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Arduino Hack - How to Connect Sensors to Pachube!

by max on June 30th, 2009
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Do you want to learn how to connect sensors via Arduino to the free online monitoring site, Pachube? This could be a great way to monitor any of your Aduino projects, even if you are on the other side of the globe. I recently discovered Pachube and have just fell in love with it. This is a video of my first Pachube project and what I’ve been able to do. I connected two light sens ...

DIY RGB LED Strip

by max on June 18th, 2009
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For circuit enthusiasts out there, you might be surprised to learn that there’s this awesome DIY RGB LED Strip. This reminds me of my Christmas Wreath project, I could easily implement this instead without the fan. Non-addressable RGB strip (meaning you can turn the whole strip a particular color but not any individual LED) is becoming easier to find in the market but a RGB strip ...

The Cideko Air Keyboard

by David Allen on June 17th, 2009
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The title does not actually do this device justice, launched at the Computex 2009 in Taiwan this is a full wireless keyboard, but it is more than that. It is a remote control and a mouse too. Being a USB device, no software is required. The Air Keyboard is a simple plug in play device that has a possible range of about fifty metres and uses two AA batteries that are supposed to la ...

Motorcycle Hack - How to Make a Motorcycle Control Panel!

by max on June 10th, 2009
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I am not really sure what the point of gathering data on a motorcycle would be for, (as I rather just go really fast) but you can surely make one of these motorcycle control panel from Arduino and gather data for fine-tuning your motorcycle. Hey, I’m really pleased with how this is going. This is still a prototype but it’s functionally complete and works very well. It’s messy b ...

Arduino Hack - DIY Ultrasonic Cat Water Dish Monitor/Twitter!

by max on June 9th, 2009
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Check out this cool device that can monitor a cat’s water dish and also twits it to Twitter. 1. Arduino waits for serial communication from computer connected by USB. Upon request from the computer, it will take a water level reading and send it back. 2. The computer, an NSLU2 reflashed with De ...

DIY Programmable Synthesized Guitar!

by max on May 27th, 2009
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Here’s a really cool DIY programmable, synthesized guitar someone made for their engineering project. Awesome! Our basic idea is to model an acoustic guitar as closely as possible and then implement additional functions not available to the conventional guitar. This includes allowing the play of the guitar with sound being output to earphones, allowing for practice without distur ...

DIY - How to Make an LED Matrix Dice!

by max on May 21st, 2009
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For all you gambling-addicts, you might be surprised to learn that there is a way to simulate crap dice on an LED matrix, here’s a cool DIY project for that. Fact: I am a new D&D player. Problem: Having to roll many kinds of dice, which get lost and end up it other player’s hands. Solution: Build an n-sided dice. Method: Take two 5×7 led displays, connect them t ...

The super Dell XPS 630

by David Allen on May 21st, 2009
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As far as PC’s go there are simply just too many to choose from, so it depends on what you want do on the computer, it seems that gamers are the most demanding of computer users and therefore computer makers are now producing machines that are designed specifically for the gamer market. This is the Dell XPS 630, a gaming machine that appear to have fashioned itself on “Knightrider ...

BUG - Tiny DIY/Open-Srouce Linux-Platform Microcomputer with Java ...

by max on May 12th, 2009
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In my life time, I have seen many little linux-microcomputers that will allow you to do more hacking with less space. Sorta like the ultra-tiny SheevaPlug, this BUG is an open-source linux-based microcomputer that already comes with accelerometer, camera, and even a GPS module so you can build the next generation gadget-device with it. I happen to like it a lot, maybe I will get one soon ...

DIY Tin Can Robot Science Kit!

by max on April 20th, 2009
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Very similar to the soda can DIY robot kit, this DIY tin can robot science kit will turn your regular soda can into a cute, walking tin-can robot. Even if you are not a kid, this kid could possibly let you finally kill some time on your relaxing weekends. “Just a CAN-do attitude…” Recycle a soda can by turning it into a silly robot that can move. Kit includes par ...