Light-up Guitar Hero controller mod
Instructables user fungus amungus made this awesome Guitar Hero controller mod with light-up buttons. – Link.
Technology
Video: Dave Clausen and his LED oscilloscope project
A few weeks ago I gave Dave an LED matrix that I had soldered up and he made the coolest thing with it! Check out his LED oscilloscope project! – Link
Blowable computer interface
Students at Georgia Tech have created an audio analysis program that lets you blow at your computer as a way to control it. It only uses one microphone, and after a quick calibration, it’s ready to go. This is a way to support blowing at a laptop or computer screen to directly control certain interactive […]
Microcontroller design final projects from Cornell University
Jason Striegel @ Hackzine tells us about the Cornell Microcontroller Design class and their final projects this semester: Pictured above is David Drew and Joanna Dai’s autonomous neural robot, which is able to learn to navigate an enclosed space at the fastest possible speed without bumping into things. Another project, Guitar Legend Maker by Thidanun […]
Hum-able ode to Pleo
I have to admit, when I got email from our pal Robert Oschler, of RobotsRule, announcing that he’d penned a little ditty about Pleo the robot dino pet, I thought I might puke. But harsh truths be told, I’ve been humming the damn thing all morning! Catchy kids fare. Okay, maybe I did throw up […]
Simple PIC VGA tester
Chris made this excellent tutorial on creating a VGA test box with a PIC microcontroller. He writes: For quite some time I’ve been wanting to create a device that outputs VGA signals. My main goal was of course to be able to display whatever I wanted on the monitor I was currently using. The goal […]
Electronic prototypes
TeleChrome writes in with a Flickized iron transfer how-to on making your own PCBs – How to make professional-quality printed circuit boards right in your kitchen sink: This remarkable technique uses an ordinary laser printer to transfer a toner resist mask onto a piece of plain copper clad. Electronic prototypes – Link.