April 20, 2007
Tight, check out this really cool M&M Line Trace Robot! It’s awesome! They should sell these at M&M stores. (I recently bought a M&M sculpture for my dad’s birthday but this is even better!)
For the holidays, my local grocery store sold m&m’s candy containers in the shape of a racecar. The containers are paint ... More
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April 13, 2007
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Here’s a preview of our USB Portal Project we will be showcasing at Maker Faire 2007.
It’s basically a BASIC programmable USB device so you can connect embedded devices easily to your PC whether that be a video game, industrial application, or whate ... More
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April 12, 2007
If you use Linux, you know Xeyes is a simple program that follows your mouse movements. You can check out some web examples of Xeyes. You can even paste this javascript code on your website for Xeyes on the web.
Anyway, Hunz created physical Xeyes that stands on his window and follow people’s walking movements. Tight! We want one.
The ... More
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April 11, 2007
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Oh, check out this cool DIY on how to build an inexpensive Hall Effect Gaussmeter! If you don’t want to build one, you can always buy a gaussmeter here.
Have you ever wanted to find out how strong a magnet really was, or how the strength of the magneti ... More
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Check out some of the cool stuff and people that are going to be at the Maker Faire! (Including us but we have no idea what to bring…yet)
We will get to play with an electric giraff (hopefully) and meet with submarine maker Mike Wernecke.
You can get some tickets for the Maker Faire in San Mateo Fairgrounds here. And check out Maker Fair ... More
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April 9, 2007
Wow, check out this cool AVR ethernet weather station!
My original plan was to have sensors for temperature, air pressure and wind. I started a prototype and it worked very well except for the wind measurement part. I have written a separate article about it: wind-vane-ver01.shtml. I plan to improve the wind measurement hardwa ... More
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Here’s a good list of magazines that should help you get a feel for the engineering industry including application, products, and just for the hell of it.
(It’s also the ones we subscribe to regularly…)
(Click on the magazine to go to their homepage)
Make has bunch of cool projects including the DIY coffee roaster among other c ... More
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April 7, 2007
Check out this howto on doubling your battery life by replacing a linear voltage regulator (the thing that converts DC voltage, e.g. from 12V to 5V) to a switching regulator. Switching regulators are way more efficient than your typical off-the-shelve crappy regulators such as 7805 which get too hot too fast. Get the Dimension Engineering regul ... More
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April 6, 2007
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Here’s a really cool project using RFID to simulate a door lock or identification system of some sort.
The design is fairly straight forward, a custom circuit board links the BASIC Stamp to the RFID reader, and is powered by 12v. When a valid card is rec ... More
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April 4, 2007
Wow, check out this awesome window shade that also acts as a solar powered light!
This is a continuation of a project from Design for the 5 Senses that I worked on with Michael Jefferson and Jae In Lee. It’s a window shade that doubles as a light. One set of strings would be to control the level of sunlight by adjusting the height of the sh ... More
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April 3, 2007
Here’s a cool little DIY on how to run an AVR MCU on battery made out of lime!
Some of the fruit and vegetables we eat can be used to make electricity. The electrolytes in many fruit and vegetables, together with electrodes made of various metals can be used to make primary cells. One of the most easily available vegetable, the ubiquitous le ... More
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Here’s a video demonstrating analog meter control with a Cubloc microcontroller. It’s really easy to do, and adds a retro look to any project. It’s kind of a long video because I’m taking the time to explain everything I’m doing, but it’s a very simple concept and works perfectly. Now you can make an analog hi ... More
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March 28, 2007
Check out this cool Wii mod chip that allows you to play backup DVD games on the Wii! At $51, not too shabby for a hack mod.
Unlock your Nintendo Wii. The Wiinja Nintendo Wii Mod Chip is the worlds very first Mod Chip for the Nintendo Wii console. Allowing you to run all Nintendo Wii and Gamecube DVD-R / DVD+R backup and import backup games. ... More
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This is freakin’ awesome!
We started experimenting with “row/column scanning”. This term refers to how the columns of shared anodes(+) and rows of shared cathodes(-) in an LED matrix can be quickly turned on and off to control a single LED within the matrix. Because the number of LEDs with in a matrix will always be fewer than the total ... More
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