13 hours ago ... We think you'll turn a few heads in Central Park if you're driving a water melon around when everyone else is piloting sailboats.
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That banner image may seem a little bit theatric, but it’s a good representation of what this 3W handheld laser can really do . Turn the thing on in a slightly smoky room and it looks exactly like a thin beam Lightsaber. What kind of tricks would you expect this thing to perform? Perh...
When work on an engine control circuit [Scott] found himself in need of a way to compare the performance of two control circuits at once. The hobby quality oscilloscope he owns wasn’t up to the task. After thinking about it for a bit he ended up using his ears as the oscilloscope . Th...
What I finally landed on was an ignition system that uses model rocket igniters, gun powder, and magnesium to light the thermite. The model rocket igniter can be set off from the 12v line inside your computer. However, it isn’t hot enough to light magnesium shavings, much less thermit...
Last year’s big hack was software-defined radio; a small USB TV tuner that could listen in on radio broadcasts anywhere between 64 and 1200 MHz. This year, it’s all about the Raspberry Pi, so it’s surprising we’re only just now seeing a mashup of these two pieces of hardware. [Corq] i...
Here’s an interesting use of a Raspberry Pi to control the PSU on a server . [Martin Peres] is going to be away for a few months and still wants access to his PC. This isn’t really all that tough… it’s what SSH is made for. But he also wants lower-level access to the hardware. Specifi...
Once every 17 years, a population of cicadas ranging from Connecticut to the Appalachian highlands of North Carolina emerges to annoy everyone within earshot. The last time east coasters saw this brood was in 1996, making 2013 yet another year of annoying insect pests. The only questi...
Most project tips involving brainwaves get passed over because it’s hard to make much out of that type of control. This project doesn’t necessarily make progress on the control side on this, but you have to admit that herding life forms with your thoughts deserves a closer look. [Geva...
Often the true key to success is persistence and that holds true for this project which dumped the ROM from the current generation of Tamagotchi toys . If you’re a fan of learning the secrets built into consumer electronics — and you know we are — you’ll want to go back and watch the ...
