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PSP HACK – uClinux on your PSP!

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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 $10,000 just to get started̷

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Cool DIY LED Bike Light System

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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.

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Cool HIGH power Green Laser Pointers!

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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 pointer and found www.dragonlasers.com They look the same as wicked’s but the prices are MUCH lower. All i n

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DIY – HOWTO make LED Fireflies!

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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 modeled in Mathematica so that variations of spee

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IROBOT Create – a Roomba for robot enthusiasts especially Todbot!

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Here’s a cool roomba for robot enthusiasts that iRobot just released. Great news for todbot! Now he can spend more time making some more cool stuff with this one although he’s hacked Roomba enough that we probably don’t need this new IROBOT Create…dur… Thanks chiwawa for the info! :0)

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DIY – RGB Color Controllable High Power LED Room & Spot Lighting

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Check out this cool high power LED Room and Spot Lighting! It’s incredible what you can make with some parts!

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Cool touchscreens for home automation

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These guys have really cool touchscreens if you have the money and the time to build the ultimate home automation system.

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DIY – Function Generator

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Check out this function generator you can make if you don’t want to spend tons of hundred dollar bills on a real one.

Have a look at this professional function generator for example. Nuxie ha

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DIY – Make your own self-powered mini-flashlight

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Here’s a cool self-recharging mini-flashlight you can make yourself if you are still on vacation. Come to think of it, we are going to have to build self-powered POVs soon…

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DIY HACk – A Tiny Wireless Motion Sensor

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Here’s a cool little tiny wireless motion sensor you can make for the spies in all of us.

The idea was to put together a movie spy-gadget grade device both on the cheap and very small. Usually the gadgets you see in movies are fictionally created by well-funded government agencies with top scientists. It’s not all Hollywood magic – you too can create fun spy gadgets without nee

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