Building an internet controlled security bot
Here’s David’s wireless security rover with IP camera, nice work! Link.
Technology
Build your own Gonk Droid
Bonnie writes in – Some fans say Gonk the Power Droid is an out-dated, useless hunk of metal, I say he’s the unsung hero of the Star Wars saga. Either way, now you have a chance to make your own Gonk to sit around the house or keep you company as you work at your […]
Xbox 360 Chatpad disassembly
Photos of the disassembly of the brand-new Xbox 360 Chatpad, showing the PIC16F883 it contains which makes it ripe for hacking, thanks Steve! Link.
PC keyboard to an AVR
Simonetta writes – A simple program demonstrating how to interface a standard PC keyboard to an AVR. In assembler for Tiny11 but adaptable to all AVRs. There are two routines. An interrupt routine that collects the bits sent from the keyboard into a byte, and the routine to parse these bytes into ASCII. PC keyboard […]
Microwulf: A personal, portable Beowulf cluster
Here’s a lower cost way of making a sorta-supercomputer, it reminds me of the computer from Pi… – Microwulf is a personal, portable Beowulf cluster, providing over 26 Gflops of measured performance, for less than $2500. Its dimensions are just 11″ x 12″ x 17″, making it small enough to fit on one’s desktop or […]
Eyelash switch: cyborg-style human interface device
With some conductive fabric and spirit gum, you can make a simple binary switch that attaches to your eyelids. Andrew Schneider used some of these to make a polaroid camera that takes a snapshot when you blink. When I first saw these, I was reminded of cyborgs in television and film and how they typically […]
No-budget multi-touch interface?
This video of a DIY multi-touch interface in tantalizingly cool, but there’s little detail. So far. More is promised. But then, that was back in June. DyeSight $2 Multi-Touch Pad – [via] Link