January 29, 2007
DIY HACK - How to make a GPS Logger using PIC and a $20 GPS receiver
Here’s a tight little project that can cost very little to make if you need to make your own GPS data logging system for your next hiking or outdoor adventure! This project focused on creating a simple serial data logger for the Delorme Tripmate (also known as the GPSTripmate). The Tripmate is an older GPS receiver that can be purchased on ... More
January 26, 2007
DIY - Weather Station
This weather station built by couple Oregon college students have been around, but very cool to know if you are trying to build one from scratch. The Remote Weather Station (RWS) is a computerized weather monitoring system using MINI-MAX/51-C micro-controller board from BiPOM Electronics and various sensors. RWS consists of two separate module ... More
Cool CNC Machine Plans
Here’s some cool CNC machine plans that you can buy…can they send us a sample? The CNC looks nice, doesn’t it? Kinda like the one Garrett made… cnc-howto, cnc-plans, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Gadgets, Gadgets, Industrial, Industrial, M ... More
Express Programming Service for Inventors, engineers, MAKERS, hackers, tinkerers, etc…
My work place is hiring bunch of new people and offering some express programming service for inventors, engineers, makers, and tinkerers out there who want to make some cool touchscreen applications. I got some hookups from my boss so you can use the Promo Code “ZEDOMAX” for 40% discounts for your future projects, make sure to check ... More
Cool Feed reader
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Hey here’s a cool feed reader you can make. (Hey, Phillip, send me a make mp3 so i can start hacking it, we are in hibernation ‘cauz we really need a desktop mp3 player…) Okay, we agree that we request too many free stuff but at least we do ma ... More
January 25, 2007
HACK - The Wiibot using Wiimote and an industrial robot
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wholly, cr@p! Check this robot that you can control using your wii controller! Just gotta watch out we don’t start making weapons with wiimite, PEACE! via via Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Funny, F ... More
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 24, 2007
DIY HACK - LED NERF Football!
Check out this cool LED nerf football you can make! Although the howto is simple, the idea is a genuis! via awesome-football, build-football, build-led, Circuits, Circuits, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Football, Football, Gadgets, Gadgets, Hack, Hack, led-footb ... More
January 22, 2007
DIY HACK - Internet Controlled Security Robot
Here’s a cool internet controlled security robot you make yourselves and protect your home or office! Wow, here’s a cool internet controlled security robot using CUBLOC CB280, CuBASE 32M, CLCD420B, and a MAXPORT. Thanks Shelato! There are two components to the interface. One a Visual basic program that sends and receives commands to the ... More
January 19, 2007
Circuit Bending - Make: Video Podcast
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Tight, Bre’s onto some more old school hacking at Make! In this Weekend Projects podcast, Bre Pettis is joined by circuit bender Justin Gerardy to explain how to circuit bend. Then we bent up a Speak and Read and an Omnichord. With the omnichord, we found everything by probing around for cool s ... More
Cool Touch notes - Quick Note on Touch Sensors — QT113/118
Here’s some cool quick notes on touch sensors QT113/118 for those of you trying to invent touch enabled systems. I need a touch sensor for a couple of projects, and the Qprox QT113 seems to be the way to go, particularly for interfacing with an Atmel processor. It’s easy to work with, and hooks-up with only a bare minimum of extra stu ... More
January 18, 2007
DIY HACK - Make your own LED Bedroom!
Check out this cool DIY on making your own LED Pimp Bedroom and RGB light HOWTO! I got this idea last year from a couple different things, one was this rope lightdecoration at the Illini Union courtyard cafe that continuously changes colors. The other was from this huge bright LED sign at Irving Park and Sheridan in Chicago that is at some mechan ... More
January 17, 2007
DIY - Homemade 2.4Ghz Antenna
Check out this funky homemade wireless antenna you can make it yourself and extend the range of your home wireless network. Tight! Most of the designs on the web for 2.4 GHz omni antenna seem to involve brass tubing and lmr-400 cable, none of which are readily available to me. I then found a coax only design for 444Mhz that was based on the s ... More
January 16, 2007
DIY HACK - HOWTO make a Birdfeeder Webcam!
View This Video on You Tube In case you missed it, here’s HOWTO make a Birdfeeder Webcam. Garrett been telling me how his college project on a webcam birdfeeder webcam has gotten over 30% of his university’s web traffic, now here’s a cool video how you can make one yourself. There’s also a cool pdf you can download for s ... More
January 15, 2007
DIY HACK - Hack the Staples Easy button!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Kenji found this cool video on hacking a staples easy button and the video is hilarious. It’s a cool little project that hacks the staples easy button with a voice module from Radio Shack! The cat in the video does some soldering too! Circuits, Circui ... More
MisterHouse - Open Source Home Automation with web interface
Check out this open source home automation software that you can mess around with. Garrett found this site while trying to make some of his home automation DIYs. Cool! Thanks Garrett! MisterHouse is an open source home automation program. It’s fun, it’s free, and it’s entirely geeky. Written in Perl, it fires events based on t ... More
PSP HACK - uClinux on your PSP!
Check out this cool PSP hack! Someone ported uClinux to a PSP! :p uClinux is a open-source linux for small embedded applications. You have no royalty to pay for after you develop an application which is the benefit over the royalty attached RTOS (Real Time Operating Systems). Micrium has some cool RTOS but I think you have to pay like $10,0 ... More
Cool DIY LED Bike Light System
Check out this cool LED Bike Light system you can make! This can be made to be just a headlight or both a headlight/taillight bike light system. My NiteRider light was off getting fixed at the factory and I needed something for my daily commute. I have used it in a 45 minute pouring rain commute on the way in to work and it worked like a champ. v ... More
January 11, 2007
Cool HIGH power Green Laser Pointers!
Check out these really cool high power green laser pointers. Although the cost of each is like couple bills, they can do wonders for your next light saber project. Thanks Smitty for the info! Will dragonlasers send us a sample so we can build a light saber? :] Smitty says, ” Been checking out laser pointer websites so i can buy my first po ... More
January 10, 2007
DIY - HOWTO make LED Fireflies!
View This Video on You Tube Check out these cool LED fireflies you can make! The inspiration for this project comes from having never lived in an area where fireflies were common and being deeply fascinated whenever I encounter them in my travels. The flash patterns have been digitized from firefly behavioral research data found online and were m ... More