February 2, 2007
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Update
Things have been going crazy over Aqua Teen Hunger Force. I think their guerilla marketing strategy did work! Check out these interesting links for the Aqua week: Aqua Teen Hunger Force Homemade LED Shirt Boston Mooninite installers arrested eBay Watch: Aqua Teen Hunger Force LED Board Selling for $787 Video of people who got arrested (These ... More
February 1, 2007
DIY HACK - Tank Bot!
Kinda neat creation, a tank bot. Check it out dude. Also check out videos and circuits. via Circuits, Circuits, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Gadgets, Gadgets, Hack, Hack, Microcontroller, Microcontroller, Motor, Motor, Projects, Projects, Robots, robots ... More
January 30, 2007
Make Daisy MP3 Made! Touchscreen Desktop MP3 hack coming soon…
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. So we made the MP3 player and it works freakin’ great! The sound quality was as good as an off-the-shelf MP3s. We plan to hack it using a CuTOUCH CT1720 and make some cool touchscreen menus for it. Here’s some pictures of how it will fit in the touchscreen enclosure: (It fit perfectly!) ... More
January 29, 2007
DIY HACK - How to make a GPS Logger using PIC and a $20 GPS receiver
Here’s a tight little project that can cost very little to make if you need to make your own GPS data logging system for your next hiking or outdoor adventure! This project focused on creating a simple serial data logger for the Delorme Tripmate (also known as the GPSTripmate). The Tripmate is an older GPS receiver that can be purchased on ... More
January 28, 2007
How to use a multimeter!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Here’s a cool howto on using a multimeter. This could be very useful if you are a hacker, inventor, gadgeteer, maker, or ninja among other super human beings… It could be helpful to know the next time your wife asks you how many volts is running through the power line that your dog or ca ... More
January 26, 2007
DIY - Weather Station
This weather station built by couple Oregon college students have been around, but very cool to know if you are trying to build one from scratch. The Remote Weather Station (RWS) is a computerized weather monitoring system using MINI-MAX/51-C micro-controller board from BiPOM Electronics and various sensors. RWS consists of two separate module ... More
Express Programming Service for Inventors, engineers, MAKERS, hackers, tinkerers, etc…
My work place is hiring bunch of new people and offering some express programming service for inventors, engineers, makers, and tinkerers out there who want to make some cool touchscreen applications. I got some hookups from my boss so you can use the Promo Code “ZEDOMAX” for 40% discounts for your future projects, make sure to check ... More
Cool Feed reader
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Hey here’s a cool feed reader you can make. (Hey, Phillip, send me a make mp3 so i can start hacking it, we are in hibernation ‘cauz we really need a desktop mp3 player…) Okay, we agree that we request too many free stuff but at least we do ma ... More
January 25, 2007
DIY HACK - Build a Six-Axis 3D Controller (3D mouse)
Check out this awesome 3D mouse you can build using some creative hacks! I’ve been exploring 3D graphics using VVVV. One of the things you quickly learn when working in 3D is that doing anything with a 2D mouse is a pain. Particularly I found I was spending a lot of time shuffling the camera position which involves a tricky combination of k ... More
January 24, 2007
DIY - Cool prototyping technique!
Check out this great prototyping technique! Thanks dwrenne! To build any electronics handicrafts, there are some wiring materials. I think most people are wiring circuit board with PTFE (Teflon) insurated wire. But the PTFE wire is not suitable for wiring material with solder due to following reasons. Wires on the circuit board gets like a dis ... More
Control your car using your Cellphone!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Here’s a cool Smart Car system for your car with GPS tracking so you don’t have to pay some big name service to track where your car is. Do you need to control your vehicle using your cellphone or track where it is in the world on your computer? Here’s a cool smart car system bui ... More
January 23, 2007
DIY HACK Video - Xbox 360 Tilt Controller
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a cool hack for your XBOX 360 if you want to make it like a Wii controller or a SixAxisController. The accelerometer works by outputting varying voltages for var ... More
January 22, 2007
DIY HACK - Internet Controlled Security Robot
Here’s a cool internet controlled security robot you make yourselves and protect your home or office! Wow, here’s a cool internet controlled security robot using CUBLOC CB280, CuBASE 32M, CLCD420B, and a MAXPORT. Thanks Shelato! There are two components to the interface. One a Visual basic program that sends and receives commands to the ... More
January 20, 2007
CES Video - Hamster Controlled Roomba!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Check out this cute hamster vacuuming your whole carpet using a roomba! blip, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Entertainment, Entertainment, Funny, Funny, Gadgets, Gadgets, hamster, Microcontroller, Microcontroller, roomba, roomba-hack, TV, Video, Video, Zedomax ... More
January 19, 2007
Cool Touch notes - Quick Note on Touch Sensors — QT113/118
Here’s some cool quick notes on touch sensors QT113/118 for those of you trying to invent touch enabled systems. I need a touch sensor for a couple of projects, and the Qprox QT113 seems to be the way to go, particularly for interfacing with an Atmel processor. It’s easy to work with, and hooks-up with only a bare minimum of extra stu ... More
January 18, 2007
DIY - LED Shirt!
This one has been around but it’s too cool. Cool LED Shirt you can make yourself! design 1. Pick a garment to sew on, a pattern that will let you sew your own garment, or design your own pattern. 2. Design your display. decide on the number of LEDs you want and their general placement. This will depend on the garment you chose ... More
January 16, 2007
CES 2007: Plen Robot Demonstration
View This Video on You Tube Check out this cool Plen Robot from CES! You can control it using your cellphone via bluetooth! Standing just 0.75 ft tall, the Plen robot is powered by a 32bit ARM7 CPU @ 33MHz, has 18 movable joints, a USB RS-232C interface, and Bluetooth support. It weighs 700g and is available now in Japan at the price of $2,206. ... More
January 15, 2007
PSP HACK - uClinux on your PSP!
Check out this cool PSP hack! Someone ported uClinux to a PSP! :p uClinux is a open-source linux for small embedded applications. You have no royalty to pay for after you develop an application which is the benefit over the royalty attached RTOS (Real Time Operating Systems). Micrium has some cool RTOS but I think you have to pay like $10,0 ... More
January 10, 2007
DIY - HOWTO make LED Fireflies!
View This Video on You Tube Check out these cool LED fireflies you can make! The inspiration for this project comes from having never lived in an area where fireflies were common and being deeply fascinated whenever I encounter them in my travels. The flash patterns have been digitized from firefly behavioral research data found online and were m ... More
IROBOT Create - a Roomba for robot enthusiasts especially Todbot!
Here’s a cool roomba for robot enthusiasts that iRobot just released. Great news for todbot! Now he can spend more time making some more cool stuff with this one although he’s hacked Roomba enough that we probably don’t need this new IROBOT Create…dur… Thanks chiwawa for the info! :0) Today at the Consumer Electroni ...