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LEGO V8 Engine!

Posted on September 29, 2008 by max

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8ut5ND3agI

That’s right, someone decided to make a V8 engine out of Legos.

It’s not gonna run your car anytime soon but still, it’s a fantastic Lego project.

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DIY – How to Make Automatic Cat Water Dispenser!

Posted on July 9, 2008 by max

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzgx79XcukM

Here’s a really cool DIY that shows you how to make an automatic cat water dispenser so your kitty can drink water straight from the faucet!

So, I built the Cat Faucet so the cats could turn the water on and off for themselves. As a kit, I would rate this medium complexity. The electronics are simple and straight-forward but you also need to do some mechanical work and some

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Wii HACK – Industrial Robot with Wiimote!

Posted on June 19, 2008 by max

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y7Mr56dcQE

Remember the industrial robot that could swing that big ass arm? Well, here’s another one but is more sensitive for precise control.

This is a small presentation of a university project I have worked on for the last 6 months. Using a real-time system the orientation of the Wii Remote is polled and sent to the Stäubli TX 60 industrial robot. The concept is stolen from a game named Kororinpa but the graphics are little more

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DIY Homer Simpson Clock talks on the hour and every hour!

Posted on June 11, 2008 by max

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q9XGjxcMz4

Here’s a great way to hack your regular ol’ Homer Simpson Clock into something that does more…

Sambuchi has made a cool Homer Simpson Clock Mod. He gutted a store bought clock and stuffed it full of electronics. It can now perform a light show and allow Homer to speak through his sound system.

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Goohack Launched! – Find DIYs, HowTos, Hacks, and more!

Posted on May 12, 2008 by max

Goohack was just launched!  It’s a search engine that uses Google API to search DIYs, HowTos, Hacks, and other technology stuff from hand-selected sites by me.

It’s pretty useful as it filters out a lot of sites you don’t consider DIY and HowTo related.

For example,

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DIY HACK – How to make your own Video Cassette USB Hub!

Posted on May 2, 2008 by max

Ever wonder, can I make my own cool looking USB hub that doesn’t look like a USB hub? Well, here’s some good news for you, there’s full instructions over at instructables on how to make your own video cassette USB hub. Thank Alan over at HackedGadgets for finding it. (He always finds the coolest gadget hacks.)

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DIY – How to build your own G-Force Meter!

Posted on April 27, 2008 by max

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6Al-pWAw3g

Remember I did a G-Force Meter couple years ago? Here’s another cool DIY G-Force meter. The only difference it that it uses 7-segment display and a PIC18F series microcontroller.

After seeing so many applications using acceleromters making a simple project of my own with this cool sensor just seemed natural. The main application of the accelerometer is either for sensing tilt or sensing acceleration. For this application A G-Force met

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Pulse Jet Go-Cart

Posted on January 6, 2008 by max

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U-grFuXZ9U

Wow, wee! Dat thang is loud! We are on a blog marathon today folks to start off 2008 on a speed-blogging theme. We will be posting 30+ posts per day just like “we used to”.

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DIY Wii HACK – Crazy Wii Case Mod – UV Hack Up

Posted on December 7, 2007 by max

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtgGd-ASU5A

Tight, check out this crazy lookin’ Wii Case Mod, I wish they sold this at the store. Looks pretty simple to make though.

This Wii mod is one of the most extreme mods I have seen for the Nintendo

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LEGO NXT Fireworks Robot

Posted on November 14, 2007 by max

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glwJ4QcmEAU

Cool, someone made a Lego NXT Fireworks Robot!

This autonomous NXT robot will light multiple fireworks in a sequence – while the family sits back and watch the display!!

It uses a MINDSTORMS NXT, two light sensors (one for navigation and other to detect a lighted fuse) and an Ultrasonic detector (to adjust the torch arm height depending on the height of the fireworks fuse wire. It uses three motors – two for motion and and the third for the torch arm elvator.

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