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DIY HACK – HOWTO make a Arduino Beer Thermostat

This project deserves an A++ for making something related with beer! As I am gulping a Budweiser 40 down my throat, I find this email in my inbox about HOWTO make a Arduino Beer Thermostat! Cool… Keep up the great work David and thanks for the tip!

I belong to a diverse group of amateurs who have a fascination for brewing our own beer. In addition to the satisfaction of brewing the beer I dr

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DIY HACK – HOWTO build An Internet Controlled Security Robot with GPS!

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO2IDl-Q-6k

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7GL-4toIXI

Looks like Shelto has been updating his internet robot project from couple months ago.

Check out this cool internet controlled security robots made with some CUBLOC PLCs and GPS modules.

We’ve lowered the overall profile and gi

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Maker Faire 2007 Zedomax USB Portal Preview

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkyEe7ysh9Y

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 whatever that you can think of.

Check out our previous

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Make Daisy MP3 Made! Touchscreen Desktop MP3 hack coming soon…

video://blip.tv/file/get/Zedomax-MakeDaisyMP3PlayerReview303

So we made the MP3 player and it works freakin’ great! The sound quality was as good as an off-the-shelf MP3s. We plan to hack it using a CuTOUCH CT1720 and make some cool touchscreen menus for it.

Here’s some pictures of how it will fit in the touchscreen enclosure: (It fit perfectly!)

The only hurdle we face now is changing the firmware of the MP3 player a littl

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Control your car using your Cellphone!

video://blip.tv/file/get/Zedomax-SmartCarSystemForYourCar741

Here’s a cool Smart Car system for your car with GPS tracking so you don’t have to pay some big name service to track where your car is.

Do you need to control your vehicle using your cellphone or track where it is in the world on your computer? Here’s a cool smart car system built using the CUBLOC CB220 as the brain and

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Some FReAKY Overclocking Chip Cooler

video://blip.tv/file/get/Geeknews-SomeFreakyOverclockerChipCoolerIFoundAtCES2007934

Here’s a cool video of a freaky overclocking chip cooler from CES.

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Video DIY – Use Lemons as Batteries

Here’s a cool video of using lemons to power an LED! (which is about 1.8 to 3V!)

Now, how many Lemons do we need to power a 60 watt light bulb?

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HoverMouse!!!

Just when we were going to invent a hovermouse, there it is!

Product Page via hackedgadgets

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PLC – Consider Programmable Logic Controllers for your next DIY project

PLCs are basically industrial-grade computers that can be programmed to do tasks, sorta like microcontrollers but most PLCs have built-in encoders for motor control, support for modbus, and more…

Basically, if you are not familiar with BASIC, C, Java, or assembly language, PLC Ladder Logic language might be the way to go as it has been proven in the industrial field for factory automation and more.

Ladder Logic is a way of programming without using any code.  Perso

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