Circuit-bending blog GetLoFi has posted the best tutorial yet on home-made printed circuit boards using the toner transfer method. We’ve covered homebrew PCB fabrication techniques about a billion times before.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.11.11 at 05:50
There is some great innovation coming out of the Elevator Space Race. The University of Saskatchewan’s Space Design Team has been in it from the start and has some promising technology.
Via Hacked Gadgets | Posted on 2009.11.11 at 05:00
Limitless Boredom has designed his own version of the Keepon Robot. There have been other Keepon clones out there but I must say that this one made with helicopter RC parts works quite good.
Via Hacked Gadgets | Posted on 2009.11.07 at 10:51
The R1 Radio reminds me of a roller ball mouse without the roller ball. When you move it up and down you control the volume, right and left adjusts the tuning.
Via Hacked Gadgets | Posted on 2009.11.07 at 10:44
Starting a new robotics project and want to find the perfect servo for the job? It can be a real pain in butt sometimes. This is where ServoDatabase.
Via Hack a Day | Posted on 2009.11.07 at 10:33
This 5kV Induction Gun can shoot aluminum rings with some intense force. I have seen flying ring toys before which fly nice and straight. I wonder if the ring design is better than the typical bullet shaped projectiles we see on most of these guns.
Via Hacked Gadgets | Posted on 2009.11.07 at 09:17
One way to learn lots about a protocol is by implementing a bit banged version. Openschemes shares with us his experimentation with the Arduino and the FT232 chip.
Via Hacked Gadgets | Posted on 2009.11.07 at 04:55
PJMonty from SoCalHalloween sure knows how to rig up some great animatronics! The bird and talking skull are funny and spooky at the same time! This project was entered in the Halloween Project Contest, which by the way there is still time to enter.
Via Hacked Gadgets | Posted on 2009.11.06 at 08:13
Piezoelectric elements can be used to make sound or detect sound. Steve Hoefer has made a Knock Lock, which is a device that can listen to knocks on the door.
Via Hacked Gadgets | Posted on 2009.11.05 at 02:45
AnotherCoilGun has been hard at work making his LED control board even smaller! His other tiny version looks huge in comparison. .
Via Hacked Gadgets | Posted on 2009.11.03 at 20:45