November 20, 2006
Best place for Electronics in France
Here’s the best place for electronics in France! comfiletech, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, cubloc, cutouch, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Gadgets, Gadgets, lextronics, Microcontroller, Microcontroller, Motor, Motor, Suppliers, Suppliers, Zedomax ... More
November 17, 2006
Make magazine vol 08!
I just got my new make magazine volume 8, cool cover aey? Audio, Audio, Auto, Auto, Business, Business, Circuits, Circuits, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Earth, Earth, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Gadgets, Gadgets, Government, Government, Graphics, Graphics, Hack, Hack, Linux, Linux, ma ... More
November 15, 2006
Garrett’s DIY - Upcoming Boe-Bot Hacks - Remote Controlled Insect
Here’s a video of upcoming boe-bot hacks from Garrett using a Parallax Boe-Bot platform and CUBLOC CB220.as brain. This little creature has couple of cool looking features such as a tail, antennas, and eyes that can be remote-controlled via a regular TV remote-control. HOWTO will follow soon. In the meanwhile, you will just have to enjoy ... More
November 13, 2006
HOW TO - Serial controlled variable speed motor
Here’s a cool DIY on how to control a DC motor using your serial port via Make. Westsw shows you how to control the speed of a small DC motor with nothing but the serial port on your computer, a single MOSFET, and DOS commands… Circuits, Circuits, Cool, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, dos, Educational, Educational ... More
Mind Camp 3.0 - MAKE Draw bot!
Wow, this looks tight! I need one of these…via make Taken at Seattle Mind Camp 3.0 - Seattle’s premiere un-conference featuring the best and brightest of technology all under the same roof for 24 hours learning from each other, and exploring our passions. Most shots taken with a Lensbaby 2G - The MAKE crew was there and they brought ... More
November 8, 2006
Robot Kit - Parallax Boe-bot
View This Video on You Tube Here’s our new boe-bot kit we got yesterday, it looks really cool. You can do some neat stuff like make a infrared sensors so the boe-bot detects objects and uses couple servos to run the wheels. We are going to start hacking it a little…hopefully we can get one of those RC car motors in it and make it go ... More
Tricked out car…wow
View This Video on You Tube Wow…this is the tightest car with gadgets such as rolling doors and hmm…. Didn’t know you could do that with the back door of a car… Maybe that will be my next DIY… I wouldn’t spend the money customizing a car that way, partly because I am not really into cars, more of a motorcycle gu ... More
November 7, 2006
Apple Not Happy With Japanese Sex Aid gPod
Wow, here’s a cool little vibrating sound gadget, well i guess you can call it a sex aid, but it can also probably be considered a massaging vibrator. Well, I can never tell the difference, I think people use either devices for both purposes. But I think it’s wrong for Apple to be acting out just because it had Pod in it. gPod̷ ... More
Viper robot Kit using PIC16F876
Here’s a cool viper robot kit for under 100 bucks, which is a pretty good deal for a microcontroller robot. Hmmm…I wonder if Saelig will send me a sample…similar to the Parallax Boe-Bot (Garrett just got one of these, it’s tight! We are gonna hack it though very soon…) Jameco has some cool robot stuff… Circ ... More
November 5, 2006
Robotic Hand
Here’s a cool robotic hand, a small version of robotic hand from japan, hmmmm, maybe I can hack two of them to work in sync and play the piano. The various gears and levers inside this clear plastic hand interact to move the fingers as if they are playing one of six classic piano pieces; as the digits play selections from Beethoven’s ... More
November 2, 2006
ZikiWiki - Technology wiki for hackers, diyers, mcu users, plc users, etc…
ZikiWiki is a technology wiki I created for technology. Well, right now I am just posting some stuff for my work but hopefully, it will get bigger and bigger and become a free useful tool for diyers, hackers, engineers, and etc… Right now it’s in beta testing period, so if you need a place for your information organization, this migh ... More
October 30, 2006
DIY Hack - Flying Crank Motorized Ghost
View This Video on You Tube Here’s a scary DIY hack for halloween… via hackedgadgets Cool, Cool, diy_hack, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Entertainment, Entertainment, flying_crank_ghost, ghost, Hack, Hack, hackedgadgets, halloween, halloween_diy, hollywood_effets, Motor, Motor, motorized_ghost, special_effects, Zedomax ... More
October 27, 2006
Halloween DIY - Talking Skull
View This Video on You Tube Here’s an awesome talking skull for halloween! “I took him out to the garage and disconnected his eye and mouth motors from the main post. I then used 2 - 2″ screws and attached the jaw to the motor of the douglas talking fir(DTS now) I used hot glue and sealed the screws to the mouth to insure no slippage. I ... More
October 26, 2006
DIY HOWTO - Simple DC Motor
View This Video on You Tube Here’s some cool info about simple DC motors that can get u jumpstarted in your upcoming DC motor projects… I ran across some cool pages while studying about AC vs. DC motors. I was interested in taking a small DC motor, and connecting a propeller to it. I want to stick the motor on the outside of my car, a ... More
October 23, 2006
Chiang Mai University involved in tiny nanobot’s human voyage
(you can’t see the nanobot? of course not! it’s too small!) Just in from Chiang Mai, Thailand, the local university develops a nanobot that is small enough for a human body… Wow, cool nanobot that can travel through human blood vessels! This is something out of comics coming to real life… A Chiang Mai University team has ... More
Advanced Acrobatic Robot from Robonova sells at Hammacher Schlemmer for $1200
View This Video on You Tube Wow, I just got my Hammacher Schlemmer catalog and found this robot for $1200, hmmm, maybe they can send me a sample… Nice complete servo robot to get started with. acrobatic_robot, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, hammacher_schlemmer, Motor, Motor, robonov ... More
Building The BRAT - entry level bipedal robot
Cool looking bipedal robot you can get started, Our pals at ROBOT magazine have a -great- review and photos of this new/low-cost bi-ped robot, the BRAT - “This pictorial shows the assembly of Lynxmotion’s, www.lynxmotion.com, new BRAT, an entry level bipedal robot that is a milestone robot. With a starting price of less than $300, BRA ... More
October 22, 2006
DIY Circuit - Door Unlocker
Cool door unlocker based on PIC16F630 microcontroller and a stepper motor…I need this since I’ve broken my door before due to locking myself in… via hackaday via make broken_door, Circuits, Circuits, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Hack, hackaday, HOWTO, make, mcu, Microcontroller, ... More
October 13, 2006
DIY - Controlling a DC Motor over Ethernet with the DAC Circuit
Here’s a cool diy on a DAC circuit to control a DC motor with your PC over the internet using Visual Basic Winsock. The circuit that I chose for this assignment is the motor project. The DAC circuit will be used to control the speed of a DC motor. This can be done by creating a Visual Basic program to interface with the motor and the PC. Th ... More
August 23, 2006
DIY - Build your own CNC milling machine
Interesting article on how to build your own CNC machine. via [sci-spot.com] cnc, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Electronics, Industrial, Industrial, milling_machine, Motor, Motor, Robots, robots, sci-spot, Zedomax ...