 Microstep Driver from RMS Technologies and a NEMA-17 Stepper Motor from AutomationDirect.com. via Link via Link [html in English] DIY Zedomax, DIY Zedomax, diy-zedomax-stepper-motor, DoItYourself! ... More
Add a Bar-code Scanner to ur App
Do u need a Bar-code scanner for your app? Today we will try to use a Metrologic Voyager Bar-code scanner to scan a coke bottle, Jagermeister bottle, CT1721 Start Kit Bard code label, and yes, UPS tracking number. via Link via Link [html in English] barcode, build, code, coke, comfile, Consumer, Consumer, cubloc, cutouch, DIY Zedomax, DIY ... More
Add Remote Control to ur App
Do u need a remote control device for your app? Here’s a very simple instructions on how to add a remote control to control 3 LEDs. We will use a CUBLOC Study Board and GRFM-3KEY to turn 3 LEDs On and Off. Link DoItYourself! ... More
Digital Compass using CMPS03
Do u need a digital compass for your app? Here we go, let’s put interface a digital compass w/ CUBLOC CB280. We will use a CUBLOC CB280 module and CMPS03 Digital Compass module from Devantech to create a simple 0 to 360 degree compass. via Link via Link [html in English] cb220, cb280, CMPS03, cubloc, cutouch, devantech, digital_c ... More
G Meter for your car
DimensionEngineering has these really easy to use triple axis accelerometer that you can interface w/ any type of controlller using ADCs… I think I will try order one myself and see if I can interface w/ my CUBLOC and CuTOUCH… Here’s an article about how to make a G-Meter for your car. link DIY Zedomax, Industrial, Industrial, ... More
Wireless Graphic LCD
Today, we will learn to make graphic LCDs go “wireless” by using ACODE-300 bluetooth modules. We will use a CUBLOC CB280 module and a GHLCD graphic LCD to create a wireless LCD w/ tetris demo program running up to 100 feet away from my desk. via Link via Link [html in English] DIY Zedomax, DIY Zedomax, DoItYourself!, Games, ... More
