November 5, 2007
DIY HACK - HOWTO convert an Arduino into AVR chip programming hardware for use with AVRDude
Into AVR chip programming? Check out how you can convert an Arduino into an AVR chip programming hardware for use with AVRDude! By the way, AVR is microcontrollers from Atmel. Check out AVRFreaks for good AVR info. (Thanks David for the tip! ) I ported the Atmel AVR910 In System Programmer protocol to the Arduino. Now I can write programs to my ... More
October 23, 2007
DIY HACK - 24 year old makes Homemade Helicopters!
Wow, this 24 year old from Nigeria built his own helicopter! Mubarak Muhammad Abdullahi, seen here, a 24-year-old physics undergraduate in northern Nigeria, takes old cars and motorbikes to pieces in the back yard at home and builds his own helicopters from the parts [via] Yahoo Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Educ ... More
DIY HACK - HOWTO make a fiber optic rose!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wow, here’s a great DIY video on making your own custom fiber optic rose! Using a few LEDs and really cheap fiber optics, I made this dead sexy, illuminated fiber optic rose. via HackedGadgets Circuits, Circuits, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, custom_fi ... More
October 19, 2007
DIY HACK - HOWTO build an LED Hat!
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 Check out this awesome LED Hat you can make for Halloween! There’s some construction notes that you can refer to build one yourself. I think this was originally becau ... More
October 15, 2007
FixYa.com - For DIYers and ethically honest at heart HACKers!
Check out FixYa, it’s a sorta like a RSS Feed search Engine. (Spy Stats: FixYa.com has PR6 and has 1680 backlinks on Google. Pretty good stuff.) Meaning it will pull up hundreds of relevant articles for the topic, “how to fix something”. Interesting if this is sign of Web3.0. = RSS + Wiki + Blog + Optimized Server Code for Sea ... More
October 13, 2007
DIY HACK - HOWTO Build your own Ferrari!
Yes, I lied, this isn’t a Ferrari but a car built by one human being! Check out the cool pictures and helpful notes on building your own car! This guy’s even selling these hot little cars. Now taking orders for Bodywork kits, Chassis build plans and La Bala-Track crate kits! Show Schedule Coming Soon! See La Bala at a number of Ar ... More
October 12, 2007
DIY HACK - HOWTO make your GIANT Blue LED Alarm Clock!
Check out this cool GIANT Blue LED Alarm Clock you can make! I started by buying the LEDs and the alarm clocks. I cut the tops off of the LEDs and filed them so that they would be diffused. (pic) Using a home made blade I cut out the segments after marking them out with a stencil. (pic 1, pic 2, pic 3) A piece of copper pipe to cut out the circle ... More
October 9, 2007
DIY HACK - How to make your own Cool LED Lamp Art
Check out this really really simple DIY on how to make your own Cool LED Lamp Art using LEDs, acrylic glass, and some creativity. LED of LED The lights are approximately twenty times the scale of an actual LED bulb. Not only does the product show the beauty of the LED structure, but it also creates a special visual effect on the ceiling, 12 LED bu ... More
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
October 7, 2007
Wii DIY HACK - Control music on your PC with the Wiimote
Yes, you can control music on your PC with your Wiimote if you get really really bored… This app allows users to use their Wiimote to control iTunes, Winamp, Windows Media Player, and Napster. It offers many functions, such as Play/Pause, Next/Prev track, Volume Up/Down. Any function can be mapped to any button. Plus the motion sensing is us ... More
Wii DIY HACK - Using your Wiimote to measure your car’s acceleration!
Although this is an awesome Wii hack using GlovePie and the Wiimote, you could probably do this a lot easier using a simple 3-axis accelerometer and a microcontroller. I got this idea after seeing some physics class use the wiimote in some kinda pendulum experiment. Why not use the wiimote’s built in 3-axis accelerometers to measue g-forces, ... More
October 4, 2007
DIY HACK - HOWTO build An Internet Controlled Security Robot with GPS!
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 Looks like Shelto has been updating his internet robot project from couple months ago. Check out this cool internet controlled security robots made with some CUBLOC PLCs an ... More
DIY HACK - AIRguitar!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Man, check out this AIRguitar! Carlos Vamos demonstrates his Prototype hand made custom AIRguitar. The guitar neck is from Ibanez, the guitar body was build with the Kind help and cooperation of Marcus Van Engelen. The final guitar asembly and wiring was done by ... More
iPhone DIY HACK - more SIM unlocking Hacks…
Here’s another way to unlock your iPhone SIM: Download the iUnlock_Reloaded.zip from here, here or here. Save it to a directory. cd to where you just saved the download and unzip it. in another wiindow, ssh into your iPhone and run: mkdir /unlock back on your Mac, scp the three files to your iPhone: scp -p iUnlock_reloaded *bin root@youri ... More
October 3, 2007
DIY HACK - HOWTO sense Squeeze!
Ohhh….. here’s a really cool DIY HACK that can sense your squeeze. (This might be good for making an adult-related game…then again…) I’m researching squeeze sensing as a mode of tactile interface. Here I will cover the process of developing a squeezeable sensor and the firmware/software concerns associated with interpre ... More
Wii DIY HACK - Use your Wiimotes as musical instruments!
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 You can try this at home as it can be a lot of fun without actually buying any kind of instruments other than your Wii game system. via hackawii Related: WiiTAR Wiimote HACKE ... More
iPhone DIY HACK - iFlash, External Flash for the iPhone
Here’s a way you can hack the ports on your iPhone and add some LED joys to your life! When the iPhone’s initial specs were released by Apple, tons of users complained about its lack of a camera flash. Using a USB connector, 4 white LED’s, and a tact switch, I built a removable flash unit. via iphonexe Apple, Audio, Audio, camera_flash ... More
Wireless HACK - Hacking your wireless neighborhoods!
Since there’s so many people coming into Zedomax.com through Google search term, “wireless hack“, I though I round up some wireless hack guides on the internet real quick: 1. ZDnet - Hack most wireless LANs in minutes! 2. aeonity - how to ethically hack a wifi wireless internet connection using free hacking software. 3. ethicalha ... More