SLK Electronics has a piece on their site about breaking down a DeWalt 36V A123 high-power Li-ion batteries to make your own battery configurations. This (and several other related articles on the site) is gear towards electric model planes, but is obviously applicable to any application. Dissecting DeWalt 36V Packs (A123 Systems) – [via] Link […]
BoosterVision is selling a 1-watt transmitter/receiver and CCD camera system for high-power rocketry. Not bad for $280. An included 12db Radome RX antenna increases range up to 15,000 feet. One Watt Hi-Power Transmitter / Hi-Gain Antenna System – [via] Link Related: Model, sport rocketry reference source – Link Estes educator – Free resources for model […]
As the name implies, Engineering TV is a series of webisodic programs dedicated to various technologies, techniques, and research efforts of interest to electronics, robotics and design engineers, or amateurs interested in these subjects. Engineering TV – [via] Link
I’m really surprised that telepresence/telerobotics hasn’t caught on more than it has. IRobot was R&Ding this tech nearly a decade ago. And the tools to make it happen have only gotten cheaper and more widely distributed. In this story, reverberating around the Interwebs, Ivan Bowman, a computer programmer, works from his living room in Nova […]
This is a good direction, the new version of iTunes will allow you to make your own ringtones. There will be ones for sale of course but this is the way it should be… Until it comes out I’m not sure what the restrictions are and how it works on purchased/non-purchased (can you make your […]
Garrett writes in with a request, a DIY RAM checker, anyone ever hear of a DIY version? – Dear Publisher: I have recently found your magazine…its great…and this is from someone who has never done any type of electronic project or task as I read in your magazine. Although I work in the computer industry […]
Jason @ Hackszine writes – If you’ve ever needed to place a VGA monitor further than the standard 6 foot cable allows, you may be familiar with some of these problems: * VGA cables are expensive * Several cables chained together affects signal quality * Running a VGA cable through conduit is pretty difficult You […]
