Want to make yourself a DIY animatronic mouth robot? Check out PyroElectro.com’s instructions on how to build one of these using PIC controller and servos.
In this tutorial I will show you two simple methods for building a believable robotic mouth. One articulated and moveable, the other an LCD flashing design. Both animatronic mouth designs create a believable illusion for your animatronic robot and can be built on a modest DIY budget.
Want to make your 3 or 4 year old get good at numbers super quick? How about building your kids a DIY counting box?
My son—now four, but three when I conceived this project—loves numbers and counting. More than a few times I’ve peeked in at night to find him asleep with a calculator in one hand and a flashlight in the other. And one of his favorite things to do with the calculator is incrementing “1 + = = = = = = = = = =” until he can’t keep his eyes open any more. I decided to build him a dedicated machine that would do nothing but count up and count down.
Most of would use cathode ray tubes off junk electronics to make something cool. Well, not this guy, YouTube user Xkcdification has made a DIY cathode ray tube completely from scratch, using wine bottle as vacuum source.
You can catch his full howto guide over at Instructables.com.
Imagine what would happen if you mixed Lego NXT brains with CNC machine, you’d get a DIY 3D Lego Milling CNC Machine! Now, is that really possible? Watch the video below and you will get your answer from YouTube user arthursacek.
I’ve always wanted to do this, jazz up my night time with dancing robots that sync to your music.
You can check out full instructions at Make. Also, there’s a guide on using low-cost solenoids to save you a bit more money while building one of these DIY dancing robots. via make
For months, latest OTA update 4.24.651 has blocked many users of HTC Evo 4G from rooting their phones but Gingerbread ROOT is finally here for everyone to enjoy.
I’ve been subscribing to YouTube user Photonicinduction for couple days now and he’s got some really interesting videos where he uses a ton of volts of electricity dangerous enough to vaporize several human beings instantly.
Anyways, one of his video shows how to erase CDs using a ton of electricity, check it out.
P.S. I wonder how much his energy bill is every month, probably nearing thousands. Check out YouTube user Photonicinductio
The other day I was searching on YouTube for some Korean clay pot information as I am currently making some great Korean rice wine with my new Korean Clay Pot, also called “Hang-Ah-Ri” or “Onggi” in Korean. Well, I found Adam Field who spent 10 months in South Korea as an apprentice under master Korean clay pot makers.
Check out this video as Adam builds a Korean clay pot from ground up, it’s pretty awesome.
Why Korean clay pots?
Korean clay pots has been used by Koreans for centuries to ferment their foods like kimchi, soy
Here’s a really interesting project that could be a deadly autonomous project if you swapped real guns for its airsoft gun that uses IR sensors to lock in on the target. I think this is going to be future of wars (although I hate wars), fighting machine to machine and soldiers behind their video game console. Well, just sayin’, this project could be just the tip of iceburg for futuristic war machines. via hackedgadgets,
