We have seen KUKA Robot Arms turned into DJ music machines and ice cream machines but this F1 Ferrari Simulator is something else! Paolo Robuffo Giordano and colleagues from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in T?bingen, Germany are the ones behind this cool idea.
Via Hacked Gadgets | Posted on 2010.08.15 at 02:30
[Hasse] built a one-handed video game controller for his brother. He fit everything he needed into the body of an existing controller and came up with a very usable system.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2010.08.12 at 10:43
35 years following its introduction, and despite fewer than 100 systems deployed, the Cray-1 remains one of the most recognizable computers in history; it is a timeless icon of pure supercomputer badassery.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2010.08.12 at 05:56
[Jack Toole] and his team [Aaron King] and [Libo He] sent in their computer interface dubbed the Chronos Flying Mouse. The video above explains the concept very thoroughly, but we’ll reiterate some of the highlights here.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2010.08.12 at 05:41
[Simon Inns] turned out this VU meter with a 16 RGB LEDs. He’s using three 16-bit TLC5940NTG LED drivers for the project. They’re not cheap chips but they do a great job.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2010.08.12 at 05:25
[Stewart Allen] acquired a Mindstorm kit about a month ago and he’s already building his own sensors for it. He wanted a more accurate range finder with a narrower measurement field than the stock sensor.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2010.08.12 at 05:20
It’s finally here, after being declared completely legal to jailbreak your iPhone, JailbreakMe 2. 0 is released. Now, any and all iDevices can be jailbroken by simply visiting the URL above; however, before you start your devious adventure in the land of apps not approved by big brother Apple, there are a few issues.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2010.08.04 at 11:03
Here’s a hack that makes business sense. [PT] recalls last year’s HOPE conference when their booth was using a virtual credit card terminal for purchases that required manual entry of card information.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2010.07.28 at 17:37
[Retromaster's] Ultimate Floppy Emulator is a wicked display of hardware mastery. It is the culmination of several design stages aimed at replacing an Amiga floppy drive with a modern storage solution.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2010.07.28 at 17:15
[Matthew Arnoff] built an 8-bit computer around the Motorola 6809 processor. He chose this processor because it seems there are a lot of Z80 builds out there and he wanted to try something different.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2010.07.28 at 16:33