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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 ...

DIY Homebrewed Wii App - Wii Physics!

by max on August 26th, 2008
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode This homebrewed Wii App called Wii Physics is similar to Microsoft’s Physics Illustrator and will let you test out your ideas before applying them in real life. Wii Physics is a clever little homebrew app. You use the Wiimote to rotate, size and place objects on a stage. Pulleys, ropes, gears a ...

DIY Wii HACK - How to use your Wii as a DVD Player!

by max on August 13th, 2008
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We know it’s a pain in the ass to buy a separate DVD player, especially if you have just bought a Wii. Here’s a great Wii hack showing you how to use your Nintendo Wii as a DVD player! For some reson Nintendo decided not to include the dvd play-back function into the wii. But it is now possible thanks to some amazing work by Team Twiizers You Will Need: A Wii (Duh!) A Sd ...

Kaizo Mario - Homebrew Level for Super Mario World

by max on July 14th, 2008
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a cool homebrewed level for Super Mario World. Of course, you can play the Kaizo Mario on your computer or make your own levels like in this video. Kaizo Mario is a homebrew level for Super Mario World that’s equal parts evil and genius. My tolerance for frustration isn’t ne ...

DIY - How to Build a Hard Disk Green Laser Projector!

by max on July 11th, 2008
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Here’s a really cool DIY showing you how to build a hard disk laser scanner made from bunch of old hard disks. My latest tinkery hardware and embedded systems project is a homebrew laser scanner. You know, the kind you see at planetariums- sweep a laser beam around on the wall really fast, and draw vector graphics. Commercial laser scanners have been around for decades now, but b ...

DIY HACK - How to Make a Wii Whiteboard!

by max on May 23rd, 2008
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Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode This is exactly what I need instead of my whiteboard and pens that wear out. This is a port of Johnny Chung Lee’s Whiteboard app for the actual Wii. Kudos & thanks to Johnny Lee, Team Twiizers, svpe, shagku and para. To use this application, you need the following: * A Wii with some method t ...