February 22, 2007
Zedomax reaches over 500,000 Unique Visitors thanks to you’all
The other day, we decided to check out web stats. Above is a snapshot of our blog traffic since we started on August 14th, 2006. We want to thank Phillip Torrone for all the blog posts and it was his Make blog that got us started in the first place. Also all thanks also go to all the other blogs and websites that helped us get more traffic and ... More
February 21, 2007
DIY HACK - Voltmeter Ammeter LCD
Check out voltmeter and ammeter LCD panel you can make using an Atmel8 MCU. Tight! This multimeter was designed to measure output voltage and current in a PSU, where the current sense shunt resistor is connected in series with load at the negative voltage rail. It needs only one supply voltage that can be acquired ... More
February 20, 2007
DIY HACK - Laser Beam Analyzer
Check out this cool laser tester DIY. Very complicated but good source of information if you are into laser testing equipment. The laser beam spot is the tool in laser welding cutting. Industrial lasers are really great, but there’s a huge problem when it comes to knowing the state of your tool. I mean, in a normal milling machine the mill bit ... More
January 30, 2007
Digital Stethoscope
Tight, now doctors can give patients a recording of their heartbeating sounds saved to an ipod! Capturing heart and lung sounds is the most critical aspect of stethoscope design. Acquire the sound accurately, and anything is possible. The patented Electromagnetic Diaphragm (EmD) is unique to a Thinklabs stethoscope, and is the key to audio qualit ... 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 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 15, 2007
Dream Setup for Zedomax
Here’s a dream Setup for our desktop if really wanted to start hacking the world! via Business, Business, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, dream-setup, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Funny, Funny, Gadgets, Gadgets, hack-gadgets, hackedgadgets, Zedomax ... More
January 13, 2007
OpenMoko - World’s First Integrated Open Source Mobile Communications Platform
Wow, tight ass iPhone like cellphone that you can hack using the open source mobile platform! We have all seen the new Apple iPhone that was just released at CES. Now have a look at the new OpenMoko open source phone that has some similar sexy lines. The specifications sound impressive, what do you think? Have a look at the presentation (PDF). ... More
Metacafe Video - 300 Km/h Radio Control Air Plane
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Remember the 200MPH Radio controlled model Jet? Here’s another cool one that can go 300KM per hour! via 200mph, 300KM, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Gadgets, Gadgets, hackedgadgets, metacafe, me ... More
January 8, 2007
Water Cooling Computers With a Swimming Pool
This is either really cool or really ridiculous but we give two thumbs up for the cool idea. This rig has been running successfully since 8/06 (knock knock). Computers have been easily swapped out without the need to shut down the pump or any other computers on the line. There is no perceptible temperature difference in the water returned to the ... More
Funny Video - What happens if you put a light bulb in a microwave oven
View This Video on You Tube Yes, this is what happens if you put a light bulb in a microwave oven. Hilarious! via wagthis via Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Gadgets, Gadgets, hackedgadgets, HOWTO, light-bulb, microwave-oven-experiment, Video, Video, wagthis ... More
January 5, 2007
DIY - Function Generator
Check out this function generator you can make if you don’t want to spend tons of hundred dollar bills on a real one. Have a look at this professional function generator for example. Nuxie has put together a nice simple function generator built around the XR2206 chip. Have a look at all of the project details here. In this guide I will show ... More
December 31, 2006
HACK - PIC USB Programming, a Hackaday Competition Entry
Here’s a cool PIC USB programmable microcontroller. Cool…a hackaday competition entry… “This design uses the Microchip PIC 18F2450 or 18F2550 USB enabled microcontroller. The total parts cost is around $15 including the microcontroller for a single board. The board features a USB port that can be used with a bootloader for e ... More
December 29, 2006
DIY HACK - Party Ball or Disco Ball
Even though this is a DIY without a smart embedded computer chip, we give props for head start on our future DIY. It’s very rugged and has some “too much glue gun”, but we do give it 3 thumbs up for the idea, not for the design. :0) “Here is my version of the LED Disco Ball. Its Completely portable can either be hung or sc ... More
December 28, 2006
DIY - Voice recognition system by students from Cornell
Here’s a cool DIY voice recognition system by computer engineering students at Cornell University. Nice job, keep up the good work! When we think of programmable speech recognition, we think of calling FedEx customer service call center with automated voice recognition response systems. We also think of PC-based speech recognition Dragon Na ... More
Video - Lockpicking with BMW Decoder Tool
View This Video on Google Wow, my friend has a new beemer with this type of lock. Maybe new technology is actually easier to break in huh? via Auto, Auto, bmw, bmw-lock, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Gadgets, Gadgets, goog, Google, google-video, Hack, Hack, hack-bmw, hackedgadgets, Vid ... More
December 27, 2006
DIY HACK - Etch CNC
Check out this cool etch CNC. Actually we were thinking of making this too, but since it’s already made, we can learn from it and make it quicker. Awesome! I am using a retrofit machine that fit within my budget. It’s a 2-axis machine with approximately 170×130mm travel. The circuit board is my own design, using a ULN2803 ... More
December 24, 2006
POC DIY - Mouse Pad Couch
Here’s a Piece of Cake DIY, Mouse pad Couch you can build for yourself if you have lots of extra mouse pads. The thing is, it look really comfortable with all those mouse pads…maybe you can make one out of a memory foam mouse pad. via Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Entertainment, Enter ... More
December 20, 2006
blind reader-translate letters to braille
Here’s a cool upcoming technology that can change the world forever for you if you are blind. It translates text into braille and lots of more features. The bridge is a neat device. None of the technology is not revolutionary but the tiny package is impressive. “When it is scanning the text in books or other presswork, it translates the t ... More
Bugbots - “real” Bug clocks
Check out Bugbots or real bugs with clock embedded in them! Our review is two thumbs up for ingenuity and creativity. It’s the though that counts right, well if you get your special someone this gift for the holidays I am not sure you will be around to celebrate next years holiday season. “Each bug is a real bug, with it’s carbon guts re ... More
December 19, 2006
DIY HACK - Make your own UV Flashlight!
Tool Using Animal shows us how to make a UV flashlight by simply replacing LEDs on a regular flashlight. Well I have a whole bunch of UV LEDs Alan sent me from Hackedgadgets.com, let’s put it to some use! alan, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, digg, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Ente ... More
December 17, 2006
Power Tool Race!
View This Video on You Tube You can now watch races using power tools! It’s a rocket. Stuck through the back of a skull, sitting on an aging belt sander rigged to a pair of sawed-off skis. And it can haul butt down a track. Scott David and his 10-year-old son, Cal, built El Diablo del Muerte (“the Devil of Death”) for last summer’s first ...