Arduino Pong
Wow, Pong with Arduino, doesn’t get cooler than that, wait it does! Source and schematic included! Link.
Technology
iRobot 500 series
Hot off the press as of a few minutes ago! The new Roombas have been announced (iRobot Roomba 560). New features include: room to room cleaning, built in RF, light touch sensing, voice instructions. Impressive update for the most ubiquitous robot in homes (over 2mm) – Link. If you’re curious about their hackability (the previous […]
Seam carving: content-aware image resizing
Ariel Shamir and Shai Avidan have presented the coolest digital image effect I have ever seen. “Seam carving” allows an image to be resized non-uniformly, so you can change the height to width ratio in the image without cropping, but also without distorting important features in the image (such as faces). If I understood the […]
Motherboard power light
HackedGadgets.com: Bill from DSE GLOBAL has created a tool called the Case Light that will ensure you don’t forget to remove power from your motherboard before you work in the case. Modern motherboards are still live when your computer is shut down and some don’t have any LED indication of the lurking power… Case Light […]
Bingo! on your TV
Here’s a DIY electronic Bingo! game for your TV – Link.
iPhone update
There’s a new update for iPhones, it says “bug fixes”… it seems louder to me, but otherwise I’m not sure what changed.
In-line headphone amp
Here’s an inline headphone amp using a MAXIM MAX9725 surface mount chip and some smd capacitors. Feel free to make yours look prettier than this one. In-line headphone amplifier – [via] Link
