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Servo DIY - How to Make a Servo Plotter!

by max on June 4th, 2009
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For those of you circuit hackers and servo-addicts, you might be happy to learn that there’s a way to make your own servo plotter. For this project, we wanted to build a lower cost, lower precision XY table for an installation at TeleToyland. The goal is to allow web users to draw shapes in a sand box, so we wanted a simple XY table that is easy to control from a web application. S ...

Battle tank from Titan

by David Allen on May 15th, 2009
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The cool battle tank offers the opportunity to build and drive your own six wheeled tank, but when there are two of these, they battle it out using the tanks infra red cannon to put the other tank out of commission, its cool and fun. Specs: Battle Titan DIY Tank features: One tank DIY kit included. Choose two tanks for battle mode Infrared gun Tank Size: 125 x 45 x 90mm (5 x 1.7 x ...

Keep on track with the GPS

by David Allen on May 12th, 2009
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Tracking something has never been easier, with the TrimTrac Pro from Trimble; users will get the top of the range tracking system that comes in a small device powered by four AA batteries that should be all right for three months on standby or for thirty days when being used for two to three hours per day. Service Plans Through LightningGPS.com (Professional/Enterprise Level Platf ...

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 ...

DIY Electric Airplane!

by max on March 17th, 2009
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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 There has been never a better time for people to create new eco-friendly planes that use pure electricity and here’s such DIY electric airplane that can go fly for about 1 hour on a single charge. Way too ...

DIY RC Airplane Made from 25cc Weed Wacker Motor!

by max on March 7th, 2009
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Here’s a really cool DIY RC plane powered by a 25cc weed wacker motor! I don’t know if that’s cheaper but a good way to re-use your old weed wacker into something more useful and fun. I have built a couple of the Aircore brand fold and glue airplanes and used them to learn how to fly, I strongly recommend starting out with one if you want to get into glow engine airp ...

Robot Hack - How to Make a Camera Robot!

by max on March 2nd, 2009
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a fun hack that shows you how to make a camera-robot that can autonomously take pics and videos, all while you control where it goes, plus the angles too. I think this might be a great project for those of you who take trips to the Amazon jungle to get footage of creatures and critters ...

DIY CNC Pencil Sharpner!

by max on February 27th, 2009
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Okay, you know what happens when someone takes a gas generator to re-charge their iPhone? Lol, well, here’s DIY CNC Pencil Sharper that will give you sharp pencils. (at the cost of 100 times more energy) Pretty amusing though. Take the biggest machine you can to do the job. via make ...

Bike Hack - How to Build an Electric Bike! (or Trike Is it?)

by max on January 17th, 2009
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I have to say that although I’ve seen slew of electric bikes on the market these days, this homemade electric trike is probably the one I would want to get or build at the least. Check out the video, this thing ROCKS: Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode It looks pretty simple enough to build as you can see above with 2 batteries ...

Bike Hack - How to Make a Leaf Blower Powered Bike!

by max on January 7th, 2009
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This is probably the best bike mod I have seen in awhile, someone figured out how to make a Leaf Blower Powered Bike! It will definitely make some noise but great for city commuting and getting that anger out of you into the streets. This was one of those projects I couldn’t get out of my head. I had seen, on the internet and in person, the small 2-stroke engine powered scooters ...