March 23, 2007
Wii HACK - Solar powered Wii!
Wow, check out this cool solar powered Wii! Tom’s Hardware Guide recently built a mobile Wii station, complete with an HD monitor, that’s powered in part by a solar energy (check out the Tom’s Workshop video of the project). It’s a simple invention on many levels. For one, it didn’t cost much at all to find a battery ... More
March 20, 2007
In-rack wireless modules for PLCs
Here’s a cool radio gizmo wireless module you can use for PLCs and other “industrial” applications. You could probably use it with CUBLOC or CuTOUCH too… Check out Prosoft Technologies for more info. Frequency hopping (FHSS) radios create robust serial and/orEthernet links for the most demanding applications in terms of r ... More
ECOS LIFELINK - A Solar/Wind Water, Electricity AND Wireless Station
Check out the Ecos Lifelink that brings re-use of energy through solar power, wind power, water power. Even wireless is provided “re-using” that same generated power. Awesome! (Save earth, peace! >- ) One of the most brilliant inventions we’ve seen to date is this mobile, portable structure which provides water purification, el ... More
Mechanical Hit Counter
Here’s a cool ethernet-enabled mechanical hit counter. It seems kind of over-powered using a relay but this can be a great source of information for similar applications. So, when you ping salem, you’re actually hitting my firewall, which redirects ICMP type 8 (Echo Request) so the board, whose internal address is 192.168.0.2.The BX ... More
March 19, 2007
High School Student Builds Nuclear Fusion Reactor
Wow, check this out. A high school student has built a nuclear fusion reactor. Maybe he can make the next Back-to-the-Future car… High school student Thiago Olson has gone beyond basic physics class. Way beyond. Using parts and materials scrounged from the local hardware story and eBay, Olson built a working fusion reactor. In November 200 ... More
March 17, 2007
Lego Mindstorms Warehouse Project
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Check out this cool lego mindstorms project by these Germans! Wundava! Sehr Gutte! This Warehouse Project shows the power and flexability of the LEGO Mindstorm kit. It uses Microsoft BizTalk, Windows Workflow Foundation and C# to stitch everything together. W ... More
DIY - Beginning with the Basic Stamp
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Check out Bre’s new video on Basic Stamp howto with Joe Grand. He’s also got some pdfs with instructions. Basic Stamp is a programmable embedded computer that you can program in BASIC language. You can also refer to CUBLOC, which is pretty much the same thing with more memory and spee ... More
Recycled Computer Parts Art
Here’s a great way to save earth and energy. By making your own computer parts art like this guy, you can help us eliminate PCB waste and toxic chemicals from being spread especially for older hardware which are lead abundant. via Art, Circuits, Circuits, computer_parts, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Eart ... More
March 15, 2007
DIY - Blue Heart LED Light
Here’s a cool blue heart LED light that you can use as an example to make some water filled lights. It’d be really cool if it was RGB. This is small gift i maked for my girlfriend for Valentine’s day. Blue is her favorite color. So i decided make something that is blue. First idea was to make copper sulphate crystals (I will pl ... More
DIY HACK - How to rewiring an existing phone system to be used as an Ethernet network!
Here’s a cool DIY on how to convert your home phone lines into an ethernet network. I’ve tried this before with some success but here’s a great how to you can follow. Coarch says, This is a guide to hacking the wiring of your home. Changing it from a phone line based system to a flexible and extensible home network. I upgrad ... More
March 13, 2007
Computer Controlled Intelligent Scarecrow?
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Yes, it has been done by students from University of South Florida. Great job guys! These guys should really make a new start-up company making whole bunch of these for farmers… Our idea for this project was to develop an “intelligent scarecrow& ... More
DIY HACK - How to build your own laptop!
Here’s a cool DIY on how to build your own laptop using a microcontroller and an LCD. Well we should really call it, “MCU Laptop” but it’s a great exercise for anyone learning computer hardware. Ever thought to yourself, “Hey, I could probably build my own computer if I really tried.” Or maybe, “Man, I r ... More
DIY HACK - Cool LED POV
Ooooohhhh, check out this cool LED POV! You can do current time, signs, and more! Nicely done! From the pictures you can see there’s a motor on the rotor shaft (with the blue housing), and an additional one below the mounting plate. The first motor turned out have too little power to give the rotor enough speed. So I added another motor a ... More
March 12, 2007
DIY HACK - Homemade Balancing Skateboard!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wow, check out this awesome homemade balancing skateboard. As a skateboarder myself, this is way too cool… It’s very similar to a snowboard to ride, requiring no user input other than the movement of your body mass. Leaning forwards and ... More
March 11, 2007
DIY HACK - How to make a USB Charging Flashlight
Here’s how to make a USB charging flashlight. But you can probably make this work for many other devices that run 5V including MP3 players, cellphones, whatever it is. Just don’t complain if you try to power something less than 5V and blow it up… After reviewing the Forever Flashlight for The Gadget Panel I couldn’t help bu ... More
Octopart is a search engine for electronic parts
Check out this octopart search engine for electronic parts. It seems to searching mouser, digikey, and other major electronic part companies for stuff. The creator dropped out of school to make this so everyone please take a look! P.S. I couldn’t find any Make controllers, Cublocs, or any controllers that are not being sold through the majo ... More