An exhibition just wrapping up at the Russian Frost Farmers Gallery in New Zealand presented an interactive artwork hack. Called the Radio Assisted Drawing Device (R.
Published: November 17th, 2009
Heres something that the R/C airplane crowd might think of as old news. These directions show us how to rework floppy drive and CD Rom motors to be high power airplane motors.
Published: November 17th, 2009
PyroElectro has built an interesting motor Optical Motor Encoder system that allows a sled to move back and forth using optical feedback to know where the sled is.
Published: November 17th, 2009
We stumbled onto one of [Nik Melton]s projects, an Omni-car. It is omnidirectional, meaning it can go any direction at any time without having to turn.
Published: November 17th, 2009
[Johndavid400] built this incredible looking R/C lawnmower. After spending some time repairing broken R/C cars, he wanted to move on to something a little more useful and powerful.
Published: November 14th, 2009
Mix a cup of mechanical engineering with a dash of drum set and you end up with Steve, the robotic drummer. We know that it uses an MSA-T Midi Decoder but thats about the extent of what has been shared.
Published: November 14th, 2009
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[svofski] has a friend who is a pixel artist. They really wanted to try out their skills on a c64, but were missing a mouse. The original mouse for the c64 was not only serial, but used a different method of communication than more modern mice.
Published: November 14th, 2009
Heres a pair of diametrically opposed hacks. One makes use of a real instrument to play Rock Band, the other makes use of a game controller to play real music.
Published: November 14th, 2009
Were filing this one under best interface implementation. This robot is controlled by finger gestures on the surface of an iPod Touch.
Published: November 13th, 2009
Morten Bentsen, a 17 year old from Norway made a system that would show him the quality of his internet connection at a glance. If you are into online gaming this could be something useful.
Published: November 13th, 2009