Realevents writes – The lunatic progress of the computer industry means that there are enormous numbers of small stepper motors in rubbish – most printers contain at least two. Larger ones from really big dot matrix and some laser printers can be used as small electricity generators, capable of outputs between several and twenty Watts. […]
Alberto writes – The Witness Camera is an automated, self-recording surveillance camera, that uses a gigabyte-class flash card as recording media. I designed the Witnesscam because available surveillance solutions were too expensive or impractical for home use. I built the system from a VGA CMOS colour camera, a passive-infrared (PIR) movement sensor, an ATmega32 processor, […]
There seems to be a few people doing RGB monome-like projects, Brian writes in with his… The Bronome project has been designed to address some of my personal performance audio needs. I saw a need for something more than just a USB interface something which could also act as a hardware midi controller. In that […]
Jan writes in with a free app for Dutchtronix AVR Oscilloscope Clock owners (I have one, it’s great). He writes – This is an Open Source Application which allows you to use your Oscilloscope as a text based display device. The code is currently targetted for the Dutchtronix AVR Oscilloscope Clock hardware but could be […]
Here’s a quick how-to on creating a composite video display from a cheap Cyberhome DVD player. There’s even instructions on where to tap the circuit for audio playback. [via]-Link Too bad some of the PCB images are so blurry – if only the author hacked his camera into taking macro shots . . . Do-It-Yourself […]
This cool musical instrument is based on the circuit bending 5 toys, and a trigger system made from mouse pads and sheet metal. The website has audio samples, electrical diagrams, and pictures of the whole process. If you want to try this one yourself, be warned, this is not your every day circuit bending. – […]
The headline is a little misleading, a robot didn’t actually hunt a cat… just looked for one GKD writes – For many years now I have searched for practical uses for my robots, including my latest research project into behavioral control software that simulates a pet’s behavior . Most of my previous projects have been […]
