October 8, 2007
DIY HACK - HOWTO make a Arduino Beer Thermostat
This project deserves an A++ for making something related with beer! As I am gulping a Budweiser 40 down my throat, I find this email in my inbox about HOWTO make a Arduino Beer Thermostat! Cool… Keep up the great work David and thanks for the tip! I belong to a diverse group of amateurs who have a fascination for brewing our own beer. I ... More
May 26, 2007
The Ergo Media 500, games controller.
The thing about playing games on the PC is the controls, without a controller the game is going to be over before you even get started, which is why the is such a large market for games controllers, this one from Ergo Media takes gaming to another level, however at first glance it does look like a toy that has is tongue out, well that is what I th ... More
May 24, 2007
Maker Faire 2007 - Make Controller Peripherals
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a cool review of Make Controller and peripherals from MakingThings.com. Thanks Ann for the video! Consumer, Consumer, controller, Cool, Cool, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, make-controller, Maker Faire, Maker Faire, maker ... 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 22, 2007
Some FReAKY Overclocking Chip Cooler
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Here’s a cool video of a freaky overclocking chip cooler from CES. blip, bliptv, cb280, Circuits, Circuits, comfiletech, compatible, Computer, Consumer, Consumer, controller, Cool, CPU, cpu-hack, cubloc, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Gadgets, Gadgets, ibm, Industrial ... More
December 4, 2006
Christmas HOWTO - X-10 Usage for PlanetChristmas
Ah ha, here’s a good X10 Solution for your Christmas lights. What is X10? It’s a communication via your existing AC power lines. Well this is more complicated the 5 minutes version we made the other day but still good info on X10 Protocol in general. You still have to build it so it’s not really plug-N-play but a great solu ... More
Animated Christmas Controller
I found out which controller can be used to control those cool Christmas videos. These controller cost range from $500 to $800 to control just 16 Christmas Lights. You might as well build one for less than $150 at these high prices… But the results might be worth it if you can build a cool Christmas lights that can be sync to your music ... More
December 2, 2006
DIY HACK - Audio and Video Controller using Arduino!
Here’s a cool audio and video controller DIY using Arduino. 6-pack is an open-ended, highly customisable, and ultra-portable physical controller based on the Arduino board. 6-pack is an Arduino shield consisting of 6 linear potentiometer sliders that can be assigned to different variables in the user’s preferred software. It can be us ... More
November 28, 2006
DIY - How to Make Christmas Light controller in 5 minutes!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Okay, today we are going try to build a computer controlled Christmas Lights in 5 minutes. I’ve been rolling around the neighborhood this late November and some people already have their Christmas lights decorated. Well I’ve seen many “static” Christma ... More
November 27, 2006
Choice of On-board camera for embedded apps : CMU Cam
You gotta check out CMUcam if you haven’t yet. It can be controlled via a serial communications to processors such as PIC, CUBLOC, Basic Stamp, Make Controller, and etc… It’s a camera that was designed by Carnegie Mellon and has been around for awhile so it might be a good solution to go with instead of starting all over from ... More
November 26, 2006
Faulty Wii straps
Faulty wii straps are becoming too problematic it seems, even in our earlier wii and ps3 party, it seems with overzealous users and some booze, the straps will not maintain itself with just some string type deal. Here’s the first challenge to Nintendo. Make a wireless motion controller that is like a golf glove! Even techeblog reports of f ... More
November 23, 2006
More Zedomax Party Video - Wii Tennis with 4 people
View This Video on You Tube At the zedomax party last night, we were able to play tennis with 4 people, I personally didn’t get to play because I got too drunk but it looked fun, this motion sensing gaming era is really going to take off! cheers! Consumer, Consumer, controller, Cool, Cool, Entertainment, Entertainment, four, Gadgets, Gad ... More
don’t need no stinkin’ sensor bar
View This Video on You Tube Yes sensor bar is simply an array of IR Leds, really easy to make but the real sensor probably communicated using bluetooth or rf with some commands of some sort. Let’s see what the future has for hacking the wii! Yes, we don’t need a stinkin’ sensor bar, we need a complete analysis of the communicati ... More
Video - PS3 6 Axis Controller
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode So my friends waited 30 hours at the SF Sony Metreon to get this PS3. Well the good news is that we got our hands on one and checked it out. It seems like the new 6 Axis controller looks exactly like a PS2 controller, except it’s wireless. Well, let the ... More
Wii Bluetooth Motion Controller
View This Video on You Tube So we waited in Target to get this Nintendo Wii, check out the video of the new Wii wireless bluetooth controller that probably has an accelerometer chip in it to sense motion of the users… At the Zedomax party this weekend, we were able to check out the PS3 in person, which was cool since we didn’t have to ... More
DIY WII Hack - HOWTO Make your own wireless Wii sensor bar!
View This Video on You Tube Here’s a cool Nintend Wii hack that the author makes a Wii sensor bar. Basically, it allows you to navigate menus and browse through the WII using the homemade so called “stick”. This is great for WII users who have any instances where they bash their wireless bluetooth controlled controllers while p ... More
November 6, 2006
PLC - Consider Programmable Logic Controllers for your next DIY project
PLCs are basically industrial-grade computers that can be programmed to do tasks, sorta like microcontrollers but most PLCs have built-in encoders for motor control, support for modbus, and more… Basically, if you are not familiar with BASIC, C, Java, or assembly language, PLC Ladder Logic language might be the way to go as it has been prov ... More
October 11, 2006
Obi-Wan the Cursor using Make Controller!
View This Video on You Tube Here’s an interesting project that could be used for many applications including “airmouse”… …use four screens, and sometimes lose my cursor. No more! I have Obi-WanQui-Gon to point the way for me. Using the Makezine Controller, a small X program, OSC, and a pair of servo motors, I have a ... More
September 13, 2006
DIY - Ethernet Enabled Servo Motor Control in 1 hour!
Here’s a cool DIY on ethernet enabled servo motor control using CUBLOC CB220, XPORT, and Pololu Micro Serial Servo Controller by Thomas Edwards. He also uses an Python Internet server to read the servo position information. This was done in about 1 hour…pretty impressive. via techartblog related stories: xport via techartblog cb220, ... More
