February 8, 2007
Roboman Hoverboard!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wow, I wish this was real… back-to-the-future, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Educational, Educational, Gadgets, Gadgets, hoverboard, Hovercraft, Hovercraft, hovering, roboman, Travel, Travel, Video, Video, Zedomax ... More
Copper plating and etching Altoids tins
Wow, this is a great copper plating technique for getting anything you want onto aa Altoids tin! via Circuits, Circuits, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Gadgets, Gadgets, Graphics, Graphics, magic, magic ... More
More Motor Experiments - 3 Stepper motors with CUBLOC CB280
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Here’s an update of controlling 3 stepper motors using a CUBLOC CB280 module. Although you can move the motors simultaneously, there are a lot of applications you can use it for. Sorry about the video, my video camera needs head cleaning. applications, build, cb280, Circuits, Circuits, c ... More
DIY - Motor Experiment - CUBLOC CB280 with Xylotex Stepper Motor
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. We’ve been messing around with some industrial stepper motors at work. These Xylotex stepper motors are pretty cool. We have an example here for interfacing with some CUBLOC modules. We got the 3-axis stepper kit so we will have a 3 stepper motor update soon too. 3axis, build, cb280, Circuit ... More
Plastic Robotic Arm Review
Okay, this robotic arm sucks. We have one here at Zedomax, we were going to hack it but the arm itself runs on bunch of low power DC motors. It is very useful to play with if you are going to build your own robotic arm though. Well, we can maybe hack it in the future… Our suggestion, make your own robotic arm based on this except use mor ... More
Video - How it’s Made: Snack Cakes
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a cool video on how snack cakes are made. via Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, techeblog, Video, Video, youtube, Zedomax ... More
February 7, 2007
DIY - Stencil T-shirt
Lately, I have been trying to get some idea on making custom shirts. Here’s a good way you can get your images onto a T-shirt! via instructables Consumer, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Graphics, Graphics, photography, photography ... More
Ethereal - Free Network sniffer tool for embedded TCP/IP applications
This is the best sniffer for embedded TCP/IP applications in my opinion. There a lot of options such as HTTP filtering, UDP, TCP, DHCP, and you can also use it for capturing packets to break WEP codes… (not that i recommend it.) Cool, Hack, Hack, Microcontroller, Microcontroller, Network, Network ... More
Commodore PDA
Here’s a 64KB Commodore PDA system that runs BASIC. Tight! Here are a few pics of my own DTV Hummer project. I had an old PSOne LCD screen lying around and I thought I’d make a C64 laptop. Actually, it’s more like a C64 PDA! It measures 6.5 x 6 x 1.5 inches (15.5 x 16.5 x 4 cm) when closed. It can run from an AC wall adapter or ... More
Homemade $230,000 Boeing 747 Flight Simulator!
Check out the homemade flight simulator you can test your 747 pilot skills with! One day Matthew Sheil’s Boeing 747 is dodging houses on the approach into Hong Kong, the next it’s shaking like a baby’s rattle in a storm over the Atlantic. But Sheil does it all at a cruising altitude of about nine feet without ever leaving a Sydney, Austral ... More
Traditional Trebuchet launching a CAR!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a look into a traditional trebuchet that launches a modern age car! You can also make your own for experiments. via Auto, Auto, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Gadgets, Gadgets, Video, Video ... More
DIY - AVR based Bucket mousetrap
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a cool little project for capturing mouse! This project captures a mouse by having a solenoid (electromagnet) drop a bucket over the mouse. The bucket is triggered by the mouse interrupting one of the infrared emitter/detector pairs around the bait ... More
DIY HACK - Get a 1 second pulse circuit from your ordinary Clock!
Here’s a cool hack on getting the circuit from your ordinary clock and using it as a super accurate 1-second pulsing circuit. Circuits, Circuits, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Educational, Educational, Gadgets, Gadgets, Hack, Hack ... More
DIY - Make your own modern ceiling light!
Check out this cool modern style kitchen light you make yourself on a budget! tighT! This project started with a very common problem: terrible kitchen lighting. Like most people, my kitchen lighting was awful and consisted of just one dome lamp in the middle of the ceiling. The other possible option is the ugly fluorescent recessed lighting tha ... More
February 6, 2007
DIY Blood Typing Test Kit
In Korean culture, it’s believed that people with Blood type O are very friendly and mix with people well, Blood type B are the worst, and Blood type A are in-between the two. Well I am Blood type B, who believes in that anymore anyways? (well, actually i am pretty bad…) Here’s a DIY on Blood testing… That’s why we ... More
DIY - T-shirt RACK
This is a genuine idea that takes few parts and would be nice for anyone who needs to dry their shirts when the dryer isn’t doing the job. Definitely, I need this since everytime I do laundry, my apartment dryer just doesn’t do the job… via instructables Consumer, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Gadgets, Gadgets ... More
Dry Ice Nalgene Explosion
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wow, this is kinda cool dry ice experiment video! Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Video, Video ... More
DIY - Nomad Autonomous Buggy
Here’s a nice little RC buggy for future reference on RC mods… This was probably the most important thing to achieve. The R/C vehicle that I’m using has 2 servos, one to move the position of the front wheels and therefore controls steering and the other controls a mechanical speed controller (push it forwards and you go forwards ... More
Bike Plow for your winter holidays
Check out this awesome bike plow to plow your snow while exercising! After years of not having much success riding my road bike in the snow, I discovered the seat could be raised high enough on my daughter’s mountain bike for me to ride comfortably. Although the bike handled well in new snow, compacted, icy snow with hundreds of footprint ... More
Tetris Tote bag for Tetris lovers
Wow, check out this cool tetris tote bag for tetris lovers! I wish it was actual digital game on the bag itself… (that will have to go on our priority list of DIYs…) via etsy Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Games, Games ... More
DIY - How To Make Your Own Homebrewed PCBs
I think this has been around but we’ve been thinking about making some homebrew PCBs, so… This DIY is pretty good since it has lots of cool pictures… nice glove… via aliben Circuits, Circuits, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Educational, Educational, Gadgets, Gadgets, Industrial, Industrial, Micro ... More
CNC Milling Machine updated with Mach3 Software!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Check out the update on CNC milling machine with cool software update with Mach3 CNC software. Now Garrett’s CNC milling machine runs much faster with the Mach3! We’ve been playing around with Mach3, which supports Modbus I/O. This example uses one modbus output on a CUBLOC module ... More
DIY - How to make a tatoo gun using your toothbrush!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode You will need this for your next homemade tatoos… :p via Consumer, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Gadgets, Gadgets, Hack, Hack, Projects, Projects, Video, Video ... More
