A MAKE reader sent in some more hacks/mods and projects for the Vectrex we posted about earlier. Projects: Vectrex 3-D goggles – Link. Vectrex light Pen – Link. Vectrex games: VeCaves and Spike’s Spree – Link. How to Create Vectrex Overlays – Link. Mark’s projects – Link. Retro gaming – The Vectrex (video) – Link. […]
Here’s a collection of some interesting vehicles, the mowercycle is rad – [via] – Link.
Good camcorder hack from Dan @ Instructables – “We used the MIC jack of a camcorder to detect when the camcorder is on. We built a low-voltage solid-state relay to detect the MIC jack and automatically turn on and off a remote device at the same time as the camcorder. The solid-state relay is a […]
Here are some photos from last night’s robot hacking/fighting event @ Nerd Salon. Thanks go out to the 111 Minna Gallery for the space and Jennifer / Annalee for putting it on…. Oh, special thanks to MikeK. We need to upgrade the firmware to have the bots violate their 3 laws, MikeK happen to have […]
Mike Outmesguine’s Solar-powered Wi-Fi extender in the latest issue of Popular Science – “The promise of Wi-Fi is freedom–the ability to bring your laptop or PDA away from the anchor that is your desk and into your life. With most wireless routers, however, your life had better stop at around 300 feet, and forget about […]
Petercd writes – “Hands free Camber Gauge for cars made from angle iron, it can also be used to check castor too. Uses 2 small spirit levels and the read/write spindle and bearing from an old 250Mb hard drive for the pivoting plate and the spirit level.” – Link.
During Maker Faire, we had a RFID enabled flame shooting trampoline – the Maker, Mikey Sklar and I talked a bit about fire art and how electronics could be integrated – and that bring us to Plasma Pong, it’s a remake of pong, but it has plasma fluid, it’s really pretty to watch, I’m thinking […]
